Apple M1 Ultra vs Intel Core i9 7920X

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Apple M1 Ultra Intel Core i9 7920X

We compared two desktop CPUs: Apple M1 Ultra with 20 cores 3.2GHz and Intel Core i9 7920X with 12 cores 2.9GHz . 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 7 months late

Integrated graphics card

Higher specification of memory (LPDDR5-6400 vs DDR4-2666)

Larger memory bandwidth (800GB/s vs 85GB/s)

Higher base frequency (3.2GHz vs 2.9GHz)

Lower TDP (60W vs 140W)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Apple M1 Ultra +129%

2420

Intel Core i9 7920X

1053

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Apple M1 Ultra +331%

18680

Intel Core i9 7920X

4327

Geekbench 5 Single Core

Apple M1 Ultra +55%

1768

Intel Core i9 7920X

1137

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

Apple M1 Ultra +98%

23501

Intel Core i9 7920X

11828

Passmark CPU Single Core

Apple M1 Ultra +53%

3831

Intel Core i9 7920X

2488

Passmark CPU Multi Core

Apple M1 Ultra +73%

40784

Intel Core i9 7920X

23468

Apple M1 Ultra

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Intel Core i9 7920X

General Parameters

Mar 2022

Release Date

Aug 2017

Apple

Manufacturer

Intel

Desktop

Type

Desktop

ARMv8

Instruction Set

x86-64

Apple M1

Core Architecture

Skylake

APL1106/APL1W06

Processor Number

i9-7920X

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

Apple M-Socket

Socket

LGA-2066

60 W

Power Consumption

140 W

-

Peak Operating Temperature

95 °C

CPU Performance

16

Performance Cores

12

16

Performance Core Threads

24

3.2 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.9 GHz

3.2 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.3 GHz

4

Efficiency Cores

-

4

Efficiency Core Threads

-

2.1 GHz

Efficiency Core Base Frequency

-

20

Total Core Count

12

20

Total Thread Count

24

-

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

-

Multiplier

29x

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

85 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 i9 7920X

-

PCIe Version

3.0

-

PCIe Lanes

44

-

Extended Instruction Set

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

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