Apple M1 vs Intel Core i9 10885H

Compared 2 processors: Apple M1, vs Intel Core i9 10885H. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Apple M1 and Intel Core i9 10885H
Single-Thread Perf.
Single-Core Benchmark Score
Multi-Thread Perf.
Multi-Core Benchmark Score
Energy Efficiency
Chip Power Efficiency
Integrated Graphics
iGPU Performance in Games & 3D
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
Cinebench R23
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
Apple M1
1514
Intel Core i9 10885H
1289
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
Apple M1
7800
Intel Core i9 10885H
9438
Cinebench 2024
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
Apple M1
108
Intel Core i9 10885H
n/a
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
Apple M1
445
Intel Core i9 10885H
n/a
PassMark
PassMark CPU (Single-Core)
Apple M1
3681
Intel Core i9 10885H
2706
PassMark CPU (Multi-Core)
Apple M1
14147
Intel Core i9 10885H
14709
Integer Math33.3 GOps/s52.5 GOps/s
Floating-Point Math35.6 GOps/s32.9 GOps/s
Prime Number Search142 M primes/s51 M primes/s
Random String Sort21.1 M strings/s27.8 M strings/s
Data Encryption8.6 GB/s5.1 GB/s
Data Compression168.8 MB/s213.5 MB/s
Physics1364 frames/s859 frames/s
Extended Instructions69 M matrices/s13 M matrices/s
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Apple M1
2383
Intel Core i9 10885H
1739
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Apple M1
8765
Intel Core i9 10885H
7175
File Compression936.1 MB/s523.4 MB/s
Clang Compilation71.3 KLines/s61.6 KLines/s
HTML5 Browser204.8 pages/s162.3 pages/s
PDF Rendering241.1 MP/sec258.3 MP/sec
Text Processing242.5 pages/s153.8 pages/s
Background Blur34.8 frames/s31.8 frames/s
Photo Processing79.9 frames/s59.6 frames/s
Ray Tracing9.28 MP/sec11.8 MP/sec

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender CPU
Apple M1
95.27
Intel Core i9 10885H
118.69

Performance/Watt

Points per watt of PL1 TDP
Geekbench 6 Multi / W 626.1 PPW 159.4 PPW
PassMark CPU / W 1010.5 PPW 326.9 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / W 31.8 PPW n/a
Blender / W 6.81 PPW 2.64 PPW

General Info

Manufacturer Apple Intel
Announced November, 20, 2020 April, 2, 2020
Type Laptop use Laptop use
Architecture ARMv8 x86-64
Codename Apple M1 Comet Lake
Model number n/a i9-10885H
Integrated GPU Apple M1 GPU UHD Graphics 630

Processor

Performance cores
Cores 4 8
Threads 4 16
Frequency 3.2 GHz 2.4 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo) n/a 5.3 GHz
Efficiency cores
Cores4n/a
Threads4n/a
Frequency2.1 GHzn/a
General
Cores count88
Threads count816
Bus frequencyn/a100 MHz
Bandwidthn/a8 GT/s
Multipliern/a24x
L1 cache192 KB/core64 KB/core
L2 cache12 KB/core256 KB/core
L3 Cachen/a16 MB total
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Package

Transistor count 16 billion n/a
Process tech. 5 nm 14 nm
Power (TDP) 14 W 45 W
Socket Apple M-Socket BGA-1440
Critical temp. n/a 100 °C

Memory Support

Memory Type LPDDR4X-4266 DDR4-2933
Max Size 16 GB 128 GB
Channels 2 2
ECC support No No
Max memory bandwidth 68.25 GB 45.8 GB

Other

PCIe Version 4.0 3.0
Max PCIe Lanes n/a 16

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Apple M1 the clear winner in this comparison.

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