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Intel Core i9 14900K vs Apple M6 (12-Core)

86 out of 100
Intel Core i9 14900K
VS
85 out of 100
Apple M6 (12-Core)
Intel Core i9 14900K
Apple M6 (12-Core)

We compared two CPUs: the 3.2 GHz Intel Core i9 14900K (desktop) with 24-cores against the 4.79 GHz Apple M6 (12-Core) (laptop) with 12-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
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iGPU capabilities for gaming and 3D-intensive tasks
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Key Differences

What are the key differences between (12-Core) and 14900K
Advantages of Intel Core i9 14900K
  • Supports up to 192 GB DDR5-5600 RAM
  • Has 12 more physical cores
  • Unlocked multiplier
Advantages of Apple M6 (12-Core)
  • Newer - released 2 years and 10 months later
  • More powerful Apple M6 GPU (12-core) integrated graphics: 4.9 vs 0.8 TFLOPS
  • More modern manufacturing process โ€“ 2 versus 10 nanometers
  • Around 80.4 GB/s (90%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
  • 45% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 4610 vs 3171 points

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core i9 14900K
vs
M6 (12-Core)

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Core i9 14900K +59%
2086
M6 (12-Core)
1308
Cinebench Scores (17th and 91st 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 14900K
3171
M6 (12-Core) +45%
4610
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Core i9 14900K +9%
22629
M6 (12-Core)
20676
File compression 1940 MB/sec -
Clang compilation 194.6 Klines/sec -
HTML 5 Browser 589.2 pages/sec -
PDF Renderer 638.4 Mpixels/sec -
Text processing 318.7 pages/sec -
Background blur 71.7 images/sec -
Photo processing 191.6 images/sec -
Ray tracing 41.7 Mpixels/sec -
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] โ€“ 644 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Integer math 209.3 GOps/sec -
Floating point math 152.1 GOps/sec -
Find prime numbers 228M Primes/sec -
Random string sorting 86.6M Strings/sec -
Data encryption 46.5 GBytes/sec -
Data compression 785.8 MBytes/sec -
Physics 3098 Frames/sec -
Extended instructions 44.7B Matrices/sec -
Sources: PassMark [3] โ€“ 13248 samples

Blender

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

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 16.7 PPW -
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 181 PPW -
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 466 PPW -
Blender / Watt 4.1 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 14900K
DateBenchmarkResult
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-10-06 (Devansh)Geekbench 6 CPU2993 / 18135
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-10-06 (Devansh)Geekbench 7 CPU2611 / 21934
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-10-06 (Devansh)Cinebench 2026543 / 8307
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-02-24 (Tanvir)Cinebench 2024129 / 2086
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-01-31 (Kreuz)Cinebench 2024128 / 1976
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Apple M6 (12-Core)
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i9 14900K and Apple M6 (12-Core)

General

Vendor Intel Apple
Released October 16, 2023 August 25, 2026
Type Desktop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 ARMv9
Codename Raptor Lake Refresh Apple M6
Model number i9-14900K T8152
Integrated GPU UHD Graphics 770 Apple M6 GPU (12-core)
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 9 7900X -
Successor - Intel Core Ultra 9 285K -
Intel CPU rating (#7th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 8 6
P-Threads 16 6
Base Frequency (P) 3.2 GHz 4.79 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 6 GHz -
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 16 6
E-Threads 16 6
Base Frequency (E) 2.4 GHz -
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 4.4 GHz -
Total
Total Cores 24 12
Total Threads 32 12
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 32x 47x
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 256K (per core)
L2 Cache 2MB (per core) 8MB (shared)
L3 Cache 36MB (shared) -
Unlocked Multiplier Yes No

Package

Fabrication Process 10 nm 2 nm
TDP (PL1) 125 W -
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 253 W -
Socket LGA-1700 Apple M-Socket
Peak Temperature 100ยฐC -
Desktop CPU ranking (#13th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel UHD Graphics 770 Apple M6 GPU (12-core)
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz -
GPU Boost Clock 1650 MHz 1600 MHz
Shading Units 256 1536
TMUs 16 96
ROPs 8 80
Execution Units 32 192
TGP 15 W -
iGPU FLOPS
Core i9 14900K
0.8 TFLOPS
M6 (12-Core) +513%
4.9 TFLOPS
More info: Apple M6 GPU (12-core) compared to UHD Graphics 770

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-5600
- DDR4-3200		 - LPDDR5X-10667
Max. Memory Size 192 GB 32 GB
Memory Channels 2 8
Max. Memory Bandwidth 89.6 GB/s 170 GB/s
ECC Support Yes No

Misc

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

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Comments

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