Apple M1 vs Intel Core i7 9700
CPU Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Nov 2020
Apr 2019
Manufacturer
Apple
Intel
Type
Laptop
Desktop
Instruction Set
ARMv8
x86-64
Core Architecture
Icestorm and Firestorm
Coffee Lake
Integrated Graphics
Apple M1 GPU
UHD Graphics 630
Processor Number
-
i7-9700
Package
Transistor Count
16 billions
-
Manufacturing Process
5 nm
14 nm
Socket
Apple M-Socket
LGA-1151
Power Consumption
14 W
65 W
Peak Operating Temperature
-
100 °C
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
8
8
Performance Core Threads
8
8
Performance Core Base Frequency
2.1 GHz
3.0 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
3.2 GHz
4.7 GHz
Total Core Count
8
8
Total Thread Count
8
8
L1 Cache
192 K per core
64 K per core
L2 Cache
12 MB shared
256 K per core
Unlocked Multiplier
No
No
Bus Frequency
-
100 MHz
Multiplier
-
30x
L3 Cache
-
12 MB shared
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
LPDDR4X-4266
DDR4-2666
Max Memory Size
16 GB
128 GB
Max Memory Channels
2
2
Max Memory Bandwidth
68.25 GB/s
41.6 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
No
No
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics
true
true
GPU Base Frequency
450 MHz
350 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
1278 MHz
1200 MHz
Shader Units
1024
192
Texture Units
64
24
Raster Operation Units
32
3
Execution Units
128
24
Power Consumption
15 W
15 W
Max Resolution
6016x3384 - 60 Hz
4096x2304 - 60 Hz
Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
4.0
3.0
PCIe Lanes
-
16
Extended Instruction Set
-
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2
📊 Benchmark
Cinebench R23
1,513
1,190
Cinebench R23
7,782
8,524
Geekbench 6
2,231
1,590
Geekbench 5
1,757
1,210
Geekbench 6
8,035
5,666
Geekbench 5
7,742
6,715
Cinebench 2024
113
-
Cinebench 2024
509
-
Blender
130
135
Passmark CPU
3,717
2,764
Passmark CPU
14,218
13,198