Intel Core i9 14900HX vs Apple M1 Pro

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

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 2.2 GHz Intel Core i9 14900HX with 24-cores against the 3.2 GHz Apple M1 Pro with 10-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

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 Pro and 14900HX
Advantages of Intel Core i9 14900HX
  • Supports up to 192 GB DDR5-5600 RAM
  • Has 14 more physical cores
  • Unlocked multiplier
  • Newer - released 2 years and 3 months later
  • 30% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 3029 vs 2328 points
Advantages of Apple M1 Pro
  • More powerful Apple M1 Pro GPU (16-core) integrated graphics: 5.3 vs 0.8 TFLOPS
  • Around 115.2 GB/s (129%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
  • More modern manufacturing process – 5 versus 10 nanometers

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
130
109
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
1780
796
Cinebench 2026 (Single) - 444
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) - 3334
Cinebench Scores (#45th place)

GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
3029
2328
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
18430
10305
File compression 1420 MB/sec 1230 MB/sec
Clang compilation 173.5 Klines/sec 82.4 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 463.6 pages/sec 249.1 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 508.4 Mpixels/sec 271.3 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 287.7 pages/sec 246.4 pages/sec
Background blur 54.6 images/sec 36.9 images/sec
Photo processing 154.7 images/sec 102.5 images/sec
Ray tracing 39.9 Mpixels/sec 10.7 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 545 & 593 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
4170
3795
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
43705
21934
Integer math 157.2 GOps/sec 45.6 GOps/sec
Floating point math 112.1 GOps/sec 64 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 193M Primes/sec 272M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 60.8M Strings/sec 32.5M Strings/sec
Data encryption 32.6 GBytes/sec 12.2 GBytes/sec
Data compression 539.1 MBytes/sec 272.2 MBytes/sec
Physics 2631 Frames/sec 2696 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 31.2B Matrices/sec 12.6B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 6694 & 2437 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
354.31
186.87

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 32.4 PPW 26.5 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 335.1 PPW 343.5 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 794.6 PPW 731.1 PPW
Blender / Watt 6.44 PPW 6.23 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
Apple M1 Pro
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-03-27 (bbffx)Geekbench 6 CPU2450 / 12944
πŸ“˜ 2026-03-27 (bbffx)Cinebench 2026444 / 3334
πŸ“˜ 2026-03-27 (bbffx)Cinebench 2024115 / 857
πŸ“˜ 2025-02-23 (anon121434)Cinebench 202499 / 682
πŸ“˜ 2025-02-19 (serhii)Cinebench 2024109 / 796

Specifications

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

General

Vendor Intel Apple
Released January 9, 2024 October 18, 2021
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 Pro GPU (16-core)
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS -
Successor - Intel Core Ultra 9 285HX - Apple M5 Pro (18-Core)
Intel CPU rating (#36th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 8 8
P-Threads 16 8
Base Frequency (P) 2.2 GHz 3.2 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.8 GHz -
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 16 2
E-Threads 16 2
Base Frequency (E) 1.6 GHz 2.1 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 4.1 GHz -
Total
Total Cores 24 10
Total Threads 32 10
Bus Frequency 100 MHz -
Multiplier 22x -
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 192K (per core)
L2 Cache 2MB (per core) 24MB (shared)
L3 Cache 36MB (shared) -
Unlocked Multiplier Yes No

Package

Transistors - 33.7 billions
Fabrication Process 10 nm 5 nm
TDP (PL1) 45-55 W (configurable) 30 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 157 W -
Socket BGA-1964 Apple M-Socket
Peak Temperature 100Β°C -
Laptop processors ranking (43rd and 124th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel UHD Graphics (32EU) Apple M1 Pro GPU (16-core)
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 450 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1650 MHz 1296 MHz
Shading Units 256 2048
TMUs 16 128
ROPs 8 64
Execution Units 32 256
TGP 15 W 30 W
iGPU FLOPS
0.8 TFLOPS
M1 Pro +563%
5.3 TFLOPS

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-5600
- DDR4-3200
- LPDDR5-6400
Max. Memory Size 192 GB 32 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 89.6 GB/s 204.8 GB/s
ECC Support Yes No

Misc

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

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