According to Intel, the CPU is manufactured in an improved 14nm (14nm++) process. The processor clocks at between 2.6 and 4.3 GHz (4.1 with 4 cores, 4 GHz with 6 cores) and can execute up to twelve threads simultaneously thanks to Hyper-Threading. The Intel Core i7-8850H is a high-end processor for laptops with six cores based on the Coffee Lake architecture and will be announced early 2018. Ps: it should also be noted that there may be CPU throttling going on when running sustained high CPU workloads - this is probably more of an issue with the 2018 Mac mini than the M1 or 'Trashcan'.Įdit: the M1 Mac mini seems to match the 12 core 'Trashcan' in multi core performance even tough it only seems to be using ~4.2 cores - presumably it's high speed cores.Intel Core i7-8850H ► remove from comparison I'm guessing that the M1 Mac mini may out-perform/match the 2013 'Trashcan' in CPU performance as it has faster cores and 8 cores in total, though only 4 are high speed cores. Looking at GeekBench scores for the 2018 Mac mini (i7 with 6 cores) puts it at a even footing with the 8 core 2013 'Trashcan' only the 12 core 'Trashcan' performs notable better (multi core score of 7050 vs 5646). This normally works out well because memory tends to be accessed in a localized or sequential order, but performance will degrade if 'active' data doesn't fit in the cache or the RAM is accessed in a more random order, which can happen with certain workloads. Making the CPU and RAM (chips) more tightly integrated should increase bandwidth and reduce latency, this reduces the amount of time the CPU needs to wait to read/write data from/to RAM.ĬPUs typically compensate for RAM bandwidth & latency by having multiple levels (… 元, L2, L1) of progressively faster & smaller internal cache memory.

RAM is still RAM, it still serves the same basic purpose.

But it's sounding like with the new chip integration, the CPU takes the roll of what used to need RAM

6 cores mac mini faster 8 core mac pro