Apple M1 Benchmark, Test and specs

Last updated: 2023-06-11

CPU lineage

The Apple M1 features 8 processor cores and has the capability to manage 8 threads concurrently. It was released in Q4/2020 and belongs to the 1 generation of the Apple M series series.

Name:	Apple M1
Family:	Apple M series
Group:	Apple M1
Segment:	Mobile
Generation:	1

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Apple M1 has 8 CPU cores and can calculate 8 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the A-Core is 3.2 GHz. The number of CPU cores greatly affects the speed of the processor and is an important performance indicator. Processors with hybrid (big.LITTLE) architecture strike a balance between performance and power efficiency, making them ideal for mobile devices.

CPU Cores:	8
Threads:	8
Cores A:	4x Firestorm
Cores B:	4x Icestorm
Core architecture:	hybrid (big.LITTLE)

Hyperthreading:	No
Overclocking:	No
A-Core Frequency:	3.2 GHz
B-Core Frequency:	2.06 GHz

Internal Graphics

The Apple M1 has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. Specifically, the Apple M1 uses the Apple M1 (8 Core), which has 1024 texture shaders and 128 execution units. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.

GPU name:	Apple M1 (8 Core)
GPU frequency:	1.3 GHz
GPU (Turbo):	--
Execution units:	128
Shaders:	1024
Max. GPU Memory:	8.0 GB

Max. displays:	--
Generation:	1
Direct X:	--
Technology:	5 nm
Release date:	Q4/2020

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

AI hardware:	Apple Neural Engine

AI specifications:	16 Neural cores @ 11 TOPS

Hardware codec support

A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.

h265 / HEVC (8 bit):	Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC (10 bit):	Decode / Encode
h264:	Decode / Encode
VP8:	Decode
VP9:	Decode / Encode

AV1:	No
AVC:	Decode
VC-1:	Decode
JPEG:	Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

The processor supports a maximum memory capacity of 16.0 GB distributed across 2 memory channels. It offers a peak memory bandwidth of 68.2 GB/s. Both the type and quantity of memory can have a substantial impact on the overall system performance.

Memory type:	LPDDR4X-4266
Max. Memory:	16.0 GB
Memory channels:	2
Bandwidth:	68.2 GB/s

ECC:	No
PCIe:	pci
AES-NI:	Yes

Thermal Management

The processor has a thermal design power (TDP) of 15 W watts. TDP indicates the cooling solution needed to effectively manage the processor's heat. It generally provides an approximate indication of the actual power consumption of the CPU itself.

TDP (PL1 / PBP):	15 W
TDP (PL2):	None
TDP up:	20 W

TDP down:	10 W
Tjunction max:	--

Technical details

The Apple M1 is manufactured using a 5 nm process. A smaller manufacturing process indicates a more contemporary and energy-efficient CPU. A substantial cache can significantly enhance the processor's performance, particularly in scenarios like gaming.

Technology:	5 nm
Chip design:	Chiplet
Socket:
L2-Cache:	16.0 MB
L3-Cache:	0 bytes
Architecture:	M1
Operating systems:	macOS

Virtualization:	Apple Virtualization Framework
Instruction set (ISA):	ARMv8-A64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions:	Rosetta 2 x86-Emulation
Release date:	Q4/2020
Release price:	--
Part Number:	APL 1102
Documents:	Technical data sheet

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Benchmarks

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

	Intel Xeon W-1250P 6C 12T @ 4.1 GHz	14467 14467
	Apple M1 (7-GPU) 8C 8T @ 3.2 GHz	14463 14463
	Apple M1 8C 8T @ 3.2 GHz	14463 14463
	Apple M1 (7-GPU) 8C 8T @ 3.2 GHz	14463 14463
	AMD Ryzen 5 4600HS 6C 12T @ 3.0 GHz	14462 14462

More results

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

	Intel Xeon W-11855M 6C 12T @ 3.2 GHz	8624 8624
	Apple M1 (7-GPU) 8C 8T @ 3.2 GHz	8576 8576
	Apple M1 8C 8T @ 3.2 GHz	8576 8576
	Apple M1 (7-GPU) 8C 8T @ 3.2 GHz	8576 8576
	Intel Xeon W-1350P 6C 12T @ 4.0 GHz	8566 8566

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Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

	AMD Ryzen 5 5625U 6C 12T @ 2.3 GHz	7833 7833
	Apple M1 (7-GPU) 8C 8T @ 3.2 GHz	7759 7759
	Apple M1 8C 8T @ 3.2 GHz	7759 7759
	Apple M1 (7-GPU) 8C 8T @ 3.2 GHz	7759 7759
	AMD Ryzen 5 2600 6C 12T @ 3.4 GHz	7555 7555

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Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

	Intel Core i7-6900K 8C 16T @ 3.2 GHz	7651 7651
	Apple M1 (7-GPU) 8C 8T @ 3.2 GHz	7650 7650
	Apple M1 8C 8T @ 3.2 GHz	7650 7650
	Apple M1 (7-GPU) 8C 8T @ 3.2 GHz	7650 7650
	AMD Ryzen Embedded V2546 6C 12T @ 3.0 GHz	7647 7647

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V-Ray CPU-Render Benchmark

	Intel Core i5-9500 6C 6T @ 3.0 GHz	4949 4949
	Apple M1 (7-GPU) 8C 8T @ 3.2 GHz	4935 4935
	Apple M1 8C 8T @ 3.2 GHz	4935 4935
	Apple M1 (7-GPU) 8C 8T @ 3.2 GHz	4935 4935
	Intel Core i7-7700K 4C 8T @ 4.2 GHz	4873 4873

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iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

	AMD Ryzen 5 7640HS 6C 12T @ 4.3 GHz	3120 3120
	Apple M2 (8-GPU) 8C 8T @ 3.5 GHz	2840 2840
	Apple M1 8C 8T @ 3.2 GHz	2610 2610
	Intel Core i7-8706G 4C 8T @ 3.1 GHz	2588 2588
	Intel Core i7-8705G 4C 8T @ 3.1 GHz	2588 2588

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Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

	Apple M1 (7-GPU) 8C 8T @ 3.2 GHz	2369 2369
	Intel Xeon E-2386G 6C 12T @ 3.5 GHz	2369 2369
	Apple M1 8C 8T @ 3.2 GHz	2369 2369
	Intel Xeon E-2386G 6C 12T @ 3.5 GHz	2369 2369
	Apple M1 (7-GPU) 8C 8T @ 3.2 GHz	2369 2369

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Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

	Intel Core i5-13500HX 14C 20T @ 2.5 GHz	1743 1743
	Apple M1 (7-GPU) 8C 8T @ 3.2 GHz	1742 1742
	Apple M1 8C 8T @ 3.2 GHz	1742 1742
	Apple M1 (7-GPU) 8C 8T @ 3.2 GHz	1742 1742
	Intel Core i3-12300 4C 8T @ 3.5 GHz	1739 1739

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Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

	Intel Core i7-1165G7 4C 8T @ 2.8 GHz	1504 1504
	Apple M1 (7-GPU) 8C 8T @ 3.2 GHz	1503 1503
	Apple M1 8C 8T @ 3.2 GHz	1503 1503
	Apple M1 (7-GPU) 8C 8T @ 3.2 GHz	1503 1503
	AMD Ryzen 7 6800H 8C 16T @ 3.2 GHz	1499 1499

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Blender 2.81 (bmw27)

	Intel Core i5-9600KF 6C 6T @ 3.7 GHz	315.5 315.5
	Apple M1 (7-GPU) 8C 8T @ 3.2 GHz	314 314
	Apple M1 8C 8T @ 3.2 GHz	314 314
	Apple M1 (7-GPU) 8C 8T @ 3.2 GHz	314 314
	Intel Core i7-5930K 6C 12T @ 3.5 GHz	313.2 313.2

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Blender 3.1 Benchmark

	Intel Core i7-8700 6C 12T @ 3.2 GHz	118 118
	Apple M1 (7-GPU) 8C 8T @ 3.2 GHz	117 117
	Apple M1 8C 8T @ 3.2 GHz	117 117
	Apple M1 (7-GPU) 8C 8T @ 3.2 GHz	117 117
	Intel Core i5-10500 6C 12T @ 3.1 GHz	116 116

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Performance for Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML)

	Apple M1 (7-GPU) 8C 8T @ 3.2 GHz	11 11
	Apple M1 Pro (10-CPU 14-GPU) 10C 10T @ 3.2 GHz	11 11
	Apple M1 8C 8T @ 3.2 GHz	11 11
	Apple A14 Bionic 6C 6T @ 3.0 GHz	11 11
	Apple M1 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU) 10C 10T @ 3.2 GHz	11 11

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All benchmarks for Apple M1

PassMark CPU-Mark

Geekbench 6 (MC)

Cinebench R23 (MC)

Geekbench 5 (MC)

V-Ray CPU-Render

FP32 SP iGPU

Geekbench 6 (SC)

Geekbench 5 (SC)

Cinebench R23 (SC)

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)

Blender 3.1 Benchmark

None

All benchmarks

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5		Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus vs Apple M1
6		Qualcomm Snapdragon 860 vs Apple M1
7		Apple M1 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 865
8		Apple M1 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 Plus
9		Apple M1 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 870
10		Qualcomm Snapdragon 888+ vs Apple M1
11		Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 for Galaxy vs Apple M1
12		Qualcomm Snapdragon 850 vs Apple M1
13		AMD A10-9600P vs Apple M1
14		AMD Opteron X3418 vs Apple M1
15		Intel Xeon E-2356G vs Apple M1