Apple M1 Pro vs Intel Core i7 6700HQ
CPU Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Oct 2021
Sep 2015
Manufacturer
Apple
Intel
Type
Laptop
Laptop
Instruction Set
ARMv8
x86-64
Integrated Graphics
Apple M1 Pro GPU (16-core)
HD Graphics 530
Core Architecture
-
Skylake
Processor Number
-
i7-6700HQ
Package
Transistor Count
33.7 billions
-
Manufacturing Process
5 nm
14 nm
Socket
Apple M-Socket
BGA-1440
Power Consumption
30 W
45 W
Peak Operating Temperature
-
100 °C
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
10
4
Performance Core Threads
10
8
Performance Core Base Frequency
2.0 GHz
2.6 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
3.2 GHz
3.5 GHz
Total Core Count
10
4
Total Thread Count
10
8
L1 Cache
192 K per core
128 K per core
L2 Cache
24 MB shared
256 K per core
Unlocked Multiplier
No
No
Multiplier
-
26x
L3 Cache
-
6 MB shared
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
LPDDR5-6400
DDR4-2133, LPDDR3-1866, DDR3L-1600
Max Memory Size
32 GB
64 GB
Max Memory Channels
4
2
Max Memory Bandwidth
204.8 GB/s
34.1 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
No
No
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics
true
true
GPU Base Frequency
450 MHz
-
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
1296 MHz
1050 MHz
Shader Units
2048
-
Texture Units
128
-
Raster Operation Units
64
-
Power Consumption
30 W
-
Max Resolution
6016x3384 - 60 Hz
-
Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
-
3.0
PCIe Lanes
-
16
Extended Instruction Set
-
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2
📊 Benchmark
Cinebench R23
1,530
-
Cinebench R23
12,116
-
Geekbench 6
2,180
1,044
Geekbench 6
7,976
3,554
Blender
211
-
Passmark CPU
3,792
1,903
Passmark CPU
21,750
6,474
Geekbench 5
-
802
Geekbench 5
-
3,266