Intel Core i7-12700K vs Apple M1 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU). 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 i7-11700K --

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
  3.60 GHz 3.20 GHz
• Turbo (1 Core)
  5.00 GHz No turbo
• Hyperthreading
  Yes No
• Overclocking
  Yes No
• Core architecture
  hybrid (big.LITTLE) hybrid (big.LITTLE)

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 Pro (16 Core)
• GPU frequency
  0.40 GHz 1.30 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  1.45 GHz No turbo
• Execution units
  32 256
• Shader
  256 2048
• Max. GPU Memory
  16 GB 16 GB
• Max. displays
  4 3
• Generation
  12 1
• Technology
  10 nm 5 nm
• Release date
  Q4/2021 Q3/2021

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 No
• AVC
  Decode / Encode Decode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Apple M1 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU) and Intel Core i7-12700K. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  DDR4-3200DDR5-4800 LPDDR5-6400
• Max. Memory
  256 GB 32 GB
• ECC
  No No
• Memory channels
  2 2

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i7-12700K and Apple M1 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU) to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  125 W 30 W
• TDP up
  -- 40 W
• TDP (PL2)
  228 W / 56 s --
• Tjunction max.
  100 °C --

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i7-12700K and Intel Core i7-12700K, 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 28.00 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 Q3/2021
• Part Number
  BX8071512700K APL 1103