Intel Core i7-1355U vs Apple M1 Pro (8-CPU). Specifications, performance, tests

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

• Family
  Intel Core i7 Apple M series
• CPU group
  Intel Core i 1300P/1300U Apple M1
• Segment
  Mobile Mobile
• Generation
  13 1
• Predecessor
  Intel Core i7-1255U --

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
  10 / 12 8 / 8
• Core architecture
  hybrid (big.LITTLE) hybrid (big.LITTLE)
• A-Core
  2x Raptor Cove 6x Firestorm
• B-Core
  8x Gracemont 2x Icestorm
• 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
  Intel Iris Xe Graphics 96 (Alder Lake) Apple M1 Pro (14 Core)
• GPU frequency
  0.35 GHz 1.30 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  1.30 GHz No turbo
• Execution units
  96 224
• Shader
  768 1792
• Max. GPU Memory
  32 GB 32 GB
• Max. displays
  4 3
• Generation
  13 1
• Direct X
  12.1 --
• Technology
  10 nm 5 nm
• Release date
  Q1/2022 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
• VP8
  Decode Decode
• VP9
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• 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 (8-CPU) and Intel Core i7-1355U. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  DDR4-3200DDR5-5200LPDDR4X-4266LPDDR5-6400 LPDDR5-6400
• Max. Memory
  64 GB 32 GB
• Memory channels
  2 (Dual Channel) 2
• ECC
  No No
• PCIe
  4.0 x 20 4.0
• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i7-1355U and Apple M1 Pro (8-CPU) to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL2)
  55 W --
• TDP up
  -- 40 W
• TDP down
  12 W --
• Tjunction max.
  100 °C --

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i7-1355U and Intel Core i7-1355U, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Technology
  10 nm 5 nm
• Socket
  BGA 1744 N/A
• L2-Cache
  -- 24.00 MB
• L3-Cache
  12.00 MB --
• Architecture
  Raptor Lake U M1
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d None
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) ARMv8-A64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 Rosetta 2 x86-Emulation
• Release date
  Q1/2023 Q3/2021
• Part Number
  -- APL 1103