Intel Core Ultra 9 386H vs Apple M6 (12-Core)
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We compared two laptop CPUs: the 2.1 GHz Intel Core Ultra 9 386H with 16-cores against the GHz Apple M6 (12-Core) with 12-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.
Please note that the tests on the Apple M6 (12-Core) are done on an engineering sample provided by our insiders. The data will be more accurate after the final version of this CPU is available.
Key Differences
Advantages of Intel Core Ultra 9 386H
- Supports up to 128 GB LPDDR5X-9600 RAM
- Has 4 more physical cores
Advantages of Apple M6 (12-Core)
- Newer - released 7 months later
- 59% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 4501 vs 2838 points
- Around 16.4 GB/s (11%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
Test in Benchmarks
Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasksCinebench
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
| Cinebench 2026 (Single) | 502 | - |
| Cinebench 2026 (Multi) | 4687 | - |
Cinebench Scores (#102nd place)
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
| File compression | 1420 MB/sec | - |
| Clang compilation | 118.2 Klines/sec | - |
| HTML 5 Browser | 426.1 pages/sec | - |
| PDF Renderer | 483.8 Mpixels/sec | - |
| Text processing | 286.3 pages/sec | - |
| Background blur | 65.7 images/sec | - |
| Photo processing | 157.6 images/sec | - |
| Ray tracing | 24.3 Mpixels/sec | - |
PassMark
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
| Integer math | 87.7 GOps/sec | - |
| Floating point math | 109.4 GOps/sec | - |
| Find prime numbers | 347M Primes/sec | - |
| Random string sorting | 43.6M Strings/sec | - |
| Data encryption | 27.8 GBytes/sec | - |
| Data compression | 365.2 MBytes/sec | - |
| Physics | 3086 Frames/sec | - |
| Extended instructions | 30.2B Matrices/sec | - |
Blender
Blender CPU
Performance Per Watt
| Cinebench 2024 / Watt | 49.6 PPW | - |
| Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt | 668.2 PPW | - |
| Passmark CPU Mark / Watt | 1446.8 PPW | - |
| Blender / Watt | 9.76 PPW | - |
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.
Specifications
Full technical specification of Intel Core Ultra 9 386H and Apple M6 (12-Core)General
| Vendor | Intel | Apple |
| Released | January 5, 2026 | August 25, 2026 |
| Type | Laptop | Laptop |
| Instruction Set | x86-64 | ARMv9 |
| Codename | Panther Lake | Apple M6 |
| Model number | 386H | - |
| Integrated GPU | Xe3 Graphics | Apple M6 GPU (12-core) |
| Rival Equivalent | - AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 470 | - |
Intel CPU rating (#43rd place)
CPU
| P-Cores | 4 | 6 |
| P-Threads | 4 | 6 |
| Base Frequency (P) | 2.1 GHz | - |
| Turbo Boost Frequency (P) | 4.9 GHz | - |
| E-Cores | 12 | 6 |
| E-Threads | 12 | 6 |
| Base Frequency (E) | 1.6 GHz | - |
| Turbo Boost Frequency (E) | 3.7 GHz | - |
| Total Cores | 16 | 12 |
| Total Threads | 16 | 12 |
| Bus Frequency | 100 MHz | - |
| Multiplier | 20x | - |
| L1 Cache | 192K (per core) | - |
| L2 Cache | 2560K (per core) | - |
| L3 Cache | 18MB (shared) | - |
| Unlocked Multiplier | No | No |
Package
| Fabrication Process | 2 nm | 2 nm |
| TDP (PL1) | 15-25 W (configurable) | - |
| Max. Boost TDP (PL2) | 80 W | - |
| Socket | FCBGA2540 | Apple M-Socket |
| Peak Temperature | 100°C | - |
Laptop processors ranking (#54th place)
iGPU
| Integrated Graphics | Intel Xe3 Graphics | Apple M6 GPU (12-core) |
| GPU Base Clock | 300 MHz | - |
| GPU Boost Clock | 2500 MHz | - |
| Shading Units | 512 | - |
| TMUs | 32 | - |
| ROPs | 16 | - |
| Execution Units | 4 | - |
| TGP | 25 W | - |
iGPU FLOPS
Memory Support
| Memory Types | - LPDDR5X-9600 - DDR5-7200 |
- LPDDR5X-10667 |
| Max. Memory Size | 128 GB | 32 GB |
| Memory Channels | 2 | 8 |
| Max. Memory Bandwidth | 153.6 GB/s | 170 GB/s |
| ECC Support | No | No |
Misc
| Official Site | Intel Core Ultra 9 386H official page | - |
| PCI Express Version | 5.0 | - |
| PCI Express Lanes | 20 | - |
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