Intel Core i9-12900HK beats M1 Max on Geekbench, but not by much

Published: 27/01/2022 12:14

Intel Core i9-12900HK beats M1 Max on Geekbench, but not by much

We're back to talking about processors and the ongoing "battle" between Intel and Apple for performance leadership in the laptop arena; a head-to-head that has been reignited in a major way after the presentation of the Intel Core 12th gen H-series processors at the last CES in Las Vegas and that continues to cause discussion. At the launch, Intel underlined the supremacy of its new flagship Core i9-12900HK model, a 14-core CPU with a very high boost (5 GHz in Boost) that is currently unrivalled in terms of computational power, at least in the consumer notebook segment.

According to Intel's own data, it easily beats its AMD and Apple counterparts, including the much-acclaimed M1 Max, which we find in the new MacBook Pro. The renewed battle between Alder Lake H and Apple's M1 Max was already being discussed in the run-up to CES, but, as is the norm in these cases, data from independent tests is needed and, fortunately, is starting to arrive. New benchmarks of the Intel Core i9-12900HK have appeared on Geekbench in the past few hours, specifically for an MSI gaming notebook (GE76 Raider) which, given its design, should not have any particular thermal restrictions on the CPU.

Prendendo in esame i vari risultati a disposizione, in Geekbench 5 il nuovo Core i9 12a gen H ha un punteggio medio di 12.707 punti in multi-thread, risultando quasi il 4% più veloce di Apple M1 Max (12.244). Lo stesso scenario si ripropone in single-thread, con l'Intel sempre davanti (ma di poco), mentre ovviamente sono esclusi da questo contesto le prestazioni gaming e, cosa più importante, i consumi.

Se il Core i9-12900HK fa faville con una GPU dedicata come la recente GeForce RTX 3080 Ti, il tallone d'achille di questo processore è come già discusso il consumo, relativo ovviamente alla soluzione offerta da Apple. La CPU Intel è in grado di spingersi oltre i 100 watt in test multi-threading come Cinebench R23, mentre nello stesso benchmark Apple M1 Max si ferma ad appena 40 watt; questo aspetto in realtà era già noto fin dal lancio dei Core 12a gen serie H, ma gli ultimi test apparsi su Geekbench non fanno che confermare - definitivamente a nostro avviso - che l'efficienza dei chip Apple al momento non è avvicinabile da nessuna azienda. Diteci la vostra nei commenti.

Written by: Joshua Wilson

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