Intel Core i9 9900K vs Apple M1
We compared two 8-core CPUs: the 3.6 GHz Intel Core i9 9900K (desktop) against the 3.2 GHz Apple M1 (laptop). On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.
Review
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 electricity consumption
NanoReview Final Score
Generic CPU rating
Key Differences
Advantages of Intel Core i9 9900K
- Supports up to 128 GB DDR4-2666 RAM
- Unlocked multiplier
Advantages of Apple M1
- More modern manufacturing process – 5 versus 14 nanometers
- Newer - released 2-years and 2-months later
- Around 26.65 GB/s (64%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
- 38% faster in a single-core Geekbench v5 test - 1759 vs 1277 points
- Newer PCI Express version – 4.0
Benchmarks
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Geekbench 5 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 5 (Multi-Core)
Specifications
General
| Vendor | Intel | Apple |
| Released | October 8, 2018 | November 20, 2020 |
| Type | Desktop | Laptop |
| instruction set | x86-64 | ARMv8 |
| Codename | Coffee Lake | Apple M1 |
| Model number | i9-9900K | - |
| Integrated GPU | UHD Graphics 630 | Apple M1 GPU |
CPU
| P-Cores | 8 | 4 |
| P-Threads | 16 | 4 |
| Base Frequency (P) | 3.6 GHz | 3.2 GHz |
| Turbo Boost Frequency (P) | 5 GHz | - |
| E-Cores | - | 4 |
| E-Threads | - | 4 |
| Base Frequency (E) | - | 2.1 GHz |
| Total Cores | 8 | 8 |
| Total Threads | 16 | 8 |
| Bus Frequency | 100 MHz | - |
| Multiplier | 36x | - |
| 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 | Yes | No |
Package
| Transistors | - | 16 billions |
| Fabrication process | 14 nm | 5 nm |
| Socket | LGA-1151 | Apple M-Socket |
| TDP | 95 W | 14 W |
| Peak temperature | 100°C | - |
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 |
| Max. Resolution | 4096x2304 - 60 Hz | 6016x3384 - 60 Hz |
iGPU FLOPS
Memory Support
| Memory types | DDR4-2666 | LPDDR4X-4266 |
| Memory Size | 128 GB | 16 GB |
| Max. Memory Channels | 2 | 2 |
| Max. Memory Bandwidth | 41.6 GB/s | 68.25 GB/s |
| ECC Support | No | No |
Misc
| Official site | Intel Core i9 9900K official page | - |
| PCI Express Version | 3.0 | 4.0 |
| PCI Express Lanes | 16 | - |
| Extended instructions | SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2 | - |
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