Apple M1 Max vs Intel Core i7 6820HQ

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Apple M1 Max Intel Core i7 6820HQ

We compared two laptop CPUs: Apple M1 Max with 10 cores 2.0GHz and Intel Core i7 6820HQ with 4 cores 2.7GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Apple M1 Max 's Advantages

Released 6 years and 8 months late

Higher specification of memory (LPDDR5-6400 vs DDR4-2133)

Larger memory bandwidth (409.6GB/s vs 34.1GB/s)

Lower TDP (30W vs 45W)

Intel Core i7 6820HQ 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (2.7GHz vs 2.0GHz)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

Apple M1 Max +73%

1542

Intel Core i7 6820HQ

891

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

Apple M1 Max +189%

12415

Intel Core i7 6820HQ

4287

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Apple M1 Max +132%

2410

Intel Core i7 6820HQ

1037

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Apple M1 Max +250%

12480

Intel Core i7 6820HQ

3560

Blender

Apple M1 Max +315%

216

Intel Core i7 6820HQ

52

Geekbench 5 Single Core

Apple M1 Max +111%

1783

Intel Core i7 6820HQ

844

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

Apple M1 Max +272%

12511

Intel Core i7 6820HQ

3359

Passmark CPU Single Core

Apple M1 Max +95%

3833

Intel Core i7 6820HQ

1958

Passmark CPU Multi Core

Apple M1 Max +222%

22121

Intel Core i7 6820HQ

6869

Apple M1 Max

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Intel Core i7 6820HQ

General Parameters

May 2022

Release Date

Sep 2015

Apple

Manufacturer

Intel

Laptop

Type

Laptop

ARMv8

Instruction Set

x86-64

-

Core Architecture

Skylake

-

Processor Number

i7-6820HQ

Apple M-Socket

Socket

BGA-1440

Apple M1 Max GPU (32-core)

Integrated Graphics

HD Graphics 530

Package

57 billions

Transistor Count

-

5 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

Apple M-Socket

Socket

BGA-1440

30 W

Power Consumption

45 W

-

Peak Operating Temperature

100 °C

CPU Performance

10

Performance Cores

4

10

Performance Core Threads

8

2.0 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.7 GHz

3.2 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.6 GHz

10

Total Core Count

4

10

Total Thread Count

8

192 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

24 MB shared

L2 Cache

256 K per core

-

L3 Cache

8 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

Memory Parameters

LPDDR5-6400

Memory Types

DDR4-2133, LPDDR3-1866, DDR3L-1600

64 GB

Max Memory Size

64 GB

8

Max Memory Channels

2

409.6 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

34.1 GB/s

No

ECC Memory Support

No

Graphics Card Parameters

true

Integrated Graphics

true

450 MHz

GPU Base Frequency

-

1296 MHz

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

1050 MHz

4096

Shader Units

-

256

Texture Units

-

128

Raster Operation Units

-

60 W

Power Consumption

-

6016x3384 - 60 Hz

Max Resolution

-

10.4 TFLOPS

Graphics Performance

-

Miscellaneous

-

Official Website

Intel Core i7 6820HQ

-

PCIe Version

3.0

-

PCIe Lanes

16

-

Extended Instruction Set

SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2

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