Apple M1 Ultra vs Intel Core i7 6850K

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Apple M1 Ultra Intel Core i7 6850K

We compared two desktop CPUs: Apple M1 Ultra with 20 cores 3.2GHz and Intel Core i7 6850K with 6 cores 3.6GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Apple M1 Ultra 's Advantages

Released 5 years and 10 months late

Integrated graphics card

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

Larger memory bandwidth (800GB/s vs 76.8GB/s)

Lower TDP (60W vs 140W)

Intel Core i7 6850K 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (3.6GHz vs 3.2GHz)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

Apple M1 Ultra +57%

1544

Intel Core i7 6850K

979

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

Apple M1 Ultra +207%

22394

Intel Core i7 6850K

7282

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Apple M1 Ultra +145%

2420

Intel Core i7 6850K

986

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Apple M1 Ultra +381%

18680

Intel Core i7 6850K

3877

Geekbench 5 Single Core

Apple M1 Ultra +78%

1768

Intel Core i7 6850K

988

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

Apple M1 Ultra +299%

23501

Intel Core i7 6850K

5881

Passmark CPU Single Core

Apple M1 Ultra +59%

3831

Intel Core i7 6850K

2409

Passmark CPU Multi Core

Apple M1 Ultra +258%

40784

Intel Core i7 6850K

11382

Apple M1 Ultra

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Intel Core i7 6850K

General Parameters

Mar 2022

Release Date

May 2016

Apple

Manufacturer

Intel

Desktop

Type

Desktop

ARMv8

Instruction Set

x86-64

Apple M1

Core Architecture

Broadwell E

APL1106/APL1W06

Processor Number

i7-6850K

Apple M-Socket

Socket

LGA-2011-3

Apple M1 Ultra GPU (64-core)

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Package

114 billions

Transistor Count

-

5 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

Apple M-Socket

Socket

LGA-2011-3

60 W

Power Consumption

140 W

CPU Performance

16

Performance Cores

6

16

Performance Core Threads

12

3.2 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.6 GHz

3.2 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.8 GHz

4

Efficiency Cores

-

4

Efficiency Core Threads

-

2.1 GHz

Efficiency Core Base Frequency

-

20

Total Core Count

6

20

Total Thread Count

12

-

Multiplier

36x

192 K per core

L1 Cache

32 K per core

48 MB shared

L2 Cache

256 K per core

-

L3 Cache

15 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

Memory Parameters

LPDDR5-6400

Memory Types

DDR4-2133

128 GB

Max Memory Size

128 GB

16

Max Memory Channels

4

800 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

76.8 GB/s

No

ECC Memory Support

No

Graphics Card Parameters

true

Integrated Graphics

-

450 MHz

GPU Base Frequency

-

1296 MHz

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

-

8192

Shader Units

-

512

Texture Units

-

256

Raster Operation Units

-

1024

Execution Units

-

120 W

Power Consumption

-

6016x3384 - 60 Hz

Max Resolution

-

21.2 TFLOPS

Graphics Performance

-

Miscellaneous

-

Official Website

Intel Core i7 6850K

-

PCIe Version

3.0

-

PCIe Lanes

40

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