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Intel Core Ultra 9 285 vs Apple M1

Last updated: 2026-07-04

Table of Contents

Summary
Benchmarks
Specifications
User Reviews
Popular Comparisons

Summary

Benchmarks

Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core Ultra 9 285

Rank 2 - 73 %

Apple M1

Multi-core performance

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core Ultra 9 285

Rank 2 - 47 %

Apple M1

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

24C / 24T · 5.60 GHz

3,248

8C / 8T · 3.20 GHz

2,369

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

24C / 24T · 5.30 GHz

18,446

8C / 8T · 3.20 GHz

8,576

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Intel Xe 4 Core Graphics 64 EUs (Arrow Lake)

1,989

Apple M1 (8 Core)

2,610

AI performance (NPU)

24C / 24T · 2.50 GHz

13.0 TOPS

8C / 8T · 0.60 GHz

11.0 TOPS

More benchmarks

Cinebench 2026 (ST)
218 entries

Cinebench 2026 (MC)
219 entries

Cinebench 2024 (SC)
427 entries

Cinebench 2024 (MC)
422 entries

Cinebench R23 (SC)
690 entries

Cinebench R23 (MC)
665 entries

Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,989 entries

Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 entries

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries

Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries

FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries

Blender 3.1 Benchmark
213 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
190 entries

V-Ray CPU-Render
251 entries

CPU performance per watt (efficiency)
140 entries

AI performance (NPU)
218 entries

Specifications

At a glance

Wischen	Intel Core Ultra 9 285	Apple M1
Family	Intel Core Ultra 9 (12)	Apple M series (38)
CPU group	Intel Core Ultra 200 AL-S (20)	Apple M1 (9)
Architecture	Arrow Lake	M1
Technology	3 nm	5 nm
Segment	Desktop	Notebook
Socket	LGA 1851
Predecessor
Successor		Apple M2

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Intel Core Ultra 9 285	Apple M1
CPU Cores / Threads	24 / 24	8 / 8
Hyperthreading / SMT	✗	✗
Core architecture	hybrid (big.LITTLE)	hybrid (big.LITTLE)
Core Cluster 1:	8x Lion Cove 2.50 - 5.60 GHz	4x Firestorm 0.60 - 3.20 GHz
Core Cluster 2:	16x Skymont 1.90 - 4.60 GHz	4x Icestorm 0.60 - 2.06 GHz
L2-Cache	40.00 MB	16.00 MB
L3-Cache	36.00 MB
Overclocking	✓	✗

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Intel Core Ultra 9 285	Apple M1
GPU name	Intel Xe 4 Core Graphics 64 EUs (Arrow Lake)	Apple M1 (8 Core)
GPU frequency	0.30 - 2.00 GHz	0.39 - 1.30 GHz
CUs / Shader	4 / 512	128 / 1024
Raytracing	✓	✗
Max. displays	3	2
Max. GPU Memory	32 GB	8 GB
Technology	5 nm	5 nm
Release date	Q3/2024	Q4/2020

NPU AI performance

Wischen	Intel Core Ultra 9 285	Apple M1
AI hardware	Intel® AI Boost	Apple Neural Engine
AI specifications	Intel AI Boost NPU 4 @ 13 TOPS	16 Neural cores @ 11 TOPS
NPU + CPU + iGPU	36 TOPS

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Intel Core Ultra 9 285	Apple M1
Memory	DDR5-6400 (102.4 GB/s)	LPDDR4X-4266 (68.2 GB/s)
Max. Memory	256 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

Wischen	Intel Core Ultra 9 285	Apple M1
TDP	65 W	18 W
TDP (PL2)	182 W
TDP up		20 W
TDP down		10 W
T. junction max.	105 °C

Technical details

Wischen	Intel Core Ultra 9 285	Apple M1
Chip design	Monolithic	Monolithic
AES-NI	✓	✓
Operating systems	Windows 11, 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	Q1/2025	Q4/2020
Release price	549 $
Documents	Technical data sheet

User Reviews

Your rating

Here you can rate one or both of the processors. The average rating of Intel Core Ultra 9 285 is 2.3 stars (93 ratings), while Apple M1 has received 4.5 stars (782 ratings).

Click on the stars to rate one or both processors.

Intel Core Ultra 9 285
24C / 24T · 2.50 - 5.60 GHz

★★★★★

Apple M1
8C / 8T · 0.60 - 3.20 GHz

★★★★★