It is clear that the performance and power consumption of the 12th generation Core i9, Apple M1 Max are exceeded

Intel claimed that the 12th generation Core i9 processor for laptops was the fastest mobile processor in history, surpassing the M1 Max chip found in the 16-inch MacBook Pro. It is reported that the benchmark result of Windows PC, which was the early adopted model, actually exceeds that of Mac with M1 Max.

This is the official test of MSI's GE76 Raider 12UHS with the top CPU "Core i9-12900HK" for the 12th generation Core mobile, which was conducted in collaboration with the well-established media MacWorld and the sister magazine PCWorld, and the standard test application Geekbench. It is based on a post on the aggregation site Geekbench Browser.

Indeed, Geekbench 5 results show that the GE76 Raider with a 12th generation Core i9 has an average multi-core score of 12707, while the 16-inch MacBook Pro with an M1 Max chip has a 12244, and the Core i9 processor has a better than the M1 Max chip. The result is about 4% faster.

However, one thing to keep in mind is power efficiency. When PC World ran the "Cinebench R23" benchmark (drawing CG only with CPU computing power and simply comparing CPU power) with GE76 Raider, the power consumption was always in the 100W range and temporarily increased to 140W. that's right.

Anando Tech, on the other hand, ran the same Cinebench R23 on a 16-inch MacBook Pro and found that the M1 Max chip consumed about 40W.

Such a difference in power consumption will be directly reflected in the battery drive time. PCWorld reports that the GE76 Raider was able to play offline videos for about 6 hours. The 16-inch MacBook Pro with M1 Max, on the other hand, is nominally battery-powered for up to 21 hours when playing offline videos.

There may be differences in display brightness and other factors, but it's clear that the 16-inch MacBook Pro has a longer battery life. The GE76 Raider is about 2.6 cm thick and weighs nearly 3 kg, while the 16-inch MacBook Pro (model with M1 Max) is about 1.7 cm thick and weighs 2.2 kg.

Overall, Intel's claim that the 12th generation mobile Core i9 processor is faster than the M1 Max chip seems correct, but at least it works well with thin, lightweight, battery-friendly devices like the MacBook Pro. I don't think it's good.

CPU power consumption does not match the catalog spec TDP (Thermal Design Power), and TDP is just a guide. More important is the average power consumption, but as measured by PC World, the GE76 Raider "always" reaches 140W at the maximum in the 100W range, while the M1 Max is around 40W and stays at just under 120W at the maximum. Therefore, it seems reasonable to judge that the former greatly exceeds the power consumption of the latter.

Also, in mobile applications, battery life and body weight make up a large proportion, and it is an undeniable fact that the M1 Max-equipped MacBook Pro has excellent battery life and is lightweight.

That said, the GE76 Raider with a GeForce RTX 3080 Ti on a discrete GPU overwhelms the M1 Max MacBook Pro in graphic benchmarks (using Geekbench 5's OpneCL test). There is a difference in direction that "the best performance can be achieved in indoor work or heavy 3D games" and "stable performance can be maintained for a long time even on mobile", so it may be possible to segregate well. ..

Source: MacWorld

via: MacRumors