AMD EPYC 9454P vs Apple M4 (10-CPU)

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AMD EPYC 9454P CPU1 vs CPU2 Apple M4 (10-CPU)
AMD EPYC 9454P Apple M4 (10-CPU)

CPU comparison

AMD EPYC 9454P or Apple M4 (10-CPU) - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results.

The AMD EPYC 9454P has 48 cores with 96 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.80 GHz. Up to 6144 GB of memory is supported in 12 memory channels. The AMD EPYC 9454P was released in Q4/2022.

The Apple M4 (10-CPU) has 10 cores with 10 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.41 GHz. The CPU supports up to 16 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Apple M4 (10-CPU) was released in Q2/2024.
AMD EPYC (129) Family Apple M series (25)
AMD EPYC 9004 (21) CPU group Apple M4 (2)
4 Generation 4
Genoa / Genoa-X (Zen 4) Architecture M4
Desktop / Server Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor Apple M3
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The AMD EPYC 9454P has 48 CPU cores and can calculate 96 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the AMD EPYC 9454P is 2.75 GHz (3.80 GHz) while the Apple M4 (10-CPU) has 10 CPU cores and 10 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Apple M4 (10-CPU) is at 0.70 GHz (4.41 GHz).

AMD EPYC 9454P Characteristic Apple M4 (10-CPU)
48 Cores 10
96 Threads 10
normal Core architecture hybrid (big.LITTLE)
Yes Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
2.75 GHz (3.80 GHz)
48x Zen 4
A-Core 0.70 GHz (4.41 GHz)
4x P-Core
-- B-Core 0.74 GHz (2.85 GHz)
6x E-Core

NPU AI performance

The performance values of the processor's AI unit. The isolated NPU performance is specified here, the total AI performance (NPU+CPU+iGPU) can be higher. Processors with support for artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors.

AMD EPYC 9454P Characteristic Apple M4 (10-CPU)
-- AI hardware Apple Neural Engine
-- AI specifications 16 Neural cores @ 38 TOPS
-- NPU + CPU + iGPU --

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

The AMD EPYC 9454P or Apple M4 (10-CPU) has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.

no iGPU GPU Apple M4 (10 Core)
GPU frequency --
-- GPU (Turbo) --
-- GPU Generation --
Technology 3 nm
Max. displays 2
-- Compute units 160
-- Shader 1280
No Hardware Raytracing Yes
No Frame Generation No
-- Max. GPU Memory 24 GB
-- DirectX Version --

Hardware codec support

A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.

no iGPU GPU Apple M4 (10 Core)
No Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) Decode / Encode
No Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) Decode / Encode
No Codec h264 Decode / Encode
No Codec VP9 Decode / Encode
No Codec VP8 Decode
No Codec AV1 Decode
No Codec AVC Decode
No Codec VC-1 Decode
No Codec JPEG Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

The AMD EPYC 9454P can use up to 6144 GB of memory in 12 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 460.8 GB/s. The Apple M4 (10-CPU) supports up to 16 GB of memory in 2 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 120.0 GB/s.

AMD EPYC 9454P Characteristic Apple M4 (10-CPU)
DDR5-4800 Memory LPDDR5X-7500
6144 GB Max. Memory 16 GB
12 Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
460.8 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 120.0 GB/s
Yes ECC No
48.00 MB L2 Cache 22.00 MB
256.00 MB L3 Cache --
5.0 PCIe version 4.0
128 PCIe lanes --
504.1 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth --

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the AMD EPYC 9454P is 290 W, while the Apple M4 (10-CPU) has a TDP of 22 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

AMD EPYC 9454P Characteristic Apple M4 (10-CPU)
290 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 22 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
300 W TDP up --
240 W TDP down 15 W
100 °C Tjunction max. 100 °C

Technical details

The AMD EPYC 9454P is manufactured in 5 nm and has 304.00 MB cache. The Apple M4 (10-CPU) is manufactured in 3 nm and has a 22.00 MB cache.

AMD EPYC 9454P Characteristic Apple M4 (10-CPU)
5 nm Technology 3 nm
Chiplet Chip design Chiplet
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) Armv9-A (64 bit)
SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512, BFLOAT16, VNNI ISA extensions Rosetta 2 x86-Emulation, AVX2, SME
SP5 Socket --
AMD-V, SVM Virtualization Apple Virtualization Framework
Yes AES-NI Yes
Windows Server 2022, Linux, Windows 11 Operating systems macOS, iPadOS
Q4/2022 Release date Q2/2024
4598 $ Release price --
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Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
AMD EPYC 9454P AMD EPYC 9454P
48C 96T @ 3.80 GHz
0 (0%)
Apple M4 (10-CPU) Apple M4 (10-CPU)
10C 10T @ 4.41 GHz
2491 (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
AMD EPYC 9454P AMD EPYC 9454P
48C 96T @ 3.65 GHz
0 (0%)
Apple M4 (10-CPU) Apple M4 (10-CPU)
10C 10T @ 0.70 GHz
12509 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.
AMD EPYC 9454P AMD EPYC 9454P
48C 96T @ 3.80 GHz
0 (0%)
Apple M4 (10-CPU) Apple M4 (10-CPU)
10C 10T @ 4.41 GHz
3767 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.
AMD EPYC 9454P AMD EPYC 9454P
48C 96T @ 3.65 GHz
0 (0%)
Apple M4 (10-CPU) Apple M4 (10-CPU)
10C 10T @ 0.70 GHz
14621 (100%)

AI performance (NPU)

The performance values of the processor's AI unit. The isolated NPU performance is given here, the total AI performance (NPU+CPU+iGPU) can be higher.

Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. The performance is given in the number (trillions) of arithmetic operations per second (TOPS).
AMD EPYC 9454P AMD EPYC 9454P
48C 96T @ 2.75 GHz
0 (0%)
Apple M4 (10-CPU) Apple M4 (10-CPU)
10C 10T @ 0.70 GHz
38 (100%)

Devices using this processor

AMD EPYC 9454P Apple M4 (10-CPU)
Unknown Apple iPad Pro 11 (2024) [1-2 TB]

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