Intel Core i3-1110G4 vs Apple M1. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• Segment
  Mobile Mobile
• Family
  Intel Core i3 Apple M series
• Generation
  11 1
• CPU group
  Intel Core i 1100G/11000U Apple M1

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.

• Frequency
  1.10 GHz 3.20 GHz
• CPU Cores
  4 8
• Turbo (1 Core)
  3.50 GHz No turbo
• CPU Threads
  8 8
• Hyperthreading
  Yes No
• Overclocking
  No No
• Core architecture
  normal hybrid (big.LITTLE)
• A core
  -- 4x Firestorm
• B core
  -- 4x Icestorm

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
  Intel UHD Graphics (Tiger Lake G4) Apple M1 (8 Core)
• GPU frequency
  0.30 GHz 3.20 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  1.10 GHz No turbo
• Execution units
  48 128
• Shader
  384 0
• Max. GPU Memory
  8 GB 8 GB
• Max. displays
  4 2
• Generation
  11 1
• DirectX Version
  12
• Technology
  10 nm 5 nm
• Release date
  Q3/2020 Q4/2020

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
• VP9
  Decode Decode / Encode
• VP8
  Decode Decode
• AV1
  No Decode
• AVC
  Decode Decode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Apple M1 and Intel Core i3-1110G4. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  LPDDR4X-4266 LPDDR4X-4266
• Max. Memory
  32 GB 16 GB
• ECC
  No No
• Memory channels
  2 2
• PCIe version
  4.0 4.0
• PCIe lanes
  4

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i3-1110G4 and Apple M1 to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  15 W 15 W
• TDP up
  -- 20 W
• TDP down
  7 W 10 W
• Tjunction max.
  100 °C --

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i3-1110G4 and Intel Core i3-1110G4, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) ARMv8-A64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d None
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512 Rosetta 2 x86-Emulation
• L2-Cache
  -- 16.00 MB
• L3-Cache
  8.00 MB --
• Architecture
  Tiger Lake U M1
• Technology
  10 nm 5 nm
• Socket
  BGA 1526 N/A
• Release date
  Q1/2021 Q4/2020