Intel Core i7 7500U 's Advantages
Higher base frequency (2.7GHz vs 2.1GHz)
Apple M1 's Advantages
Released 4 years and 3 months late
Better graphics card performance
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 15W)