Intel Core i9 9880H vs Apple M1

35 out of 100

VS

53 out of 100

We compared two 8-core laptop CPUs: the 2.3 GHz Intel Core i9 9880H against the 3.2 GHz Apple M1. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

Review

General overview and comparison of the processors

Single-Core Performance

Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks

Core i9 9880H

43

Apple M1

69

Multi-Core Performance

Measure performance when all cores are involved

Core i9 9880H

22

Apple M1

24

Power Efficiency

The efficiency score of power consumption

Core i9 9880H

44

Apple M1

73

Integrated Graphics

iGPU capabilities for gaming and 3D-intensive tasks

Core i9 9880H

23

Apple M1

64

NanoReview Final Score

Core i9 9880H

35

Apple M1

53

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Key Differences

What are the key differences between M1 and 9880H

Advantages of Intel Core i9 9880H

Supports up to 128 GB DDR4-2666 RAM

Advantages of Apple M1

More powerful Apple M1 GPU integrated graphics: 2.6 vs 0.5 TFLOPS
More modern manufacturing process – 5 versus 14 nanometers
Around 26.45 GB/s (63%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
61% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2410 vs 1494 points
Newer - released 1 year and 8 months later
Newer PCI Express version – 4.0

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors

Cinebench 2024 (Single)

Core i9 9880H

67

Apple M1 +64%

110

Cinebench 2024 (Multi)

Core i9 9880H

480

Apple M1 +9%

525

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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 9880H

1494

Apple M1 +61%

2410

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Core i9 9880H

6668

Apple M1 +28%

8547

File compression	441.7 MB/sec	941 MB/sec
Clang compilation	55.2 Klines/sec	68.2 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser	153.3 pages/sec	192.4 pages/sec
PDF Renderer	224 Mpixels/sec	211.9 Mpixels/sec
Text processing	150.6 pages/sec	250.8 pages/sec
Background blur	30.7 images/sec	34.1 images/sec
Photo processing	50.9 images/sec	60.9 images/sec
Ray tracing	12.6 Mpixels/sec	9.74 Mpixels/sec

Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 1004 & 760 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions

Passmark CPU (Single-Core)

Core i9 9880H

2449

Apple M1 +50%

3673

Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)

Core i9 9880H

13465

Apple M1 +5%

14123

Integer math	51.8 GOps/sec	33.2 GOps/sec
Floating point math	30.1 GOps/sec	35.5 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers	37M Primes/sec	141M Primes/sec
Random string sorting	25.7M Strings/sec	21M Strings/sec
Data encryption	5.2 GBytes/sec	8.5 GBytes/sec
Data compression	200.7 MBytes/sec	168 MBytes/sec
Physics	760 Frames/sec	1359 Frames/sec
Extended instructions	10.7B Matrices/sec	7B Matrices/sec

Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 2679 & 10702 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)

Blender CPU

Core i9 9880H +37%

130.69

Apple M1

95.27

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP

Cinebench 2024 / Watt	10.7 PPW	37.5 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt	148.2 PPW	610.5 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt	299.2 PPW	1008.8 PPW
Blender / Watt	2.9 PPW	6.81 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 9880H

Date	Benchmark	Result
📘 2026-01-18 (postfuture)	Geekbench 6 CPU	1533 / 6756

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Apple M1

Date	Benchmark	Result
📘 2026-09-25 -> op1	Geekbench 6 CPU	2273 / 7967
📘 2026-08-24 -> op1	Geekbench 6 CPU	2420 / 8793
📘 2026-03-06 (gaR)	Geekbench 6 CPU	2396 / 8763
📘 2025-04-11 (Ario)	Geekbench 6 CPU	2395 / 8820
📘 2025-04-11 (Ario)	Cinebench 2024	110 / 465

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General

Vendor	Intel	Apple
Released	April 23, 2019	November 20, 2020
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Instruction Set	x86-64	ARMv8
Codename	Coffee Lake	Apple M1
Model number	i9-9880H	-
Integrated GPU	UHD Graphics 630	Apple M1 GPU
Successor	-	- Apple M5 (10-Core)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores	8	4
P-Threads	16	4
Base Frequency (P)	2.3 GHz	3.2 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P)	4.8 GHz	-

Efficient Cores
E-Cores	-	4
E-Threads	-	4
Base Frequency (E)	-	2.1 GHz

Total
Total Cores	8	8
Total Threads	16	8
Multiplier	23x	-
Bus Bandwidth	8 GT/s	-
L1 Cache	64K (per core)	192K (per core)
L2 Cache	256K (per core)	12MB (shared)
L3 Cache	16MB (shared)	-
Unlocked Multiplier	No	No

Package

Transistors	-	16 billions
Fabrication Process	14 nm	5 nm
TDP (PL1)	45 W	14 W
Socket	BGA-1440	Apple M-Socket
Peak Temperature	100°C	-

Laptop processors ranking (#172nd place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics	Intel UHD Graphics 630	Apple M1 GPU
GPU Base Clock	350 MHz	450 MHz
GPU Boost Clock	1200 MHz	1278 MHz
Shading Units	192	1024
TMUs	24	64
ROPs	3	32
Execution Units	24	128
TGP	15 W	15 W

iGPU FLOPS

Core i9 9880H

0.5 TFLOPS

Apple M1 +420%

2.6 TFLOPS

More info: Apple M1 GPU (8-core) compared to UHD Graphics 630

Memory Support

Memory Types	- DDR4-2666 - LPDDR3-2133	- LPDDR4X-4266
Max. Memory Size	128 GB	16 GB
Memory Channels	2	8
Max. Memory Bandwidth	41.8 GB/s	68.25 GB/s
ECC Support	No	No

Misc

Official Site	Intel Core i9 9880H official page	-
PCI Express Version	3.0	4.0
PCI Express Lanes	16	-

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Core i9 9880H

70 (33.3%)

Apple M1

140 (66.7%)

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