Intel Core i5-13600KF vs Apple M1 Ultra (48-GPU). Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  Intel Core i 13000 Apple M1
• Family
  Intel Core i5 Apple M series
• Generation
  13 1
• Predecessor
  Intel Core i5-12600KF -
• 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
  6x Raptor Cove 16x Firestorm
• A-Core Frequency
  3.50 GHz (5.10 GHz) 3.2 GHz
• B-Core
  8x Gracemont 4x Icestorm
• B-Core Frequency
  2.60 GHz (3.90 GHz) 2.06 GHz
• Core architecture
  hybrid (big.LITTLE) hybrid (big.LITTLE)
• CPU Cores
  14 20
• CPU Threads
  20 20
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  Yes No
• Overclocking
  Yes No

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 Ultra (48 Core)
• Execution units
  - 768
• Generation
  - 1
• GPU Frequency
  - 1300 MHz
• GPU Turbo
  - No turbo
• Max. displays
  - 3
• Max. GPU Memory
  - 64 GB
• Release date
  - Q1/2022
• Shader
  - 6144
• 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 Ultra (48-GPU) and Intel Core i5-13600KF. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  Yes No
• Max. Memory
  128 GB 128 GB
• Memory Bandwidth
  89.6 GB/s 819.2 GB/s
• Memory channels
  2 (Dual Channel) 8 (Octa Channel)
• Memory type
  DDR5-5600 LPDDR5-6400
• PCIe
  5.0 x 20 4.0

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i5-13600KF and Apple M1 Ultra (48-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)
  125 W 60 W
• TDP (PL2)
  181 W -
• TDP up
  - 120 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i5-13600KF and Apple M1 Ultra (48-GPU), virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Raptor Lake S M1
• Chip design
  Monolithic Chiplet
• Documents
  Technical data sheet -
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) ARMv8-A64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+ Rosetta 2 x86-Emulation
• L2-Cache
  20 MB 52 MB
• L3-Cache
  24 MB -
• Operating systems
  Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux macOS
• Release date
  Q4/2022 Q1/2022
• Release price
  294 $ -
• Socket
  LGA 1700 -
• Technology
  10 nm 5 nm
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d Apple Virtualization Framework