Apple M1 Pro 8-core (14-core GPU) vs Intel Core i7-12800HE

Comparative analysis of Apple M1 Pro 8-core (14-core GPU) and Intel Core i7-12800HE processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Graphics image quality, Graphics API support, Compatibility, Peripherals, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Apple M1 Pro 8-core (14-core GPU)

  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 5 nm vs 7 nm
  • Around 14% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 3768 vs 3313
Specifications (specs)
Manufacturing process technology 5 nm vs 7 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 3768 vs 3313

Reasons to consider the Intel Core i7-12800HE

  • CPU is newer: launch date 2 month(s) later
  • 6 more cores, run more applications at once: 14 vs 8
  • 12 more threads: 20 vs 8
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 64 GB vs 32 GB
  • Around 73% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 29805 vs 17196
Specifications (specs)
Launch date Jan 2022 vs 26 Oct 2021
Number of cores 14 vs 8
Number of threads 20 vs 8
Maximum memory size 64 GB vs 32 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark 29805 vs 17196

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Apple M1 Pro 8-core (14-core GPU)
CPU 2: Intel Core i7-12800HE

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
3768
3313
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
17196
29805
Name Apple M1 Pro 8-core (14-core GPU) Intel Core i7-12800HE
PassMark - Single thread mark 3768 3313
PassMark - CPU mark 17196 29805

Compare specifications (specs)

Apple M1 Pro 8-core (14-core GPU) Intel Core i7-12800HE

Essentials

Architecture codename Firestorm/Icestorm Alder Lake
Launch date 26 Oct 2021 Jan 2022
OS Support macOS Monterey 12.0, macOS Ventura 13.3
Place in performance rating 312 332
Processor Number APL1103 i7-12800HE
Vertical segment Laptop Embedded
Launch price (MSRP) $506
Series 12th Generation Intel Core i7 Processors

Performance

Base frequency 2.064 GHz 2.40 GHz
L1 cache 192 KB instruction + 128 KB data (per core)
L2 cache 28 MB
Manufacturing process technology 5 nm 7 nm
Maximum frequency 3.228 GHz
Number of cores 8 14
Number of threads 8 20
Transistor count 33.7 billion
64 bit support
L3 cache 24 MB
Maximum core temperature 100°C

Memory

Max memory channels 2 2
Maximum memory bandwidth 204.8 GB/s
Maximum memory size 32 GB 64 GB
Supported memory types LPDDR5-6400 Up to DDR5 4800 MT/s, Up to DDR4 3200 MT/s, Up to LPDDR5 5200 MT/s, Up to LPDDR4x 4267 MT/s

Graphics

Execution Units 56 96
Graphics base frequency 1296 MHz
iGPU core count 14
Device ID 0x46A6
Graphics max dynamic frequency 1.35 GHz
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Processor graphics Intel Iris Xe Graphics eligible

Graphics interfaces

Number of displays supported 4

Graphics image quality

Max resolution over DisplayPort 7680 x 4320 @ 60Hz
Max resolution over eDP 4096 x 2304 @ 120Hz

Graphics API support

DirectX 12.1
OpenGL 4.6

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1
Package Size 50 mm x 25 mm
Sockets supported FCBGA1744
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 45 Watt

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 28

Security & Reliability

Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Secure Boot

Advanced Technologies

Instruction set extensions Intel SSE4.1, Intel SSE4.2, Intel AVX2
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Speed Shift technology
Thermal Monitoring

Virtualization

Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)