Intel Core i5-11600 vs Apple M1. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  Intel Core i 11000 Apple M1
• Family
  Intel Core i5 Apple M series
• Generation
  11 1
• Predecessor
  Intel Core i5-10600 -
• Segment
  Desktop / Server Mobile

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

• A-Core
  - 4x Firestorm
• B-Core
  - 4x Icestorm
• Base Frequency
  2.8 GHz 3.2 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal hybrid (big.LITTLE)
• CPU Cores
  6 8
• CPU Threads
  12 8
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  Yes No
• Overclocking
  No No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  4.8 GHz No turbo
• Turbo Frequency (6 Cores)
  No turbo -
• Turbo Frequency (8 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.

• DirectX Version
  12 -
• Execution units
  32 128
• Generation
  12 1
• GPU Frequency
  350 MHz 3200 MHz
• GPU name
  Intel UHD Graphics 750 Apple M1 (8 Core)
• GPU Turbo
  1300 MHz No turbo
• Max. displays
  3 2
• Max. GPU Memory
  - 8 GB
• Release date
  Q1/2021 Q4/2020
• Shader
  256 0
• Technology
  14 nm 5 nm

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

• AV1
  Decode Decode
• H.264 / AVC
  Decode / Encode Conflicting source values: Decode | 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 Apple M1 and Intel Core i5-11600. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No No
• Max. Memory
  128 GB 16 GB
• Memory channels
  2 2
• Memory type
  DDR4-3200 LPDDR4X-4266
• PCIe lanes
  20 -
• PCIe version
  4.0 4.0

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i5-11600 and Apple M1 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 15 W
• TDP (PL2)
  154 W / 56 s -
• TDP down
  - 10 W
• TDP up
  - 20 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i5-11600 and Apple M1, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Rocket Lake S M1
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) ARMv8-A64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512 Rosetta 2 x86-Emulation
• L2-Cache
  3 MB 16 MB
• L3-Cache
  12 MB -
• Release date
  Q1/2021 Q4/2020
• Socket
  LGA 1200 -
• Technology
  14 nm 5 nm
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d None