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Intel Core Ultra 9 288V vs Apple M1 Pro

62 out of 100
Intel Core Ultra 9 288V
VS
58 out of 100
Apple M1 Pro
Intel Core Ultra 9 288V
Apple M1 Pro

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 3.3 GHz Intel Core Ultra 9 288V with 8-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.

  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 Pro and 288V
Advantages of Intel Core Ultra 9 288V
  • Newer - released 2 years and 11 months later
  • More modern manufacturing process – 3 versus 5 nanometers
  • 23% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2864 vs 2328 points
Advantages of Apple M1 Pro
  • Has 2 more physical cores
  • More powerful Apple M1 Pro GPU (16-core) integrated graphics: 5.3 vs 4.2 TFLOPS

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core Ultra 9 288V
vs
M1 Pro

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Core Ultra 9 288V +17%
128
M1 Pro
109
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Core Ultra 9 288V
628
M1 Pro +27%
796
Cinebench 2026 (Single) - 444
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) - 3334
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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 Ultra 9 288V +23%
2864
M1 Pro
2328
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Core Ultra 9 288V +7%
11069
M1 Pro
10305
File compression 1020 MB/sec 1230 MB/sec
Clang compilation 69 Klines/sec 82.4 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 278.5 pages/sec 249.1 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 290.7 Mpixels/sec 271.3 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 312.1 pages/sec 246.4 pages/sec
Background blur 49.8 images/sec 36.9 images/sec
Photo processing 117 images/sec 102.5 images/sec
Ray tracing 14.5 Mpixels/sec 10.7 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 593 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Core Ultra 9 288V +13%
4272
M1 Pro
3795
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core Ultra 9 288V
19781
M1 Pro +11%
21934
Integer math 44 GOps/sec 45.6 GOps/sec
Floating point math 59.5 GOps/sec 64 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 194M Primes/sec 272M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 22.6M Strings/sec 32.5M Strings/sec
Data encryption 14.1 GBytes/sec 12.2 GBytes/sec
Data compression 186.1 MBytes/sec 272.2 MBytes/sec
Physics 1634 Frames/sec 2696 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 15.6B Matrices/sec 12.6B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 500 & 2437 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core Ultra 9 288V
134.21
M1 Pro +39%
186.87

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 17 PPW 26.5 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 299.2 PPW 343.5 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 534.6 PPW 731.1 PPW
Blender / Watt 3.63 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 Ultra 9 288V
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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
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core Ultra 9 288V and Apple M1 Pro

General

Vendor Intel Apple
Released September 4, 2024 October 18, 2021
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 ARMv8
Codename Lunar Lake Apple M1
Model number 288V -
Integrated GPU Arc Graphics 140V Apple M1 Pro GPU (16-core)
Successor - - Apple M5 Pro (18-Core)
Intel CPU rating (#72nd place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 4 8
P-Threads 4 8
Base Frequency (P) 3.3 GHz 3.2 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.1 GHz -
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 4 2
E-Threads 4 2
Base Frequency (E) 3.3 GHz 2.1 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.7 GHz -
Total
Total Cores 8 10
Total Threads 8 10
Bus Frequency 100 MHz -
Multiplier 33x -
L1 Cache 192K (per core) 192K (per core)
L2 Cache 2560K (per core) 24MB (shared)
L3 Cache 12MB (shared) -
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Transistors - 33.7 billions
Fabrication Process 3 nm 5 nm
TDP (PL1) 17-37 W (configurable) 30 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 37 W -
Socket FCBGA-2833 Apple M-Socket
Peak Temperature 100Β°C -
Laptop processors ranking (83rd and 124th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel Arc Graphics 140V Apple M1 Pro GPU (16-core)
GPU Base Clock 600 MHz 450 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 2050 MHz 1296 MHz
Shading Units 1024 2048
TMUs - 128
ROPs - 64
Execution Units - 256
TGP 30 W 30 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core Ultra 9 288V
4.2 TFLOPS
M1 Pro +26%
5.3 TFLOPS
More info: Apple M1 Pro GPU (16-core) compared to Arc 140V

Memory Support

Memory Types - LPDDR5X-8533 - LPDDR5-6400
Max. Memory Size 32 GB 32 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth - 204.8 GB/s
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core Ultra 9 288V official page -
PCI Express Version 5.0 -
PCI Express Lanes 8 -

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Comments

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