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Intel Core i7-6900K vs Apple M1 Max (24-GPU)
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Benchmarks
Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks
Single-core performance
Multi-core performance
Cinebench 2026 Single-Thread
Single-core performance
Intel Core i7-6900K
63 %
8C / 16T · 3.70 GHz
Apple M1 Max (24-GPU)
100 %
10C / 10T · 3.20 GHz
Cinebench 2026 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
Intel Core i7-6900K
85 %
8C / 16T · 3.70 GHz
Apple M1 Max (24-GPU)
100 %
10C / 10T · 3.20 GHz
Cinebench R23 Single-Core
Single-core performance
Intel Core i7-6900K
75 %
8C / 16T · 3.70 GHz
Apple M1 Max (24-GPU)
100 %
10C / 10T · 3.20 GHz
Cinebench R23 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
Intel Core i7-6900K
91 %
8C / 16T · 3.20 GHz
Apple M1 Max (24-GPU)
100 %
10C / 10T · 3.20 GHz
Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance
Intel Core i7-6900K
52 %
8C / 16T · 3.70 GHz
Apple M1 Max (24-GPU)
100 %
10C / 10T · 3.20 GHz
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
Intel Core i7-6900K
60 %
8C / 16T · 3.20 GHz
Apple M1 Max (24-GPU)
100 %
10C / 10T · 3.20 GHz
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance
Intel Core i7-6900K
61 %
8C / 16T · 3.70 GHz
Apple M1 Max (24-GPU)
100 %
10C / 10T · 3.20 GHz
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
Intel Core i7-6900K
60 %
8C / 16T · 3.20 GHz
Apple M1 Max (24-GPU)
100 %
10C / 10T · 3.20 GHz
More benchmarks
Cinebench 2026 (ST)
218 entries
218 entries
Cinebench 2026 (MC)
219 entries
219 entries
Cinebench 2024 (SC)
427 entries
427 entries
Cinebench 2024 (MC)
422 entries
422 entries
Cinebench R23 (SC)
690 entries
690 entries
Cinebench R23 (MC)
665 entries
665 entries
Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,989 entries
1,989 entries
Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 entries
1,927 entries
Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries
2,512 entries
Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries
2,483 entries
FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries
2,219 entries
Blender 3.1 Benchmark
213 entries
213 entries
PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries
2,504 entries
CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
751 entries
751 entries
V-Ray CPU-Render
251 entries
251 entries
CPU performance per watt (efficiency)
140 entries
140 entries
AI performance (NPU)
218 entries
218 entries
Specifications
At a glance
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Wischen
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Intel Core i7-6900K | Apple M1 Max (24-GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| Family | Intel Core i7 Extreme Edition (24) | Apple M series (38) |
| CPU group | Intel Core i 6000 (24) | Apple M1 (9) |
| Architecture | Skylake S | M1 |
| Technology | 14 nm | 5 nm |
| Segment | Desktop | Notebook |
| Socket | LGA 2011-3 | |
| Predecessor | ||
| Successor | Apple M2 Max (30-GPU) |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
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Wischen
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Intel Core i7-6900K | Apple M1 Max (24-GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| CPU Cores / Threads | 8 / 16 | 10 / 10 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT | ✓ | ✗ |
| Core architecture | normal | hybrid (big.LITTLE) |
| Core Cluster 1: | 8x 3.20 - 3.70 GHz |
8x Firestorm 0.60 - 3.20 GHz |
| Core Cluster 2: | 2x Icestorm 0.60 - 2.06 GHz |
|
| L2-Cache | 28.00 MB | |
| L3-Cache | 20.00 MB | |
| Overclocking | ✓ | ✗ |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)
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Wischen
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Intel Core i7-6900K | Apple M1 Max (24-GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| GPU name | no iGPU | Apple M1 Max (24 Core) |
| GPU frequency | 0.39 - 1.30 GHz | |
| CUs / Shader | / | 384 / 3072 |
| Raytracing | ✗ | ✗ |
| Max. displays | 5 | |
| Max. GPU Memory | 32 GB | |
| Technology | 5 nm | |
| Release date | Q3/2021 |
NPU AI performance
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Wischen
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Intel Core i7-6900K | Apple M1 Max (24-GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| AI hardware | Apple Neural Engine | |
| AI specifications | 16 Neural cores @ 11 TOPS | |
| NPU + CPU + iGPU |
Memory & PCIe
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Wischen
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Intel Core i7-6900K | Apple M1 Max (24-GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| Memory | DDR4-2400 (76.8 GB/s) | LPDDR5-6400 (409.6 GB/s) |
| Max. Memory | 128 GB | 64 GB |
| Memory channels | 4 | 4 |
| ECC | No | No |
| PCIe | 3.0 x 40 | 4.0 |
| PCIe Bandwidth | 39.4 GB/s |
Thermal Management
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Wischen
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Intel Core i7-6900K | Apple M1 Max (24-GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 140 W | 45 W |
| TDP (PL2) | ||
| TDP up | ||
| TDP down | ||
| T. junction max. |
Technical details
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Wischen
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Intel Core i7-6900K | Apple M1 Max (24-GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| Chip design | Monolithic | Monolithic |
| AES-NI | ✓ | ✓ |
| Operating systems | Windows 10, Linux | macOS |
| Instruction set | x86-64 (64 bit) | Armv8.5-A (64 bit) |
| ISA extensions | SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 | Rosetta 2 x86-Emulation |
| Release date | Q2/2016 | Q3/2021 |
| Release price | ||
| Documents | Technical data sheet |
User Reviews
Your rating
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