Intel Core i7-12700 vs Apple M1. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• Segment
  Desktop / Server Mobile
• Family
  Intel Core i7 Apple M series
• Generation
  12 1
• CPU group
  Intel Core i 12000 Apple M1
• Predecessor
  Intel Core i7-11700 --

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
  2.10 GHz 3.20 GHz
• CPU Cores
  12 8
• Turbo (1 Core)
  4.80 GHz No turbo
• CPU Threads
  20 8
• Hyperthreading
  Yes No
• Overclocking
  Yes No
• Core architecture
  hybrid (big.LITTLE) hybrid (big.LITTLE)
• A core
  8x Golden Cove 4x Firestorm
• B core
  4x Gracemont 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 Iris Xe Graphics 32 (Alder Lake S) Apple M1 (8 Core)
• GPU frequency
  0.40 GHz 3.20 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  1.45 GHz No turbo
• Execution units
  32 128
• Shader
  256 0
• Max. GPU Memory
  16 GB 8 GB
• Max. displays
  4 2
• Generation
  12 1
• DirectX Version
  12
• Technology
  10 nm 5 nm
• Release date
  Q4/2021 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 / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP8
  Decode Decode
• AV1
  Decode Decode
• AVC
  Decode / Encode Decode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Apple M1 and Intel Core i7-12700. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  DDR4-3200DDR5-4800 LPDDR4X-4266
• Max. Memory
  256 GB 16 GB
• ECC
  No No
• Memory channels
  2 2
• PCIe version
  5.0 4.0
• PCIe lanes
  20

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i7-12700 and Apple M1 to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

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

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i7-12700 and Intel Core i7-12700, 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, AVX2+ Rosetta 2 x86-Emulation
• L2-Cache
  2.50 MB 16.00 MB
• L3-Cache
  25.00 MB --
• Architecture
  Alder Lake S M1
• Technology
  10 nm 5 nm
• Socket
  LGA 1700 N/A
• Release date
  Q4/2021 Q4/2020