Product Compare

Apple M1 vs Intel Core i9 9900

	CPU Apple M1	CPU Intel Core i9 9900
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		i9-9900
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	16
Performance Core Base Frequency	2.1 GHz	3.1 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency	3.2 GHz	5 GHz
Total Core Count	8	8
Total Thread Count	8	16
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		31x
L3 Cache		16 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
Official Website		Official Link ↗
PCIe Lanes		16
Extended Instruction Set		SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 Single Core	2231	1589
Geekbench 5 Single Core	1757	1265
Geekbench 6 Multi Core	8035	7205
Geekbench 5 Multi Core	7742	7910
Passmark CPU Single Core	3717	2833
Passmark CPU Multi Core	14218	16692