Apple M1 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU) vs Intel Core i7-10850H

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Apple M1 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU) CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Core i7-10850H
Apple M1 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU) Intel Core i7-10850H

CPU comparison

Apple M1 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU) or Intel Core i7-10850H - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results.

The Apple M1 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU) has 10 cores with 10 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.20 GHz. Up to 32 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The Apple M1 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU) was released in Q3/2021.

The Intel Core i7-10850H has 6 cores with 12 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 5.10 GHz. The CPU supports up to 128 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i7-10850H was released in Q2/2020.
Apple M series (25) Family Intel Core i7 (298)
Apple M1 (9) CPU group Intel Core i 10000H (11)
1 Generation 10
M1 Architecture Comet Lake H
Mobile Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor Intel Core i7-9850H
Apple M2 Pro (12-CPU 19-GPU) Successor Intel Core i7-11850H

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Apple M1 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU) is a 10 core processor with a clock frequency of 0.60 GHz (3.20 GHz). The Intel Core i7-10850H has 6 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 2.70 GHz (5.10 GHz).

Apple M1 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU) Characteristic Intel Core i7-10850H
10 Cores 6
10 Threads 12
hybrid (big.LITTLE) Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading Yes
No Overclocking ? No
0.60 GHz (3.20 GHz)
8x Firestorm
A-Core 2.70 GHz (5.10 GHz)
0.60 GHz (2.06 GHz)
2x Icestorm
B-Core --

NPU AI performance

The performance values of the processor's AI unit. The isolated NPU performance is specified here, the total AI performance (NPU+CPU+iGPU) can be higher. Processors with support for artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors.

Apple M1 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU) Characteristic Intel Core i7-10850H
Apple Neural Engine AI hardware --
16 Neural cores @ 11 TOPS AI specifications --
-- NPU + CPU + iGPU --

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

The integrated graphics unit of a processor is not only responsible for the pure image output on the system, but can also significantly increase the efficiency of the system with the support of modern video codecs.

Apple M1 Pro (16 Core) GPU Intel UHD Graphics 630
0.39 GHz GPU frequency 0.35 GHz
1.30 GHz GPU (Turbo) 1.15 GHz
1 GPU Generation 9.5
5 nm Technology 14 nm
3 Max. displays 3
256 Compute units 24
2048 Shader 192
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
16 GB Max. GPU Memory 64 GB
-- DirectX Version 12

Hardware codec support

A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.

Apple M1 Pro (16 Core) GPU Intel UHD Graphics 630
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec h264 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec VP9 Decode / Encode
Decode Codec VP8 Decode / Encode
No Codec AV1 No
Decode Codec AVC Decode / Encode
Decode Codec VC-1 Decode
Decode / Encode Codec JPEG Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

The Apple M1 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU) supports a maximum of 32 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i7-10850H can connect up to 128 GB of memory in 2 memory channels.

Apple M1 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU) Characteristic Intel Core i7-10850H
LPDDR5-6400 Memory DDR4-2933
32 GB Max. Memory 128 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
102.4 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 46.9 GB/s
No ECC No
28.00 MB L2 Cache --
-- L3 Cache 12.00 MB
4.0 PCIe version 3.0
-- PCIe lanes 16
-- PCIe Bandwidth 15.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The Apple M1 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU) has a TDP of 45 W, that of the Intel Core i7-10850H is 45 W.

Apple M1 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU) Characteristic Intel Core i7-10850H
45 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 45 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down 35 W
-- Tjunction max. 100 °C

Technical details

The Apple M1 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU) has a 28.00 MB cache, while the Intel Core i7-10850H cache has a total of 12.00 MB.

Apple M1 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU) Characteristic Intel Core i7-10850H
5 nm Technology 14 nm
Chiplet Chip design Monolithic
Armv8.5-A (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
Rosetta 2 x86-Emulation ISA extensions SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
-- Socket BGA 1440
Apple Virtualization Framework Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Yes AES-NI Yes
macOS Operating systems Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Q3/2021 Release date Q2/2020
-- Release price 395 $
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 3 CPU benchmarks
Apple M1 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU) (100%)
Intel Core i7-10850H (72%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 4 CPU benchmarks
Apple M1 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU) (100%)
Intel Core i7-10850H (56%)

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Apple M1 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU) Apple M1 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU)
10C 10T @ 3.20 GHz
1534 (100%)
Intel Core i7-10850H Intel Core i7-10850H
6C 12T @ 5.10 GHz
1196 (78%)

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Apple M1 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU) Apple M1 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU)
10C 10T @ 3.20 GHz
12390 (100%)
Intel Core i7-10850H Intel Core i7-10850H
6C 12T @ 3.40 GHz
7455 (60%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Apple M1 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU) Apple M1 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU)
10C 10T @ 3.20 GHz
1768 (100%)
Intel Core i7-10850H Intel Core i7-10850H
6C 12T @ 5.10 GHz
1277 (72%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Apple M1 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU) Apple M1 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU)
10C 10T @ 3.20 GHz
12574 (100%)
Intel Core i7-10850H Intel Core i7-10850H
6C 12T @ 3.40 GHz
6251 (50%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.
Apple M1 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU) Apple M1 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU)
10C 10T @ 3.20 GHz
2397 (100%)
Intel Core i7-10850H Intel Core i7-10850H
6C 12T @ 5.10 GHz
1571 (66%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.
Apple M1 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU) Apple M1 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU)
10C 10T @ 3.20 GHz
12407 (100%)
Intel Core i7-10850H Intel Core i7-10850H
6C 12T @ 3.40 GHz
6440 (52%)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.
Apple M1 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU) Apple M1 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU)
Apple M1 Pro (16 Core) @ 1.30 GHz
5300 (100%)
Intel Core i7-10850H Intel Core i7-10850H
Intel UHD Graphics 630 @ 1.15 GHz
442 (8%)

Blender 3.1 Benchmark

In the Blender Benchmark 3.1, the scenes "monster", "junkshop" and "classroom" are rendered and the time required by the system is measured. In our benchmark we test the CPU and not the graphics card. Blender 3.1 was presented as a standalone version in March 2022.
Apple M1 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU) Apple M1 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU)
10C 10T @ 3.20 GHz
192 (100%)
Intel Core i7-10850H Intel Core i7-10850H
6C 12T @ 3.40 GHz
119 (62%)

Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)

The Cinebench 2024 benchmark is based on the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxon's 3D program Cinema 4D. The benchmark runs are each 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.
Apple M1 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU) Apple M1 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU)
10C 10T @ 3.20 GHz
113 (100%)
Intel Core i7-10850H Intel Core i7-10850H
6C 12T @ 5.10 GHz
0 (0%)

Cinebench 2024 (Multi-Core)

The Multi-Core test of the Cinebench 2024 benchmark uses all cpu cores to render using the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxons Cinema 4D. The benchmark run is 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.
Apple M1 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU) Apple M1 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU)
10C 10T @ 3.20 GHz
802 (100%)
Intel Core i7-10850H Intel Core i7-10850H
6C 12T @ 5.10 GHz
0 (0%)

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Apple M1 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU) Apple M1 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU)
10C 10T @ 3.20 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i7-10850H Intel Core i7-10850H
6C 12T @ 5.10 GHz
490 (100%)

Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Apple M1 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU) Apple M1 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU)
10C 10T @ 3.20 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i7-10850H Intel Core i7-10850H
6C 12T @ 3.40 GHz
2839 (100%)

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.
Apple M1 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU) Apple M1 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU)
10C 10T @ 3.20 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i7-10850H Intel Core i7-10850H
6C 12T @ 3.40 GHz
12131 (100%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.
Apple M1 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU) Apple M1 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU)
10C 10T @ 0.60 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i7-10850H Intel Core i7-10850H
6C 12T @ 2.70 GHz
3225 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Apple M1 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU) Apple M1 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU)
10C 10T @ 3.20 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i7-10850H Intel Core i7-10850H
6C 12T @ 5.10 GHz
210 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Apple M1 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU) Apple M1 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU)
10C 10T @ 3.20 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i7-10850H Intel Core i7-10850H
6C 12T @ 3.40 GHz
1265 (100%)

CPU performance per watt (efficiency)

Efficiency of the processor under full load in the Cinebench R23 (multi-core) benchmark. The benchmark result is divided by the average energy required (CPU package power in watts). The higher the value, the more efficient the CPU is under full load.
Apple M1 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU) Apple M1 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU)
12,390 CB R23 MC @ 45 W
275 (100%)
Intel Core i7-10850H Intel Core i7-10850H
2.70 GHz
0 (0%)

AI performance (NPU)

The performance values of the processor's AI unit. The isolated NPU performance is given here, the total AI performance (NPU+CPU+iGPU) can be higher.

Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. The performance is given in the number (trillions) of arithmetic operations per second (TOPS).
Apple M1 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU) Apple M1 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU)
10C 10T @ 0.60 GHz
11 (100%)
Intel Core i7-10850H Intel Core i7-10850H
6C 12T @ 2.70 GHz
0 (0%)

Devices using this processor

Apple M1 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU) Intel Core i7-10850H
Apple MacBook Pro 14 (2021)
Apple MacBook Pro 16 (2021)
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