Processor | Apple M1 | Intel Core i7-8550U | ||||||
Market (main) | Laptop | Laptop | ||||||
ISA | ARMv8.5-A (64-bit) | x86-64 (64 bit) | ||||||
Microarchitecture | Firestorm, Icestorm | Kaby Lake | ||||||
Core name | Firestorm, Icestorm | Kaby Lake Refresh | ||||||
Family | M series | Core i7-8000 | ||||||
Part number(s), S-Spec | APL1102 | FJ8067703281816, SR3LC |
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Release date | Q4 2020 | Q3 2017 | ||||||
Lithography | 5 nm | 14 nm+ | ||||||
Transistors | 16,000,000,000 | - | ||||||
Cores | 8 | 4 | ||||||
Threads | 8 | 8 | ||||||
Base frequency | 2.1 GHz | 1.8 GHz | ||||||
Turbo frequency | 3.2 GHz | 4.0 GHz | ||||||
Energy cores | 4x Apple Icestorm @ 2.06 GHz | - | ||||||
High performance cores | 4x Apple Firestorm @ 3.2 GHz | - | ||||||
Cache memory | 12 MB | 8 MB | ||||||
Max memory capacity | 16 GB | 32 GB | ||||||
Memory types | LPDDR4X-4266 | DDR4-2400, LPDDR3-2133 |
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Max # of memory channels | 2 | 2 | ||||||
Max memory bandwidth | 68.25 GB/s | 37.5 GB/s | ||||||
Max PCIe lanes | - | 12 | ||||||
TDP | 14 W | 15 W | ||||||
GPU integrated graphics | Apple M1 GPU | Intel UHD Graphics 620 (Kaby Lake) | ||||||
GPU cores | 8 | - | ||||||
GPU execution units | 128 | 24 | ||||||
GPU shading units | 1,024 | 192 | ||||||
GPU base clock | - | 300 MHz | ||||||
GPU boost clock | 1,278 MHz | 1150 MHz | ||||||
GPU FP32 floating point | 2,610 GFLOPS | 441.6 GFLOPS | ||||||
Socket | SoC | BGA1356 | ||||||
AI accelerator | AI accelerator 16-core | - | ||||||
AI computing operations per seconds | 11 TOPS | - | ||||||
Crypto engine | - | AES New Instructions, Secure Key |
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Security | - | Software Guard Extensions, Execute Disable Bit, OS Guard |
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Max display resolution | - | 4096 x 2304@24Hz | ||||||
Cinebench R15 single thread | 196 | 162 | ||||||
Cinebench R15 multi-thread | 1,034 | 634 | ||||||
Cinebench R20 single thread | 392 | 376 | ||||||
Cinebench R20 multi-thread | 1,974 | 1,139 | ||||||
Cinebench R23 single thread | 1,511 | 971 | ||||||
Cinebench R23 multi-thread | 7,419 | 3,097 | ||||||
PassMark single thread | 3,721 | 2,057 | ||||||
PassMark CPU Mark | 15,015 | 5,918 | ||||||
(iOS 64-bit | Windows 64-bit) Geekbench 4 single core | 7,537 | 4,194 | ||||||
(iOS 64-bit | Windows 64-bit) Geekbench 4 multi-core | 28,254 | 12,400 | ||||||
(macOS | Windows) Geekbench 5 single core | 1,526 | 1,026 | ||||||
(macOS | Windows) Geekbench 5 multi-core | 6,481 | 2,995 | ||||||
(Multi-core / watt performance) Performance / watt ratio | 2,047 pts / W | 827 pts / W | ||||||
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Cinebench R15 - Multi-thread & single thread score | |
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Apple M1![]() |
196 1,034 |
Intel Core i7-8550U![]() |
162 634 |
Cinebench R20 - Multi-thread & single thread score | |
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Apple M1![]() |
392 1,974 |
Intel Core i7-8550U![]() |
376 1,139 |
Cinebench R23 - Multi-thread & single thread score | |
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Apple M1![]() |
1,511 7,419 |
Intel Core i7-8550U![]() |
971 3,097 |
PassMark - CPU Mark & single thread | |
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Apple M1![]() |
3,721 15,015 |
Intel Core i7-8550U![]() |
2,057 5,918 |
Geekbench 5 - Multi-core & single core score - macOS | |
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Apple M1![]() |
1,526 6,481 |
Intel Core i7-8550U![]() |
765 2,922 |
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