intel core i9 9900k vs apple m1

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We compared two CPUs Intel Core i9 9900K (Desktop) 8-cores against Apple M1 (Desktop) 8-cores. In this comparison page, we check which of these two processor has better performance in benchmark results, Games, architecture, price and other useful information.

Review

General overview and comparison of the processors
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved

Key Differences

What are the key differences between Intel Core i9 9900K and Apple M1
Advantages of Intel Core i9 9900K
  • 36% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5 GHz vs 3.2 GHz)
Advantages of Apple M1
  • Newer released 2 years later
  • More modern manufacturing process – 5 versus 14

Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs in benchmarks
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
m1 +12%
1528
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
12531
m1
7810
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
m1 +21%
3769
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
18820
m1
14821
Geekbench 5 (Single-Core)
m1 +27%
1748
Geekbench 5 (Multi-Core)
8511
m1
8274

Specifications

Full technical specification of core i9 9900k and m1

General

Intel Core i9 9900K Apple M1
Vendor Intel Apple
Released October 8 2018 November 10 2020
Type Desktop Desktop
instruction set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Coffee Lake-R
Socket FCLGA1151
Integrated GPU Intel UHD Graphics 630 Apple M1 8-Core GPU

Performance

Intel Core i9 9900K Apple M1
Cores 8 8
Threads 16 8
Base Frequency 3.6 GHz 2.064 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency 5 GHz 3.2 GHz
L1 Cache 64K (per core) 2 MB
L2 Cache 256K (per core) 16 MB
L3 Cache 16 MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier Yes No

Power

Intel Core i9 9900K Apple M1
Fabrication process 14 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 95 W W
Max. temperature 100°C °C

Memory support

Intel Core i9 9900K Apple M1
Memory types DDR4
Memory Size 128 GB GB
Max. Memory Channels 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 41.6 GB/s -
ECC Support No No

iGPU

Intel Core i9 9900K Apple M1
Integrated Graphics Intel UHD Graphics 630 Apple M1 8-Core GPU
GPU Base Clock 350 MHz 450 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1.2 MHz MHz
Shading Units 192 1024
TMUs 24 64
ROPs 3 32
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
0.38 TFLOPS
m1
2.6 TFLOPS

Misc

Intel Core i9 9900K Apple M1
Official site Intel Core i9 9900K official page Apple M1 official page
PCI Express Version 3
PCI Express Lanes 16

Comments

So which CPU will you choose: Apple M1 or Intel Core i9 9900K?