Apple M1 Ultra vs Intel Core i7 9800X

VS

Apple M1 Ultra

Intel Core i7 9800X

We compared two desktop CPUs: Apple M1 Ultra with 20 cores 3.2GHz and Intel Core i7 9800X with 8 cores 3.8GHz . 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 3 years and 5 months late

Integrated graphics card

Higher specification of memory (6400 vs 2666)

Larger memory bandwidth (800GB/s vs 79.47GB/s)

More modern manufacturing process (5nm vs 14nm)

Lower TDP (60W vs 165W)

Intel Core i7 9800X 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (3.8GHz vs 3.2GHz)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

Apple M1 Ultra +21%

1538

Intel Core i7 9800X

1263

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

Apple M1 Ultra +76%

23054

Intel Core i7 9800X

13055

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Apple M1 Ultra +84%

2420

Intel Core i7 9800X

1314

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Apple M1 Ultra +133%

18680

Intel Core i7 9800X

7991

Geekbench 5 Single Core

Apple M1 Ultra +44%

1768

Intel Core i7 9800X

1225

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

Apple M1 Ultra +143%

23501

Intel Core i7 9800X

9648

Passmark CPU Single Core

Apple M1 Ultra +48%

3831

Intel Core i7 9800X

2573

Passmark CPU Multi Core

Apple M1 Ultra +125%

40784

Intel Core i7 9800X

18121

Apple M1 Ultra

VS

Intel Core i7 9800X

General Parameters

Mar 2022

Release Date

Oct 2018

Apple

Manufacturer

Intel

Desktop

Type

Desktop

ARMv8

Instruction Set

x86-64

Apple M1

Core Architecture

Skylake

APL1106/APL1W06

Processor Number

i7-9800X

Apple M-Socket

Socket

LGA-2066

Apple M1 Ultra GPU (64-core)

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Package

114 billions

Transistor Count

-

5 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

60 W

Power Consumption

165 W

-

Peak Operating Temperature

95 °C

CPU Performance

16

Performance Cores

8

16

Performance Core Threads

16

3.2 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.8 GHz

3.2 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.4 GHz

4

Efficiency Cores

-

4

Efficiency Core Threads

-

2.1 GHz

Efficiency Core Base Frequency

-

20

Total Core Count

8

20

Total Thread Count

16

-

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

-

Multiplier

38x

192 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

48 MB shared

L2 Cache

1 MB per core

-

L3 Cache

17 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

Memory Parameters

LPDDR5-6400

Memory Types

DDR4-2666

128 GB

Max Memory Size

128 GB

16

Max Memory Channels

4

800 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

79.47 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 9800X

-

PCIe Version

3.0

-

PCIe Lanes

44

-

Extended Instruction Set

SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2, AVX-512

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