Apple M1 Ultra vs Intel Core i9 10920X

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We compared two desktop CPUs: Apple M1 Ultra with 20 cores 3.2GHz and Intel Core i9 10920X with 12 cores 3.5GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Apple M1 Ultra 's Advantages

Released 2 years and 5 months late

Integrated graphics card

Higher specification of memory (LPDDR5-6400 vs DDR4-2933)

Larger memory bandwidth (800GB/s vs 93.8GB/s)

Lower TDP (60W vs 165W)

Intel Core i9 10920X 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (3.5GHz vs 3.2GHz)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

Apple M1 Ultra +20%

1544

Intel Core i9 10920X

1280

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

Apple M1 Ultra +45%

22394

Intel Core i9 10920X

15354

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Apple M1 Ultra +42%

2420

Intel Core i9 10920X

1696

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Apple M1 Ultra +95%

18680

Intel Core i9 10920X

9541

Cinebench 2024 Multi Core

Apple M1 Ultra +76%

1624

Intel Core i9 10920X

922

Geekbench 5 Single Core

Apple M1 Ultra +47%

1768

Intel Core i9 10920X

1201

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

Apple M1 Ultra +75%

23501

Intel Core i9 10920X

13408

Passmark CPU Single Core

Apple M1 Ultra +39%

3831

Intel Core i9 10920X

2738

Passmark CPU Multi Core

Apple M1 Ultra +55%

40784

Intel Core i9 10920X

26244

Apple M1 Ultra

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Intel Core i9 10920X

General Parameters

Mar 2022

Release Date

Oct 2019

Apple

Manufacturer

Intel

Desktop

Type

Desktop

ARMv8

Instruction Set

x86-64

Apple M1

Core Architecture

Cascade Lake

APL1106/APL1W06

Processor Number

i9-10920X

Apple M-Socket

Socket

LGA-2066

Apple M1 Ultra GPU (64-core)

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Package

114 billions

Transistor Count

-

5 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

Apple M-Socket

Socket

LGA-2066

60 W

Power Consumption

165 W

-

Peak Operating Temperature

94 °C

CPU Performance

16

Performance Cores

12

16

Performance Core Threads

24

3.2 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.5 GHz

3.2 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.6 GHz

4

Efficiency Cores

-

4

Efficiency Core Threads

-

2.1 GHz

Efficiency Core Base Frequency

-

20

Total Core Count

12

20

Total Thread Count

24

-

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

192 K per core

L1 Cache

-

48 MB shared

L2 Cache

1 MB per core

-

L3 Cache

20 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

Memory Parameters

LPDDR5-6400

Memory Types

DDR4-2933

128 GB

Max Memory Size

256 GB

16

Max Memory Channels

4

800 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

93.8 GB/s

No

ECC Memory Support

No

Graphics Card Parameters

true

Integrated Graphics

-

450 MHz

GPU Base Frequency

-

1296 MHz

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

-

8192

Shader Units

-

512

Texture Units

-

256

Raster Operation Units

-

1024

Execution Units

-

120 W

Power Consumption

-

6016x3384 - 60 Hz

Max Resolution

-

21.2 TFLOPS

Graphics Performance

-

Miscellaneous

-

Official Website

Intel Core i9 10920X

-

PCIe Version

3.0

-

PCIe Lanes

48

-

Extended Instruction Set

SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2, AVX-512

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