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Intel Core i9 13980HX vs Apple M1 Ultra

Intel Core i9 13980HX
VS
Apple M1 Ultra
Intel Core i9 13980HX
Apple M1 Ultra

We compared two CPUs: the 2.2 GHz Intel Core i9 13980HX (laptop) with 24-cores against the 3.2 GHz Apple M1 Ultra (desktop) with 20-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

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
NanoReview Final Score
Generic CPU rating
The "iGPU" and "Power Efficiency" have a minor impact on the NanoReview Score when comparing desktop CPUs.

Key Differences

What are the key differences between Ultra and 13980HX
Advantages of Intel Core i9 13980HX
  • Newer - released 10-months later
  • Has 4 more physical cores
  • 15% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2753 vs 2389 points
Advantages of Apple M1 Ultra
  • Around 710.4 GB/s (793%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
  • More modern manufacturing process – 5 versus 10 nanometers
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Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core i9 13980HX
vs
M1 Ultra

Cinebench R23

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
Core i9 13980HX +45%
2179
M1 Ultra
1499
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
Core i9 13980HX +31%
30972
M1 Ultra
23630
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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 13980HX +15%
2753
M1 Ultra
2389
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Core i9 13980HX
17230
M1 Ultra +7%
18475
File compression 1330 MB/sec 1970 MB/sec
Clang compilation 167 Klines/sec 182.7 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 424.7 pages/sec 513.4 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 485.1 Mpixels/sec 537.3 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 265.9 pages/sec 247.7 pages/sec
Background blur 55.2 images/sec 41.8 images/sec
Photo processing 138.8 images/sec 157.2 images/sec
Ray tracing 37.2 Mpixels/sec 29.2 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2]

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Core i9 13980HX +13%
4380
M1 Ultra
3871
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core i9 13980HX +18%
48277
M1 Ultra
40920
Integer math 174 GOps/sec 92.7 GOps/sec
Floating point math 124.1 GOps/sec 130.4 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 192M Primes/sec 540M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 70.4M Strings/sec 67.4M Strings/sec
Data encryption 37 GBytes/sec 25.1 GBytes/sec
Data compression 613.5 MBytes/sec 559.8 MBytes/sec
Physics 2529 Frames/sec 5526 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 35.5B Matrices/sec 22.6B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4]

Value for money

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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i9 13980HX and Apple M1 Ultra

General

Vendor Intel Apple
Released January 3, 2023 March 8, 2022
Type Laptop Desktop
instruction set x86-64 ARMv8
Codename Raptor Lake Apple M1
Model number i9-13980HX APL1106/APL1W06
Integrated GPU UHD Graphics (32EU) Apple M1 Ultra GPU (64-core)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 8 16
P-Threads 16 16
Base Frequency (P) 2.2 GHz 3.2 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.6 GHz -
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 16 4
E-Threads 16 4
Base Frequency (E) 1.6 GHz 2.1 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 4 GHz -
Total
Total Cores 24 20
Total Threads 32 20
Bus Frequency 100 MHz -
Multiplier 22x -
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 192K (per core)
L2 Cache 2MB (per core) 48MB (shared)
L3 Cache 36MB (shared) -
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Transistors - 114 billions
Fabrication process 10 nm 5 nm
TDP (PL1) 45-55 W (configurable) 60 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 157 W -
Socket BGA-1964 Apple M-Socket
Peak temperature 100°C -

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel UHD Graphics (32EU) Apple M1 Ultra GPU (64-core)
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 450 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1650 MHz 1296 MHz
Shading Units 256 8192
TMUs 16 512
ROPs 8 256
Execution Units 32 -
TGP 45 W 120 W
Max. Resolution - 6016x3384 - 60 Hz
iGPU FLOPS
Core i9 13980HX
0.74 TFLOPS
M1 Ultra
20.8 TFLOPS

Memory Support

Memory types - DDR5-5600
- DDR4-3200		 - LPDDR5-6400
Memory Size 128 GB 128 GB
Max. Memory Channels 2 16
Max. Memory Bandwidth 89.6 GB/s 800 GB/s
ECC Support Yes No

Misc

Official site Intel Core i9 13980HX official page -
PCI Express Version 5.0 -
PCI Express Lanes 20 -

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Comments

So which CPU will you choose: Apple M1 Ultra or Intel Core i9 13980HX?
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