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Intel Core i9 14900HX vs Apple M1

72 out of 100
Intel Core i9 14900HX
VS
53 out of 100
Apple M1
Intel Core i9 14900HX
Apple M1

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 2.2 GHz Intel Core i9 14900HX with 24-cores against the 3.2 GHz Apple M1 with 8-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Performance
  4. Specs
  5. Comments

Review

General overview and comparison of the processors
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Multi-Core Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Power Efficiency
The efficiency score of power consumption
Integrated Graphics
iGPU capabilities for gaming and 3D-intensive tasks
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Key Differences

What are the key differences between M1 and 14900HX
Advantages of Intel Core i9 14900HX
  • Supports up to 192 GB DDR5-5600 RAM
  • Has 16 more physical cores
  • Newer - released 3 years and 2 months later
  • Unlocked multiplier
  • Around 21.35 GB/s (31%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
  • Newer PCI Express version – 5.0
  • 26% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 3029 vs 2410 points
Advantages of Apple M1
  • More powerful Apple M1 GPU integrated graphics: 2.6 vs 0.8 TFLOPS
  • More modern manufacturing process – 5 versus 10 nanometers

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core i9 14900HX
vs
Apple M1

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Core i9 14900HX +18%
130
Apple M1
110
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Core i9 14900HX +239%
1780
Apple M1
525
Cinebench Scores (#45th place)
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GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Core i9 14900HX +26%
3029
Apple M1
2410
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Core i9 14900HX +116%
18430
Apple M1
8547
File compression 1420 MB/sec 941 MB/sec
Clang compilation 173.5 Klines/sec 68.2 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 463.6 pages/sec 192.4 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 508.4 Mpixels/sec 211.9 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 287.7 pages/sec 250.8 pages/sec
Background blur 54.6 images/sec 34.1 images/sec
Photo processing 154.7 images/sec 60.9 images/sec
Ray tracing 39.9 Mpixels/sec 9.74 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 545 & 760 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Core i9 14900HX +14%
4170
Apple M1
3673
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core i9 14900HX +209%
43705
Apple M1
14123
Integer math 157.2 GOps/sec 33.2 GOps/sec
Floating point math 112.1 GOps/sec 35.5 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 193M Primes/sec 141M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 60.8M Strings/sec 21M Strings/sec
Data encryption 32.6 GBytes/sec 8.5 GBytes/sec
Data compression 539.1 MBytes/sec 168 MBytes/sec
Physics 2631 Frames/sec 1359 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 31.2B Matrices/sec 7B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 6694 & 10702 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core i9 14900HX +272%
354.31
Apple M1
95.27

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 32.4 PPW 37.5 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 335.1 PPW 610.5 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 794.6 PPW 1008.8 PPW
Blender / Watt 6.44 PPW 6.81 PPW
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Intel Core i9 14900HX
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2025-09-22 (GEORGE FORMBY)Cinebench 2024124 / 1417
πŸ“˜ 2025-08-15 (jmtisi)Cinebench 2024111 / 629
πŸ“˜ 2025-06-26 (Ivan)Cinebench 2024125 / 1571
πŸ“˜ 2025-06-14 (JoeG)Cinebench 2024121 / 1334
πŸ“˜ 2025-04-05 (Justin0220)Cinebench 2024125 / 1064
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Apple M1
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-25 -> op1Geekbench 6 CPU2273 / 7967
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-24 -> op1Geekbench 6 CPU2420 / 8793
πŸ“˜ 2026-03-06 (gaR)Geekbench 6 CPU2396 / 8763
πŸ“˜ 2025-04-11 (Ario)Geekbench 6 CPU2395 / 8820
πŸ“˜ 2025-04-11 (Ario)Cinebench 2024110 / 465
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i9 14900HX and Apple M1

General

Vendor Intel Apple
Released January 9, 2024 November 20, 2020
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 ARMv8
Codename Raptor Lake Refresh Apple M1
Model number i9-14900HX -
Integrated GPU UHD Graphics (32EU) Apple M1 GPU
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS -
Successor - Intel Core Ultra 9 285HX - Apple M5 (10-Core)
Intel CPU rating (#36th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 8 4
P-Threads 16 4
Base Frequency (P) 2.2 GHz 3.2 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.8 GHz -
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 16 4
E-Threads 16 4
Base Frequency (E) 1.6 GHz 2.1 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 4.1 GHz -
Total
Total Cores 24 8
Total Threads 32 8
Bus Frequency 100 MHz -
Multiplier 22x -
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 192K (per core)
L2 Cache 2MB (per core) 12MB (shared)
L3 Cache 36MB (shared) -
Unlocked Multiplier Yes No

Package

Transistors - 16 billions
Fabrication Process 10 nm 5 nm
TDP (PL1) 45-55 W (configurable) 14 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 157 W -
Socket BGA-1964 Apple M-Socket
Peak Temperature 100Β°C -
Laptop processors ranking (43rd and 172nd place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel UHD Graphics (32EU) Apple M1 GPU
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 450 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1650 MHz 1278 MHz
Shading Units 256 1024
TMUs 16 64
ROPs 8 32
Execution Units 32 128
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core i9 14900HX
0.8 TFLOPS
Apple M1 +225%
2.6 TFLOPS
More info: Apple M1 GPU (8-core) compared to UHD Graphics Xe (32 EU)

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-5600
- DDR4-3200		 - LPDDR4X-4266
Max. Memory Size 192 GB 16 GB
Memory Channels 2 8
Max. Memory Bandwidth 89.6 GB/s 68.25 GB/s
ECC Support Yes No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i9 14900HX official page -
PCI Express Version 5.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 20 -

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