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Apple A8X vs Apple M4 (10-CPU)

Last updated: 2026-06-04

Table of Contents

Summary
Benchmarks
Specifications
User Reviews
Popular Comparisons

Summary

Benchmarks

Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance

Rank 2 - 13 %

Apple A8X

Rank 1 - 100 %

Apple M4 (10-CPU)

Multi-core performance

Rank 2 - 8 %

Apple A8X

Rank 1 - 100 %

Apple M4 (10-CPU)

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

3C / 3T · 1.50 GHz

427

10C / 10T · 4.46 GHz

3,810

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

3C / 3T · 1.50 GHz

959

10C / 10T · 0.91 GHz

14,934

Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance

3C / 3T · 1.50 GHz

386

10C / 10T · 4.46 GHz

2,491

Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

3C / 3T · 1.50 GHz

1,075

10C / 10T · 0.91 GHz

12,509

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Apple A8X

230

Apple M4 (10 Core)

4,260

More benchmarks

Cinebench 2026 (ST)
218 entries

Cinebench 2026 (MC)
219 entries

Cinebench 2024 (SC)
427 entries

Cinebench 2024 (MC)
422 entries

Cinebench R23 (SC)
690 entries

Cinebench R23 (MC)
665 entries

Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,989 entries

Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 entries

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries

Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries

FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries

CPU performance per watt (efficiency)
140 entries

AI performance (NPU)
218 entries

Specifications

At a glance

Wischen	Apple A8X	Apple M4 (10-CPU)
Family	Apple A series (27)	Apple M series (38)
CPU group	Apple A8/A8X (2)	Apple M4 (7)
Architecture	A8	M4
Technology	20 nm	3 nm
Segment	Smartphone / Tablet	Notebook
Socket
Predecessor	Apple A6X	Apple M3
Successor	Apple A9X	Apple M5 (10-CPU)

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Apple A8X	Apple M4 (10-CPU)
CPU Cores / Threads	3 / 3	10 / 10
Hyperthreading / SMT	✗	✗
Core architecture	normal	hybrid (big.LITTLE)
Core Cluster 1:	3x Typhoon 1.50 GHz	4x Donan P-Core 0.91 - 4.46 GHz
Core Cluster 2:		6x Donan E-Core 0.90 - 2.89 GHz
L2-Cache	2.00 MB	20.00 MB
L3-Cache	4.00 MB
Overclocking	✗	✗

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Apple A8X	Apple M4 (10-CPU)
GPU name	Apple A8X	Apple M4 (10 Core)
GPU frequency	0.45 GHz	0.34 - 1.58 GHz
CUs / Shader	32 / 256	160 / 1280
Raytracing	✗	✓
Max. displays	1	3
Max. GPU Memory	2 GB	24 GB
Technology	20 nm	3 nm
Release date	Q3/2014	Q2/2024

NPU AI performance

Wischen	Apple A8X	Apple M4 (10-CPU)
AI hardware		Apple Neural Engine
AI specifications		16 Neural cores @ 38 TOPS
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Apple A8X	Apple M4 (10-CPU)
Memory	LPDDR3-1600 (12.8 GB/s)	LPDDR5X-7500 (120.0 GB/s)
Max. Memory	2 GB	32 GB
Memory channels	1	2
ECC	No	No
PCIe		4.0
PCIe Bandwidth

Thermal Management

Wischen	Apple A8X	Apple M4 (10-CPU)
TDP	8 W	25 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.		100 °C

Technical details

Wischen	Apple A8X	Apple M4 (10-CPU)
Chip design	Chiplet	Monolithic
AES-NI	✗	✓
Operating systems	iOS	macOS, iPadOS
Instruction set	Armv8-A (64 bit)	Armv9.2-A (64 bit)
ISA extensions		Rosetta 2 x86-Emulation, AVX2, SME
Release date	Q3/2014	Q2/2024
Release price
Documents		Technical data sheet

User Reviews

Your rating

Here you can rate one or both of the processors. The average rating of Apple A8X is 3.8 stars (18 ratings), while Apple M4 (10-CPU) has received 4.7 stars (613 ratings).

Click on the stars to rate one or both processors.

Apple A8X
3C / 3T · 1.50 GHz

★★★★★

Apple M4 (10-CPU)
10C / 10T · 0.91 - 4.46 GHz

★★★★★