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Intel Core i9 12900KS Vs Apple M1 Ultra

We compared two laptops/desktop CPUs: Intel Core i9 12900KS Vs Apple M1 Ultra.

In this table-based comparison, you’ll find out which CPUs are better performance in Benchmarks, Antutu, Games, and other useful information.

 
  Intel Core i9 12900KS Apple M1 Ultra
Price Coming Soon Coming Soon
Our Rating 10.0 9.7
Brand Intel Apple
Category CPUs CPUs

General Information

Vendor Intel Apple
Released April 2022 March 2022
Type Desktop Desktop
Model Core i9 12900KS M1 Ultra
Instruction set 64-bit ARMv8
Codename Alder Lake Apple M1
Socket LGA-1700 Apple M-Socket
Integrated GPU UHD Graphics 770 Apple M1 Ultra GPU (64-core)
Supported displays 4 5
Supports 64-bit Yes Yes

CPU Performance

Cores 16 20
Threads 24 20
Base Frequency 3.4 GHz 2.0 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency 5.5 GHz 3.2 GHz
Bus Frequency 100 MHz -
Clock Multiplier 34x -
L1 Cache 64K (per core) 192K (per core)
L2 Cache 14MB (shared) 24MB (shared)
L3 Cache 30MB (shared) -
L2 core - -
L3 core - -
Unlocked Multiplier Yes No

iGPU

Integrated Graphics UHD Graphics 770 Apple M1 Ultra GPU (64-core)
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 450 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1550 MHz 1296 MHz
Shading Units 256 8192
TMUs 16 512
ROPs 8 256
Execution Units 32 512
TGP 15W 120W
Max. Resolution 4096 x 2160 @ 60Hz
7680 x 4320 @ 60Hz
5120 x 3200 @ 120Hz
6016 x 3384 @ 60Hz
iGPU FLOPS 0.78 TFLOPS 20.8 TFLOPS

Power

Transistors - 114 Billion
Fabrication process 7nm 5nm
TDP 150W 60W
Max. temperature 50°C -

Memory Support

Memory Types DDR5
DDR4
LPDDR5
Memory Size 128GB 128GB
RAM speed 4800 MT/s
3200 MT/s
6400 MHz
Max. Memory Channels 2 16
Max. Memory Bandwidth 76.8 GB/s 819.2 GB/s
ECC Support Yes No
DDR memory version 5 5
Bus Transfer Rate - -
Bus Speed - -

Miscellaneous

Official Site Intel Core i9 12900KS Official website Apple M1 Ultra Official website
PCI Express Version 5.0 & 4.0 -
PCI Express Lanes 20 -

Benchmarks

Cinebench R23 Single-Core 2148 1563
Cinebench R23 Multi-Core 29000 21732
Passmark CPU Single-Core - -
Passmark CPU Multi-Core - -
Geekbench Single-Core 2106 1800
Geekbench Multi-Core 19419 24166

Key Features

SSE version 4.2 -
Front-end width - 8
MULTITHREADING
AES
AVX
F16C
MMX
TRUST ZONE
NX BIT
FMA4
FMA3
  Intel Core i9 12900KS Apple M1 Ultra