Intel Core i3-9100F vs Apple M1 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU). Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  Intel Core i 9000 Apple M1
• Family
  Intel Core i3 Apple M series
• Generation
  9 1
• Predecessor
  Intel Core i3-8100 -
• Segment
  Desktop / Server Mobile
• Successor
  Intel Core i3-10100F -

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

• A-Core
  - 8x Firestorm
• B-Core
  - 2x Icestorm
• Base Frequency
  3.6 GHz 3.2 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal hybrid (big.LITTLE)
• CPU Cores
  4 10
• CPU Threads
  4 10
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No No
• Overclocking
  No No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  4.2 GHz No turbo
• Turbo Frequency (4 Cores)
  3.8 GHz -
• Turbo Frequency (10 Cores)
  - No turbo

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
  None Apple M1 Pro (16 Core)
• Execution units
  - 256
• Generation
  - 1
• GPU Frequency
  - 1300 MHz
• GPU Turbo
  - No turbo
• Max. displays
  - 3
• Max. GPU Memory
  - 16 GB
• Release date
  - Q3/2021
• Shader
  - 2048
• Technology
  - 5 nm

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

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

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Apple M1 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU) and Intel Core i3-9100F. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  Yes No
• Max. Memory
  64 GB 32 GB
• Memory channels
  2 2
• Memory type
  DDR4-2400 LPDDR5-6400
• PCIe lanes
  16 -
• PCIe version
  3.0 -
• PCIe
  - 4.0

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i3-9100F and Apple M1 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU) 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)
  65 W 30 W
• TDP up
  - 40 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i3-9100F and Apple M1 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU), virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Coffee Lake S Refresh M1
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) ARMv8-A64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 Rosetta 2 x86-Emulation
• L2-Cache
  - 28 MB
• L3-Cache
  6 MB -
• Part Number
  - APL 1103
• Release date
  Q2/2019 Q3/2021
• Socket
  LGA 1151 -
• Technology
  14 nm 5 nm
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d None