Intel Core i7 1195G7 vs Apple M1 Pro

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 1.3-2.9 GHz Intel Core i7 1195G7 with 4-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
NanoReview Final Score
Generic CPU rating

Key Differences

What are the key differences between Pro and 1195G7
Advantages of Intel Core i7 1195G7
  • Supports up to 64 GB DDR4-3200 RAM
Advantages of Apple M1 Pro
  • More powerful Apple M1 Pro GPU (16-core) integrated graphics: 5.3 vs 1.69 TFLOPS
  • Has 6 more physical cores
  • More modern manufacturing process – 5 versus 10 nanometers
  • Supports quad-channel memory
  • 22% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2328 vs 1915 points

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks

Cinebench R23

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
M1 Pro +104%
12018

GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
M1 Pro +22%
2328
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
M1 Pro +81%
10305
File compression 634 MB/sec 1230 MB/sec
Clang compilation 33.9 Klines/sec 82.4 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 131.3 pages/sec 249.1 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 169.1 Mpixels/sec 271.3 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 152.9 pages/sec 246.4 pages/sec
Background blur 25.4 images/sec 36.9 images/sec
Photo processing 49.4 images/sec 102.5 images/sec
Ray tracing 5.86 Mpixels/sec 10.7 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2]

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
M1 Pro +26%
3808
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
M1 Pro +102%
21825
Integer math 37 GOps/sec 46.2 GOps/sec
Floating point math 21.3 GOps/sec 64.5 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 56M Primes/sec 275M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 13.4M Strings/sec 32.7M Strings/sec
Data encryption 5.9 GBytes/sec 12.3 GBytes/sec
Data compression 113.2 MBytes/sec 274.6 MBytes/sec
Physics 831 Frames/sec 2694 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 7.6B Matrices/sec 11.6B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4]
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i7 1195G7 and Apple M1 Pro

General

Vendor Intel Apple
Released June 8, 2021 October 18, 2021
Type Laptop Laptop
instruction set x86-64 ARMv8
Codename Tiger Lake Apple M1
Model number i7-1195G7 -
Integrated GPU Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EU Apple M1 Pro GPU (16-core)
Best laptop processors scores (138th and 58th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 4 8
P-Threads 8 8
Base Frequency (P) 1.3-2.9 GHz 3.2 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5 GHz -
Efficient Cores
E-Cores - 2
E-Threads - 2
Base Frequency (E) - 2.1 GHz
Total
Total Cores 4 10
Total Threads 8 10
Bus Frequency 100 MHz -
Multiplier 13-29x -
Bus Bandwidth 4 GT/s -
L1 Cache 96K (per core) 192K (per core)
L2 Cache 1280K (per core) 24MB (shared)
L3 Cache 12MB (shared) -
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Transistors - 33.7 billions
Fabrication process 10 nm 5 nm
TDP (PL1) 12-28 W (configurable) 30 W
Socket BGA-1449 Apple M-Socket
Peak temperature 100°C -

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EU Apple M1 Pro GPU (16-core)
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 450 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1400 MHz 1296 MHz
Shading Units 768 2048
TMUs 48 128
ROPs 24 64
Execution Units 96 256
TGP 15 W 30 W
Max. Resolution - 6016x3384 - 60 Hz
iGPU FLOPS
1.69 TFLOPS
M1 Pro +214%
5.3 TFLOPS

Memory Support

Memory types - DDR4-3200
- LPDDR4x-4267
- LPDDR5-6400
Memory Size 64 GB 32 GB
Max. Memory Channels 2 4
Max. Memory Bandwidth - 204.8 GB/s
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official site Intel Core i7 1195G7 official page -
PCI Express Version 4.0 -
PCI Express Lanes 16 -

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Comments

So which CPU will you choose: Apple M1 Pro or Intel Core i7 1195G7?
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cpu 23 April 2022 14:58
m1 pro is twice as expensive, i9 12900ks is cheaper buy like $600 and still outperforms it. And the cpu is cost more than the laptop to fix
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bucz 28 October 2021 03:05
M1 pro simply better
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