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Intel Core i9-12900TE vs Apple M1 (7-GPU)
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Benchmarks
Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks
Single-core performance
Multi-core performance
Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance
Intel Core i9-12900TE
100 %
16C / 24T · 4.80 GHz
Apple M1 (7-GPU)
95 %
8C / 8T · 3.20 GHz
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
Intel Core i9-12900TE
100 %
16C / 24T · 3.00 GHz
Apple M1 (7-GPU)
69 %
8C / 8T · 3.20 GHz
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance
Intel Core i9-12900TE
100 %
16C / 24T · 4.80 GHz
Apple M1 (7-GPU)
94 %
8C / 8T · 3.20 GHz
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
Intel Core i9-12900TE
100 %
16C / 24T · 3.00 GHz
Apple M1 (7-GPU)
56 %
8C / 8T · 3.20 GHz
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
Intel UHD Graphics 770
Apple M1 (7-GPU)
100 %
Apple M1 (7 Core)
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2,512 entries
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2,219 entries
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534 entries
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Blender 3.1 Benchmark
213 entries
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PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries
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Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
190 entries
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V-Ray CPU-Render
251 entries
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CPU performance per watt (efficiency)
140 entries
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AI performance (NPU)
218 entries
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Specifications
At a glance
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Intel Core i9-12900TE | Apple M1 (7-GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| Family | Intel Core i9 (81) | Apple M series (38) |
| CPU group | Intel Core i 12000 (34) | Apple M1 (9) |
| Architecture | Alder Lake S | M1 |
| Technology | 10 nm | 5 nm |
| Segment | Desktop | Notebook |
| Socket | LGA 1700 | |
| Predecessor | ||
| Successor | Intel Core i9-13900TE |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
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Intel Core i9-12900TE | Apple M1 (7-GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| CPU Cores / Threads | 16 / 24 | 8 / 8 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT | ✓ | ✗ |
| Core architecture | hybrid (big.LITTLE) | hybrid (big.LITTLE) |
| Core Cluster 1: | 8x Golden Cove 1.10 - 4.80 GHz |
4x Firestorm 0.60 - 3.20 GHz |
| Core Cluster 2: | 8x Gracemont 1.00 - 3.60 GHz |
4x Icestorm 0.60 - 2.06 GHz |
| L2-Cache | 14.00 MB | 16.00 MB |
| L3-Cache | 30.00 MB | |
| Overclocking | ✗ | ✗ |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)
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Intel Core i9-12900TE | Apple M1 (7-GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| GPU name | Intel UHD Graphics 770 | Apple M1 (7 Core) |
| GPU frequency | 0.30 - 1.55 GHz | 0.39 - 1.30 GHz |
| CUs / Shader | 32 / 256 | 112 / 896 |
| Raytracing | ✗ | ✗ |
| Max. displays | 3 | 2 |
| Max. GPU Memory | 64 GB | 8 GB |
| Technology | 10 nm | 5 nm |
| Release date | Q4/2021 | Q4/2020 |
NPU AI performance
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Intel Core i9-12900TE | Apple M1 (7-GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| AI hardware | Apple Neural Engine | |
| AI specifications | 16 Neural cores @ 11 TOPS | |
| NPU + CPU + iGPU |
Memory & PCIe
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Intel Core i9-12900TE | Apple M1 (7-GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| Memory | DDR5-4800 (76.8 GB/s) DDR4-3200 (51.2 GB/s) | LPDDR4X-4266 (68.2 GB/s) |
| Max. Memory | 128 GB | 16 GB |
| Memory channels | 2 | 2 |
| ECC | Yes | No |
| PCIe | 5.0 x 20 | 4.0 |
| PCIe Bandwidth | 78.8 GB/s |
Thermal Management
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Intel Core i9-12900TE | Apple M1 (7-GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 35 W | 18 W |
| TDP (PL2) | 106 W | |
| TDP up | 25 W | |
| TDP down | 10 W | |
| T. junction max. | 100 °C |
Technical details
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Intel Core i9-12900TE | Apple M1 (7-GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| Chip design | Monolithic | Monolithic |
| AES-NI | ✓ | ✓ |
| Operating systems | Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux | macOS |
| Instruction set | x86-64 (64 bit) | Armv8.5-A (64 bit) |
| ISA extensions | SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+ | Rosetta 2 x86-Emulation |
| Release date | Q1/2022 | Q4/2020 |
| Release price | 494 $ | |
| Documents | Technical data sheet |
User Reviews
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