Apple M1 Pro vs Intel Core i7 8559U

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Apple M1 Pro

Intel Core i7 8559U

We compared two laptop CPUs: Apple M1 Pro with 10 cores 2.0GHz and Intel Core i7 8559U 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 Pro 's Advantages

Released 3 years and 6 months late

Higher specification of memory (6400 vs 2400)

Larger memory bandwidth (204.8GB/s vs 37.5GB/s)

More modern manufacturing process (5nm vs 14nm)

Intel Core i7 8559U 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (2.7GHz vs 2.0GHz)

Lower TDP (28W vs 30W)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Apple M1 Pro +53%

2180

Intel Core i7 8559U

1416

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Apple M1 Pro +63%

7976

Intel Core i7 8559U

4869

Blender

Apple M1 Pro +202%

209

Intel Core i7 8559U

69

Apple M1 Pro

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Intel Core i7 8559U

General Parameters

Oct 2021

Release Date

Apr 2018

Apple

Manufacturer

Intel

Laptop

Type

Laptop

ARMv8

Instruction Set

-

Core Architecture

Kaby Lake-R

Apple M-Socket

Socket

Intel BGA 1356

Apple M1 Pro GPU (16-core)

Integrated Graphics

Iris Pro Plus

-

Generation

Core i7 (Kaby Lake-U Refresh)

Package

33.7 billions

Transistor Count

-

5 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

30 W

Power Consumption

28 W

-

Peak Operating Temperature

72 °C

-

Foundry

Intel

-

Die Size

123 mm²

CPU Performance

10

Performance Cores

-

10

Performance Core Threads

-

2.0 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.7 GHz

3.2 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.5 GHz

10

Total Core Count

4

10

Total Thread Count

8

-

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

-

Multiplier

27.0

192 K per core

L1 Cache

64 KB per core

24 MB shared

L2 Cache

256 KB per core

-

L3 Cache

8 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

-

SMP

1

Memory Parameters

LPDDR5-6400

Memory Types

DDR4-2400, LPDDR3-2133

32 GB

Max Memory Size

32 GB

4

Max Memory Channels

2

204.8 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

37.5 GB/s

No

ECC Memory Support

No

Graphics Card Parameters

true

Integrated Graphics

true

450 MHz

GPU Base Frequency

300 MHz

1296 MHz

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

1200 MHz

2048

Shader Units

-

128

Texture Units

-

64

Raster Operation Units

-

30 W

Power Consumption

-

6016x3384 - 60 Hz

Max Resolution

-

5.2 TFLOPS

Graphics Performance

-

Miscellaneous

-

Official Website

Intel Core i7 8559U

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