Intel Processor N97 vs Apple M1. Specifications, performance, tests

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• Family
  Intel Processor N Apple M series
• CPU group
  Intel Processor N50/N100/N200 Apple M1
• Segment
  Mobile Mobile
• Generation
  13 1

Basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base and turbo frequency, and cache size. These parameters indirectly tell about the speed of the processor, the higher they are the better.

• Core architecture
  normal hybrid (big.LITTLE)
• Overclocking
  No No
• Frequency
  2.00 GHz 3.20 GHz

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• GPU name
  Intel UHD Graphics 24 EUs (Alder Lake) Apple M1 (8 Core)
• GPU frequency
  1.20 GHz 3.20 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  No turbo No turbo
• Execution units
  24 128
• Shader
  192 0
• Max. GPU Memory
  8 GB 8 GB
• Max. displays
  3 2
• Generation
  12 1
• Technology
  10 nm 5 nm
• Release date
  Q1/2023 Q4/2020

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h264
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP8
  Decode / Encode Decode
• VP9
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• AV1
  Decode Decode
• AVC
  Decode / Encode Decode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Apple M1 and Intel Processor N97. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  DDR4-3200DDR5-4800LPDDR5-4800 LPDDR4X-4266
• Max. Memory
  16 GB 16 GB
• Memory channels
  1 (Single Channel) 2
• ECC
  No No

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Processor N97 and Apple M1 to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP up
  -- 20 W
• TDP down
  -- 10 W
• Tjunction max.
  105 °C --

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Processor N97 and Intel Processor N97, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Technology
  10 nm 5 nm
• Socket
  BGA N/A
• L2-Cache
  4.00 MB 16.00 MB
• L3-Cache
  6.00 MB --
• Architecture
  Alder Lake N M1
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d None
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) ARMv8-A64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2 Rosetta 2 x86-Emulation
• Release date
  Q1/2023 Q4/2020