Intel Core i5-12400F vs Apple M1 Max (32-GPU). Specifications, performance, tests

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

• Family
  Intel Core i5 Apple M series
• CPU group
  Intel Core i 12000 Apple M1
• Segment
  Desktop / Server Mobile
• Generation
  12 1
• Predecessor
  Intel Core i5-11400F --

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.

• CPU Cores / Threads
  6 / 12 10 / 10
• Core architecture
  normal hybrid (big.LITTLE)
• A-Core
  6x Golden Cove 8x Firestorm
• B-Core
  -- 2x Icestorm
• Frequency
  2.50 GHz 3.20 GHz
• Turbo (1 Core)
  4.40 GHz No turbo
• Hyperthreading
  Yes No
• Overclocking
  No 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
  no iGPU Apple M1 Max (32 Core)
• GPU frequency
  1.30 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  No turbo No turbo
• Execution units
  512
• Shader
  4096
• Max. GPU Memory
  -- 32 GB
• Max. displays
  3
• Generation
  1
• Technology
  5 nm
• Release date
  Q3/2021

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

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No Decode / Encode
• h264
  No Decode / Encode
• VP8
  No Decode
• VP9
  No Decode / Encode
• AV1
  No No
• AVC
  No Decode
• VC-1
  No Decode
• JPEG
  No Decode / Encode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Apple M1 Max (32-GPU) and Intel Core i5-12400F. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  DDR4-3200DDR5-4800 LPDDR5-6400
• Max. Memory
  128 GB 64 GB
• Memory channels
  2 4
• ECC
  No No
• PCIe
  5.0 x 20 4.0
• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i5-12400F and Apple M1 Max (32-GPU) to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  65 W 30 W
• TDP (PL2)
  117 W --
• TDP up
  -- 60 W
• Tjunction max.
  100 °C --

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i5-12400F and Intel Core i5-12400F, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• 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
  7.50 MB 28.00 MB
• L3-Cache
  18.00 MB --
• Architecture
  Alder Lake S M1
• Technology
  10 nm 5 nm
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d None
• Socket
  LGA 1700 N/A
• Release date
  Q1/2022 Q3/2021
• Part Number
  -- APL 1104