Apple M1 vs Intel Core i7 6700HQ

VS

Apple M1

Intel Core i7 6700HQ

We compared two laptop CPUs: Apple M1 with 8 cores 2.1GHz and Intel Core i7 6700HQ with 4 cores 2.6GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Apple M1 's Advantages

Released 5 years and 2 months late

Higher specification of memory (4266 vs 2133)

Larger memory bandwidth (68.25GB/s vs 34.1GB/s)

Newer PCIe version (4.0 vs 3.0)

More modern manufacturing process (5nm vs 14nm)

Lower TDP (14W vs 45W)

Intel Core i7 6700HQ 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (2.6GHz vs 2.1GHz)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

Apple M1 +66%

1513

Intel Core i7 6700HQ

908

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

Apple M1 +83%

7782

Intel Core i7 6700HQ

4239

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Apple M1 +113%

2231

Intel Core i7 6700HQ

1044

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Apple M1 +126%

8035

Intel Core i7 6700HQ

3554

Blender

Apple M1 +83%

130

Intel Core i7 6700HQ

71

Geekbench 5 Single Core

Apple M1 +119%

1757

Intel Core i7 6700HQ

802

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

Apple M1 +137%

7742

Intel Core i7 6700HQ

3266

Passmark CPU Single Core

Apple M1 +95%

3717

Intel Core i7 6700HQ

1903

Passmark CPU Multi Core

Apple M1 +119%

14218

Intel Core i7 6700HQ

6474

Apple M1

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Intel Core i7 6700HQ

General Parameters

Nov 2020

Release Date

Sep 2015

Apple

Manufacturer

Intel

Laptop

Type

Laptop

ARMv8

Instruction Set

x86-64

Icestorm and Firestorm

Core Architecture

Skylake

-

Processor Number

i7-6700HQ

Apple M-Socket

Socket

BGA-1440

Apple M1 GPU

Integrated Graphics

HD Graphics 530

Package

16 billions

Transistor Count

-

5 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

14 W

Power Consumption

45 W

-

Peak Operating Temperature

100 °C

CPU Performance

8

Performance Cores

4

8

Performance Core Threads

8

2.1 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.6 GHz

3.2 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.5 GHz

8

Total Core Count

4

8

Total Thread Count

8

-

Multiplier

26x

192 K per core

L1 Cache

128 K per core

12 MB shared

L2 Cache

256 K per core

-

L3 Cache

6 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

Memory Parameters

LPDDR4X-4266

Memory Types

DDR4-2133, LPDDR3-1866, DDR3L-1600

16 GB

Max Memory Size

64 GB

2

Max Memory Channels

2

68.25 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

34.1 GB/s

No

ECC Memory Support

No

Graphics Card Parameters

true

Integrated Graphics

true

450 MHz

GPU Base Frequency

-

1278 MHz

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

1050 MHz

1024

Shader Units

-

64

Texture Units

-

32

Raster Operation Units

-

128

Execution Units

-

15 W

Power Consumption

-

6016x3384 - 60 Hz

Max Resolution

-

2.6 TFLOPS

Graphics Performance

-

Miscellaneous

-

Official Website

Intel Core i7 6700HQ

4.0

PCIe Version

3.0

-

PCIe Lanes

16

-

Extended Instruction Set

SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2

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