Coffee Lake S vs Apple M1 Pro
Primary details
Comparing Apple M1 Pro and Coffee Lake S processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in performance ranking | 623 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | Apple M-Series | no data |
| Architecture codename | no data | Coffee Lake (2017−2019) |
| Release date | 18 October 2021 (2 years ago) | 24 September 2017 (6 years ago) |
| Current price | $11.95 | $447 |
Detailed specifications
Apple M1 Pro and Coffee Lake S basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.
| Physical cores | 10 (Deca-Core) | no data |
| Threads | 10 | no data |
| Base clock speed | 2.064 GHz | no data |
| Boost clock speed | 3.22 GHz | no data |
| L1 cache | 2.9 MB | no data |
| L2 cache | 28 MB | no data |
| L3 cache | 24 MB | no data |
| Chip lithography | 5 nm | 14 nm0.014 μm 1.4e-5 mm |
| Number of transistors | 33700 Million | no data |
| 64 bit support | + | - |
| Windows 11 compatibility | no data | - |
| Unlocked multiplier | No | No |
Compatibility
Information on Apple M1 Pro and Coffee Lake S compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.
| Socket | no data | LGA-1151 |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | Apple M1 Pro 16-Core GPU | no data |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 18 October 2021 | 24 September 2017 |
| Chip lithography | 5 nm | 14 nm |
We couldn't decide between Apple M1 Pro and Coffee Lake S. We've got no test results to judge.
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