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Intel Core i9 12900KS Vs Apple M1

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

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
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Our Rating 10.0 9.7
Brand Intel Apple
Category CPUs CPUs

General Information

Vendor Intel Apple
Released April 2022 November 2020
Type Desktop Laptop
Model Core i9 12900KS M1
Instruction set 64-bit ARMv8
Codename Alder Lake Icestorm & Firestorm
Socket LGA-1700 Apple M-Socket
Integrated GPU UHD Graphics 770 Apple M1 GPU
Supported displays 4 2
Supports 64-bit Yes Yes

CPU Performance

Cores 16 8
Threads 24 8
Base Frequency 3.4 GHz 2.1 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) 12MB (shared)
L3 Cache 30MB (shared) -
L2 core - 1.5MB/core
L3 core - -
Unlocked Multiplier Yes No

iGPU

Integrated Graphics UHD Graphics 770 Apple M1
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 450 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1550 MHz 1278 MHz
Shading Units 256 1024
TMUs 16 64
ROPs 8 32
Execution Units 32 128
TGP 15W 15W
Max. Resolution 4096 x 2160 @ 60Hz
7680 x 4320 @ 60Hz
5120 x 3200 @ 120Hz
6016 x 3384 @ 60Hz
iGPU FLOPS 0.78 TFLOPS 2.6 TFLOPS

Power

Transistors - 16 Billion
Fabrication process 7nm 5nm
TDP 150W 14W
Max. temperature 50°C -

Memory Support

Memory Types DDR5
DDR4
LPDDR4X
Memory Size 128GB 16GB
RAM speed 4800 MT/s
3200 MT/s
4266 MHz
Max. Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 76.8 GB/s 68.25 GB/s
ECC Support Yes No
DDR memory version 5 4
Bus Transfer Rate - -
Bus Speed - -

Miscellaneous

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

Benchmarks

Cinebench R23 Single-Core 2148 1524
Cinebench R23 Multi-Core 29000 7779
Passmark CPU Single-Core - 3761
Passmark CPU Multi-Core - 15020
Geekbench Single-Core 2106 1756
Geekbench Multi-Core 19419 9591

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