Apple M1 Pro (10-CPU 14-GPU) vs Intel Core i9-12950HX. Specifications, performance, tests

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• Family
  Apple M series Intel Core i9
• CPU group
  Apple M1 Intel Core i 12000H
• Segment
  Mobile Mobile
• Generation
  1 12
• Predecessor
  -- No
• Successor
  -- No

Basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base and turbo frequency, and cache size. These parameters indirectly tell about the speed of the processor, the higher they are the better.

• Core architecture
  hybrid (big.LITTLE) hybrid
• Frequency
  3.20 GHz 2.30 GHz
• Turbo (1 Core)
  No turbo No
• Hyperthreading
  No Yes
• Overclocking
  No Yes

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• GPU name
  Apple M1 Pro (14 Core) Intel UHD Graphics 770
• GPU frequency
  1.30 GHz 0.30 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  No turbo No turbo
• Execution units
  224 32
• Shader
  1792 256
• Max. GPU Memory
  32 GB 16 GB
• Max. displays
  3 3
• Generation
  1 11
• Technology
  5 nm 10 nm
• Release date
  Q3/2021 Q4/2021

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h264
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP8
  Decode Decode / Encode
• VP9
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• AV1
  No Decode
• AVC
  Decode Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i9-12950HX and Apple M1 Pro (10-CPU 14-GPU). Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  LPDDR5-6400 DDR4-3200 DDR5-4800 LPDDR4X-4266 LPDDR5-5200
• Max. Memory
  32 GB 128 GB
• Memory channels
  2 2
• ECC
  No Yes
• PCIe
  4.0 5.0 x 20

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Apple M1 Pro (10-CPU 14-GPU) and Intel Core i9-12950HX to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  30 W 55 W
• TDP (PL2)
  -- 157 W
• TDP up
  40 W No
• TDP down
  -- 45 W
• Tjunction max.
  -- 100 °C

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Apple M1 Pro (10-CPU 14-GPU) and Apple M1 Pro (10-CPU 14-GPU), virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  ARMv8-A64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  Rosetta 2 x86-Emulation SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+
• L2-Cache
  28.00 MB 14.00 MB
• L3-Cache
  -- 30.00 MB
• Architecture
  M1 Alder Lake H
• Technology
  5 nm 10 nm
• Virtualization
  None VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
• Socket
  N/A BGA 1744
• Release date
  Q3/2021 Q2/2022