Product Compare

Intel Core i9 12900KS vs Apple M1 Max

	CPU Intel Core i9 12900KS	CPU Apple M1 Max
General Parameters
Release Date	Apr 2022	May 2022
Manufacturer	Intel	Apple
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Instruction Set	x86-64	ARMv8
Core Architecture	Alder Lake-S
Processor Number	i9-12900KS
Integrated Graphics	UHD Graphics 770	Apple M1 Max GPU (32-core)
Package
Manufacturing Process	10 nm	5 nm
Socket	LGA-1700	Apple M-Socket
Power Consumption	150 W	30 W
Peak Operating Temperature	100 °C
Transistor Count		57 billions
CPU Performance
Performance Cores	8	10
Performance Core Base Frequency	3.4 GHz	2.0 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency	5.5 GHz	3.2 GHz
Efficiency Cores	8
Total Core Count	16	10
Total Thread Count	24	10
Bus Frequency	100 MHz
Multiplier	34x
L1 Cache	64 K per core	192 K per core
L2 Cache	14 MB shared	24 MB shared
L3 Cache	30 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier	Yes	No
Performance Core Threads		10
Memory Parameters
Memory Types	DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200	LPDDR5-6400
Max Memory Size	128 GB	64 GB
Max Memory Channels	2	8
Max Memory Bandwidth	76.8 GB/s	409.6 GB/s
ECC Memory Support	Yes	No
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics	true	true
GPU Base Frequency	300 MHz	450 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency	1550 MHz	1296 MHz
Shader Units	256	4096
Texture Units	16	256
Raster Operation Units	8	128
Execution Units	32
Power Consumption	15 W	60 W
Max Resolution		6016x3384 - 60 Hz
Miscellaneous
Official Website	Official Link ↗
PCIe Version	5.0
PCIe Lanes	20
Benchmarks
Cinebench R23 Single Core	2082	1545
Cinebench R23 Multi Core	27796	12440
Geekbench 6 Single Core	2559	2410
Geekbench 6 Multi Core	15546	12480
Passmark CPU Single Core	4357	3833
Passmark CPU Multi Core	44470	22121