Apple M1 vs Intel Core i7 6820HQ

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Apple M1 Intel Core i7 6820HQ

We compared two laptop CPUs: Apple M1 with 8 cores 2.1GHz and Intel Core i7 6820HQ with 4 cores 2.7GHz . 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 (LPDDR4X-4266 vs DDR4-2133)

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

Newer PCIe version (4.0 vs 3.0)

Lower TDP (14W vs 45W)

Intel Core i7 6820HQ 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (2.7GHz vs 2.1GHz)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

Apple M1 +70%

1516

Intel Core i7 6820HQ

891

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

Apple M1 +81%

7792

Intel Core i7 6820HQ

4287

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Apple M1 +115%

2231

Intel Core i7 6820HQ

1037

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Apple M1 +125%

8035

Intel Core i7 6820HQ

3560

Blender

Apple M1 +155%

133

Intel Core i7 6820HQ

52

Geekbench 5 Single Core

Apple M1 +108%

1757

Intel Core i7 6820HQ

844

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

Apple M1 +130%

7742

Intel Core i7 6820HQ

3359

Passmark CPU Single Core

Apple M1 +89%

3717

Intel Core i7 6820HQ

1958

Passmark CPU Multi Core

Apple M1 +106%

14218

Intel Core i7 6820HQ

6869

Apple M1

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Intel Core i7 6820HQ

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

i7-6820HQ

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

Apple M-Socket

Socket

BGA-1440

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

2.7 GHz

3.2 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.6 GHz

8

Total Core Count

4

8

Total Thread Count

8

192 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

12 MB shared

L2 Cache

256 K per core

-

L3 Cache

8 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 6820HQ

4.0

PCIe Version

3.0

-

PCIe Lanes

16

-

Extended Instruction Set

SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2

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