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Intel Core i9 11900H vs Apple M1 Pro

46 out of 100
Intel Core i9 11900H
VS
58 out of 100
Apple M1 Pro
Intel Core i9 11900H
Apple M1 Pro

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 2.1-2.5 GHz Intel Core i9 11900H with 8-cores against the 3.2 GHz Apple M1 Pro with 10-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Performance
  4. Specs
  5. Comments (1)

Review

General overview and comparison of the processors
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Multi-Core Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Power Efficiency
The efficiency score of power consumption
Integrated Graphics
iGPU capabilities for gaming and 3D-intensive tasks
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Key Differences

What are the key differences between Pro and 11900H
Advantages of Intel Core i9 11900H
  • Supports up to 128 GB DDR4-3200 RAM
Advantages of Apple M1 Pro
  • More powerful Apple M1 Pro GPU (16-core) integrated graphics: 5.3 vs 0.7 TFLOPS
  • Around 153.6 GB/s (300%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
  • More modern manufacturing process โ€“ 5 versus 10 nanometers
  • Has 2 more physical cores
  • Newer - released 6 months later

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core i9 11900H
vs
M1 Pro

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Core i9 11900H
93
M1 Pro +17%
109
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Core i9 11900H
665
M1 Pro +20%
796
Cinebench 2026 (Single) - 444
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) - 3334
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GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Core i9 11900H
2168
M1 Pro +7%
2328
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Core i9 11900H
8515
M1 Pro +21%
10305
File compression 839.2 MB/sec 1230 MB/sec
Clang compilation 59.1 Klines/sec 82.4 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 178.1 pages/sec 249.1 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 282.2 Mpixels/sec 271.3 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 206.9 pages/sec 246.4 pages/sec
Background blur 35.5 images/sec 36.9 images/sec
Photo processing 73.7 images/sec 102.5 images/sec
Ray tracing 11.1 Mpixels/sec 10.7 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] โ€“ 1075 & 593 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Core i9 11900H
3069
M1 Pro +24%
3795
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core i9 11900H
19721
M1 Pro +11%
21934
Integer math 71.7 GOps/sec 45.6 GOps/sec
Floating point math 42.3 GOps/sec 64 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 84M Primes/sec 272M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 27.9M Strings/sec 32.5M Strings/sec
Data encryption 11.9 GBytes/sec 12.2 GBytes/sec
Data compression 233.3 MBytes/sec 272.2 MBytes/sec
Physics 925 Frames/sec 2696 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 15.7B Matrices/sec 12.6B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] โ€“ 1443 & 2437 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core i9 11900H
149.6
M1 Pro +25%
186.87

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 14.8 PPW 26.5 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 189.2 PPW 343.5 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 438.2 PPW 731.1 PPW
Blender / Watt 3.32 PPW 6.23 PPW
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Intel Core i9 11900H
DateBenchmarkResult
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-05-05 (Alan)Geekbench 6 CPU2121 / 6089
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Apple M1 Pro
DateBenchmarkResult
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-03-27 (bbffx)Geekbench 6 CPU2450 / 12944
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-03-27 (bbffx)Cinebench 2026444 / 3334
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-03-27 (bbffx)Cinebench 2024115 / 857
๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-02-23 (anon121434)Cinebench 202499 / 682
๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-02-19 (serhii)Cinebench 2024109 / 796
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i9 11900H and Apple M1 Pro

General

Vendor Intel Apple
Released May 11, 2021 October 18, 2021
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 ARMv8
Codename Tiger Lake Apple M1
Model number i9-11900H -
Integrated GPU UHD Graphics for 11th Gen (32 EU) Apple M1 Pro GPU (16-core)
Successor - Intel Core Ultra 9 288V - Apple M5 Pro (18-Core)
Intel CPU rating (#183rd place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 8 8
P-Threads 16 8
Base Frequency (P) 2.1-2.5 GHz 3.2 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.9 GHz -
Efficient Cores
E-Cores - 2
E-Threads - 2
Base Frequency (E) - 2.1 GHz
Total
Total Cores 8 10
Total Threads 16 10
Bus Frequency 100 MHz -
Multiplier 21-25x -
Bus Bandwidth 8 GT/s -
L1 Cache 96K (per core) 192K (per core)
L2 Cache 1280K (per core) 24MB (shared)
L3 Cache 24MB (shared) -
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Transistors - 33.7 billions
Fabrication Process 10 nm 5 nm
TDP (PL1) 35-45 W (configurable) 30 W
Socket BGA-1787 Apple M-Socket
Peak Temperature 100ยฐC -

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel UHD Graphics for 11th Gen (32 EU) Apple M1 Pro GPU (16-core)
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 450 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1450 MHz 1296 MHz
Shading Units 256 2048
TMUs 16 128
ROPs 8 64
Execution Units 32 256
TGP 15 W 30 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core i9 11900H
0.7 TFLOPS
M1 Pro +657%
5.3 TFLOPS
More info: Apple M1 Pro GPU (16-core) compared to UHD Graphics Xe (32 EU)

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR4-3200 - LPDDR5-6400
Max. Memory Size 128 GB 32 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 51.2 GB/s 204.8 GB/s
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i9 11900H official page -
PCI Express Version 4.0 -
PCI Express Lanes 20 -

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Comments

So which CPU will you choose: Apple M1 Pro or Intel Core i9 11900H?
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Emil Rรผegg October 21, 2021 at 03:42 PM
are these benchmarks legit? m1 Pro is nit even released yet
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