Apple M1 Ultra vs Intel Core i7 8700

VS

Apple M1 Ultra

Intel Core i7 8700

We compared two desktop CPUs: Apple M1 Ultra with 20 cores 3.2GHz and Intel Core i7 8700 with 6 cores 3.2GHz . 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 4 years and 5 months late

Better graphics card performance

Higher specification of memory (6400 vs 2666)

Larger memory bandwidth (800GB/s vs 41.6GB/s)

More modern manufacturing process (5nm vs 14nm)

Lower TDP (60W vs 65W)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

Apple M1 Ultra +27%

1538

Intel Core i7 8700

1211

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

Apple M1 Ultra +226%

23054

Intel Core i7 8700

7068

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Apple M1 Ultra +92%

2420

Intel Core i7 8700

1258

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Apple M1 Ultra +325%

18680

Intel Core i7 8700

4394

Blender

Apple M1 Ultra +190%

416

Intel Core i7 8700

143

Geekbench 5 Single Core

Apple M1 Ultra +51%

1768

Intel Core i7 8700

1166

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

Apple M1 Ultra +278%

23501

Intel Core i7 8700

6209

Passmark CPU Single Core

Apple M1 Ultra +44%

3831

Intel Core i7 8700

2647

Passmark CPU Multi Core

Apple M1 Ultra +216%

40784

Intel Core i7 8700

12874

Apple M1 Ultra

VS

Intel Core i7 8700

General Parameters

Mar 2022

Release Date

Oct 2017

Apple

Manufacturer

Intel

Desktop

Type

Desktop

ARMv8

Instruction Set

x86-64

Apple M1

Core Architecture

Coffee Lake

APL1106/APL1W06

Processor Number

i7-8700

Apple M-Socket

Socket

LGA-1151

Apple M1 Ultra GPU (64-core)

Integrated Graphics

UHD Graphics 630

Package

114 billions

Transistor Count

-

5 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

60 W

Power Consumption

65 W

-

Peak Operating Temperature

100 °C

CPU Performance

16

Performance Cores

6

16

Performance Core Threads

12

3.2 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.2 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.6 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

-

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

-

Multiplier

32x

192 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

48 MB shared

L2 Cache

256 K per core

-

L3 Cache

12 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

Memory Parameters

LPDDR5-6400

Memory Types

DDR4-2666

128 GB

Max Memory Size

128 GB

16

Max Memory Channels

2

800 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

41.6 GB/s

No

ECC Memory Support

No

Graphics Card Parameters

true

Integrated Graphics

true

450 MHz

GPU Base Frequency

350 MHz

1296 MHz

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

1200 MHz

8192

Shader Units

192

512

Texture Units

24

256

Raster Operation Units

3

1024

Execution Units

24

120 W

Power Consumption

15 W

6016x3384 - 60 Hz

Max Resolution

4096x2304 - 60 Hz

21.2 TFLOPS

Graphics Performance

0.38 TFLOPS

Miscellaneous

-

Official Website

Intel Core i7 8700

-

PCIe Version

3.0

-

PCIe Lanes

16

-

Extended Instruction Set

SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2

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