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Intel Core i9-10885H vs Apple M1 Max

Intel Core i9-10885H

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The Intel Core i9-10885H is a high-end processor for laptops with eight cores based on the Comet Lake architecture (CML-H, 4th generation of Skylake). The processor clocks at between 2.4 and 5.3 GHz and can execute up to sixteen threads simultaneously thanks to Hyper-Threading. The processor is still manufactured in the old 14nm (14nm++) process.

The Comet Lake architecture is similar to Coffee Lake and offers the same features and is produced in the same 14nm process. Other than the improved clock rates, the memory controller now also supports faster DDR4-2933 RAM. More information on Comet Lake and all the models and articles on it can be found here.

The Core i9-10855H supports the management features vPro, TXT and SIPP. 

Performance

The performance of the Core i9-10885H should be slightly above the older Core i9-9980HK top model, thanks to the potential higher single core turbo. Thanks to the 8 cores and high Turbo speeds, even demanding applications should run very good on the CPU. However, long term performance is always depending on the laptop cooling system and system configuration. At the time of announcement, the i9-10885H is the second fastest Comet Lake-H CPU behind the Core i9-10980HK.

Graphics

The integrated Intel UHD Graphics 630 iGPU is supposed to offer a similar performance as the UHD630 in the Core i7-9880H. As a  low-end solution it will only run current games smoothly at reduced details - if at all.

Power Consumption

Intel specifies the TDP with 45 watts and therefore the i9 is only suited for big laptops with good cooling solutions. Using cTDP-down, the CPU can also be configured to 35 Watt resulting in a reduced performance.

Apple M1 Max

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The Apple M1 Max is a System on a Chip (SoC) from Apple that is found in the late 2021 MacBook Pro 14 and 16-inch models. It offers all 10 cores available in the chip divided in eight performance cores (P-cores with 600 - 3220 MHz) and two power-efficiency cores (E-cores with 600 - 2064 MHz). There is no Turbo Boost for single cores or short burst periods. The cores are similar to the cores in the Apple M1.

The big cores (codename Firestorm) offer 192 KB instruction cache, 128 KB data cache, and 24 MB shared L2 cache (up from 12 MB in the M1). The four efficiency cores (codename Icestorm) are a lot smaller and offer only 128 KB instruction cache, 64 KB data cache, and 4 MB shared cache. CPU and GPU can both use the 48 MB SLC (System Level Cache). The efficiency cores (E cluster) clock with 600 - 2064 MHz, the performance cores (P cluster) with 600 - 3228 MHz.

The unified memory (32 or 64 GB LPDDR5-6400) next to the chip is connected by a 512 bit memory controller (200 GB/s bandwidth) and can be used by the GPU and CPU. This is the main difference to the M1 Pro and the CPU performance is quite similar.

The biggest difference to the M1 Pro is the bigger integrated GPU with 24 or 32 cores (up from 16).

Furthermore, the SoC integrates a fast 16 core neural engine, a secure enclave (e.g., for encryption), a unified memory architecture, Thunderbolt 4 controller, an ISP, and media de- and encoders (including two ProRes engines).

The M1 Pro is manufactured in 5 nm at TSMC and integrates 57 billion transistors. The peak power consumption of the chip was advertised around 30W for CPU intensive tasks. 

ModelIntel Core i9-10885HApple M1 Max
SeriesIntel Comet LakeApple Apple M-Series
CodenameComet Lake-H
Series: Apple M-Series
Intel Core i9-10980HK compare2.4 - 5.3 GHz8 / 16 cores16 MB L3
Intel Xeon W-10885M compare2.4 - 5.3 GHz8 / 16 cores16 MB L3
Intel Core i9-10885H « 2.4 - 5.3 GHz8 / 16 cores16 MB L3
Intel Core i9-10880H compare2.3 - 5.1 GHz8 / 16 cores16 MB L3
Intel Core i7-10875H compare2.3 - 5.1 GHz8 / 16 cores16 MB L3
Intel Core i7-10870H compare2.2 - 5 GHz8 / 16 cores16 MB L3
Intel Core i7-10850H compare2.7 - 5.1 GHz6 / 12 cores12 MB L3
Intel Xeon W-10855M compare2.8 - 5.1 GHz6 / 12 cores12 MB L3
Intel Core i7-10750H compare2.6 - 5 GHz6 / 12 cores12 MB L3
Intel Core i5-10500H compare2.5 - 4.5 GHz6 / 12 cores12 MB L3
Intel Core i5-10400H compare2.6 - 4.6 GHz4 / 8 cores8 MB L3
Intel Core i5-10300H compare2.5 - 4.5 GHz4 / 8 cores8 MB L3
Intel Core i5-10200H compare2.4 - 4.1 GHz4 / 8 cores8 MB L3
Apple M1 Max « 2.06 - 3.22 GHz10 / 10 cores48 MB L3
Apple M1 Pro compare2.06 - 3.22 GHz10 / 10 cores24 MB L3
Apple M1 Pro 8-Core compare2.06 - 3.22 GHz8 / 8 cores16 MB L3
Apple M1 compare2.06 - 3.22 GHz8 / 8 cores8 MB L3
Clock2400 - 5300 MHz2060 - 3220 MHz
L1 Cache512 KB2.9 MB
L2 Cache2 MB28 MB
L3 Cache16 MB48 MB
Cores / Threads8 / 1610 / 10
TDP45 Watt
Technology14 nm5 nm
max. Temp.100 °C
SocketFCBGA1440
FeaturesDual-Channel DDR4 Memory Controller, HyperThreading, AVX, AVX2, Quick Sync, Virtualization, AES-NIARMv8 Instruction Set
iGPUIntel UHD Graphics 630 (350 - 1200 MHz)Apple M1 Max 32-Core GPU
Architecturex86ARM
$556 U.S.
Announced
Manufacturerark.intel.com
Transistors57000 Million

Benchmarks

Performance Rating - CB R15 + R20 + 7-Zip + X265 + Blender + 3DM11 CPU - i9-10885H
36.2 pt (50%)
Cinebench R23 - Cinebench R23 Multi Core
min: 8802     avg: 9438     median: 9438 (9%)     max: 10074 Points
min: 12385     avg: 12389     median: 12386 (12%)     max: 12396 Points
Cinebench R23 - Cinebench R23 Single Core
min: 1284     avg: 1290     median: 1289.5 (55%)     max: 1295 Points
min: 1530     avg: 1533     median: 1533 (65%)     max: 1536 Points
Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Single Core)
min: 460     avg: 487.3     median: 489 (54%)     max: 513 Points
min: 390     avg: 393.3     median: 395 (44%)     max: 395 Points
Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Multi Core)
min: 2798     avg: 3400     median: 3639 (9%)     max: 3762 Points
min: 2735     avg: 2746     median: 2750 (7%)     max: 2753 Points
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64 Bit
min: 1264     avg: 1502     median: 1517 (10%)     max: 1726 Points
min: 1689     avg: 1691     median: 1691 (11%)     max: 1693 Points
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64 Bit
min: 197     avg: 206.7     median: 211 (64%)     max: 212 Points
min: 197     avg: 202.3     median: 200 (60%)     max: 210 Points
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 1024m *
131.2 s (2%)
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 32m *
3.9 s (1%)
WinRAR - WinRAR 4.0
6420 Points (10%)
7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Multli Thread 4 runs
min: 36740     avg: 40519     median: 41823 (24%)     max: 42993 MIPS
7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Single Thread 4 runs
min: 5397     avg: 5551     median: 5589 (67%)     max: 5668 MIPS
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 2
80.5 fps (28%)
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 1
217.8 fps (50%)
HWBOT x265 Benchmark v2.2 - HWBOT x265 4k Preset
min: 10.6     avg: 11.5     median: 11.3 (20%)     max: 12.5 fps
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Serpent
1 GB/s (0%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Twofish
1.8 GB/s (31%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt AES
9.9 GB/s (26%)
Blender - Blender 2.79 BMW27 CPU *
min: 283     avg: 311     median: 302 (2%)     max: 348 Seconds
min: 187     avg: 188.7     median: 189 (1%)     max: 190 Seconds
R Benchmark 2.5 - R Benchmark 2.5 *
min: 0.564     avg: 0.6     median: 0.6 (12%)     max: 0.572 sec
3DMark 06 - CPU - 3DMark 06 - CPU
12101 Points (26%)
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M *
7.3 s (2%)
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M *
16.3 s (1%)
Super Pi Mod 1.5 XS 32M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 32M *
433.9 s (2%)
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Physics
min: 12279     avg: 14604     median: 14291 (39%)     max: 17242 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Physics
31296 Points (25%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Physics
30997 Points (25%)
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Physics
min: 11176     avg: 12814     median: 12814 (32%)     max: 14452 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Physics
min: 17249     avg: 19483     median: 20594 (37%)     max: 20606 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy CPU
min: 6510     avg: 7798     median: 8203 (35%)     max: 8682 Points
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.4 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 1216     avg: 1303     median: 1317 (56%)     max: 1376 Points
min: 1764     avg: 1780     median: 1782 (75%)     max: 1795 Points
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 6529     avg: 7045     median: 6914 (12%)     max: 7693 Points
min: 12563     avg: 12656     median: 12697 (23%)     max: 12708 Points
Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 1234     avg: 1281     median: 1280.5 (6%)     max: 1327 Points
Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 6598     avg: 7172     median: 7172 (23%)     max: 7746 Points
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 5672     avg: 5676     median: 5675.5 (57%)     max: 5679 Points
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 26114     avg: 29009     median: 29009 (32%)     max: 31904 Points
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
min: 730     avg: 738     median: 734 (1%)     max: 749 ms
min: 404.3     avg: 459.2     median: 482.3 (1%)     max: 491.1 ms
Octane V2 - Octane V2 Total Score
58398 Points (52%)
min: 66938     avg: 68647     median: 68029 (61%)     max: 70973 Points
WebXPRT 3 - WebXPRT 3 Score
min: 233     avg: 234.3     median: 234 (49%)     max: 236 Points
min: 350     avg: 358.7     median: 360 (75%)     max: 366 Points
CrossMark - CrossMark Overall
100%
1 M1 Max +
min: 1586     avg: 1607     median: 1615 (62%)     max: 1621 Points
Power Consumption - Prime95 Power Consumption - external Monitor *
min: 78.1     avg: 103.7     median: 116.4 (20%)     max: 116.6 Watt
114%
1 M1 Max +
50.8 Watt (9%)
Power Consumption - Cinebench R15 Multi Power Consumption - external Monitor *
min: 125.2     avg: 131.2     median: 126 (23%)     max: 142.4 Watt
117%
1 M1 Max +
53 Watt (10%)
Power Consumption - Idle Power Consumption - external Monitor *
100%
1 M1 Max +
11.6 Watt (8%)
Power Consumption - Cinebench R15 Multi Power Efficiency - external Monitor
min: 10.1     avg: 11.5     median: 10.7 (8%)     max: 13.7 Points per Watt
298%
1 M1 Max +
31.9 Points per Watt (24%)

Average Benchmarks Intel Core i9-10885H → 100% n=12

Average Benchmarks Apple M1 Max → 117% n=12

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