Apple M1 Pro (8-CPU) vs Intel Core i9-9900K. 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 9000
• Segment
  Mobile Desktop / Server
• Generation
  1 9
• Successor
  -- Intel Core i9-10900K

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) normal
• Frequency
  3.20 GHz 3.60 GHz
• Turbo (1 Core)
  No turbo 5.00 GHz
• Turbo (8 Cores)
  No turbo 4.70 GHz
• 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 630
• GPU frequency
  1.30 GHz 0.35 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  No turbo 1.20 GHz
• Execution units
  224 24
• Shader
  1792 192
• Max. GPU Memory
  32 GB 64 GB
• Max. displays
  3 3
• Generation
  1 9.5
• Technology
  5 nm 14 nm
• Release date
  Q3/2021 Q4/2017

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 No
• AVC
  Decode Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i9-9900K and Apple M1 Pro (8-CPU). Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  LPDDR5-6400 DDR4-2666
• Max. Memory
  32 GB 128 GB
• Memory channels
  2 2
• ECC
  No No

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Apple M1 Pro (8-CPU) and Intel Core i9-9900K to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  30 W 95 W
• TDP (PL2)
  -- 119 W / 28 s
• TDP up
  40 W --
• Tjunction max.
  -- 100 °C

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Apple M1 Pro (8-CPU) and Apple M1 Pro (8-CPU), 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
• L2-Cache
  24.00 MB --
• L3-Cache
  -- 16.00 MB
• Architecture
  M1 Coffee Lake S Refresh
• Technology
  5 nm 14 nm
• Virtualization
  None VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
• Socket
  N/A LGA 1151-2
• Release date
  Q3/2021 Q4/2018
• Part Number
  APL 1103 --