Apple M1 Pro (8-CPU) vs Intel Core i7-11700. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  Apple M1 Intel Core i 11000
• Family
  Apple M series Intel Core i7
• Generation
  1 11
• Predecessor
  - Intel Core i7-10700
• Segment
  Mobile Desktop / Server
• Successor
  - Intel Core i7-12700

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

• A-Core
  6x Firestorm -
• B-Core
  2x Icestorm -
• Base Frequency
  3.2 GHz 2.5 GHz
• Core architecture
  hybrid (big.LITTLE) normal
• CPU Cores
  8 8
• CPU Threads
  8 16
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No Yes
• Overclocking
  No No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  No turbo 4.9 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (8 Cores)
  No turbo 3.8 GHz

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

• DirectX Version
  - 12
• Execution units
  224 32
• Generation
  1 12
• GPU Frequency
  1300 MHz 350 MHz
• GPU name
  Apple M1 Pro (14 Core) Intel UHD Graphics 750
• GPU Turbo
  No turbo 1300 MHz
• Max. displays
  3 3
• Max. GPU Memory
  32 GB -
• Release date
  Q3/2021 Q1/2021
• Shader
  1792 256
• Technology
  5 nm 14 nm

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

• AV1
  No Decode
• H.264 / AVC
  Conflicting source values: Decode | Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• VP8
  Decode Decode
• VP9
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i7-11700 and Apple M1 Pro (8-CPU). Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No No
• Max. Memory
  32 GB 128 GB
• Memory channels
  2 2
• Memory type
  LPDDR5-6400 DDR4-3200
• PCIe
  4.0 -
• PCIe lanes
  - 20
• PCIe version
  - 4.0

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Apple M1 Pro (8-CPU) and Intel Core i7-11700 Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• Maximum Operating Temperature
  - 100 °C
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  30 W 65 W
• TDP (PL2)
  - 224 W / 56 s
• TDP up
  40 W -

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Apple M1 Pro (8-CPU) and Intel Core i7-11700, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  M1 Rocket Lake S
• Instruction set (ISA)
  ARMv8-A64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  Rosetta 2 x86-Emulation SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512
• L2-Cache
  24 MB 4 MB
• L3-Cache
  - 16 MB
• Part Number
  APL 1103 -
• Release date
  Q3/2021 Q1/2021
• Socket
  - LGA 1200
• Technology
  5 nm 14 nm
• Virtualization
  None VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d