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Apple M4 vs Intel Core i3-10100F
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Benchmarks
Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks
Single-core performance
Multi-core performance
Cinebench 2024 Single-Core
Single-core performance
Apple M4
100 %
9C / 9T · 4.46 GHz
Intel Core i3-10100F
37 %
4C / 8T · 4.30 GHz
Cinebench 2024 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
Apple M4
100 %
9C / 9T · 4.46 GHz
Intel Core i3-10100F
34 %
4C / 8T · 4.30 GHz
Cinebench R23 Single-Core
Single-core performance
Apple M4
100 %
9C / 9T · 4.46 GHz
Intel Core i3-10100F
54 %
4C / 8T · 4.30 GHz
Cinebench R23 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
Apple M4
100 %
9C / 9T · 0.91 GHz
Intel Core i3-10100F
48 %
4C / 8T · 4.10 GHz
Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance
Apple M4
100 %
9C / 9T · 4.46 GHz
Intel Core i3-10100F
38 %
4C / 8T · 4.30 GHz
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
Apple M4
100 %
9C / 9T · 0.91 GHz
Intel Core i3-10100F
36 %
4C / 8T · 4.10 GHz
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance
Apple M4
100 %
9C / 9T · 4.46 GHz
Intel Core i3-10100F
46 %
4C / 8T · 4.30 GHz
More benchmarks
Cinebench 2024 (SC)
427 entries
427 entries
Cinebench 2024 (MC)
422 entries
422 entries
Cinebench R23 (SC)
690 entries
690 entries
Cinebench R23 (MC)
665 entries
665 entries
Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,989 entries
1,989 entries
Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 entries
1,927 entries
Cinebench R20 (SC)
666 entries
666 entries
Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries
2,512 entries
Cinebench R20 (MC)
615 entries
615 entries
Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries
2,483 entries
FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries
2,219 entries
AnTuTu 10 Benchmark
25 entries
25 entries
PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries
2,504 entries
CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (SC)
250 entries
250 entries
CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
751 entries
751 entries
V-Ray CPU-Render
251 entries
251 entries
Cinebench R15 (SC)
1,113 entries
1,113 entries
Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,110 entries
1,110 entries
CPU performance per watt (efficiency)
140 entries
140 entries
AI performance (NPU)
218 entries
218 entries
Specifications
At a glance
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Wischen
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Apple M4 | Intel Core i3-10100F |
|---|---|---|
| Family | Apple M series (38) | Intel Core i3 (205) |
| CPU group | Apple M4 (7) | Intel Core i 10000 (43) |
| Architecture | M4 | Comet Lake S |
| Technology | 3 nm | 14 nm |
| Segment | Notebook | Desktop |
| Socket | LGA 1200 | |
| Predecessor | Apple M3 | Intel Core i3-9100F |
| Successor | Apple M5 |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
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Wischen
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Apple M4 | Intel Core i3-10100F |
|---|---|---|
| CPU Cores / Threads | 9 / 9 | 4 / 8 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT | ✗ | ✓ |
| Core architecture | hybrid (big.LITTLE) | normal |
| Core Cluster 1: | 3x Donan P-Core 0.91 - 4.46 GHz |
4x 3.60 - 4.30 GHz |
| Core Cluster 2: | 6x Donan E-Core 0.90 - 2.85 GHz |
|
| L2-Cache | 20.00 MB | |
| L3-Cache | 6.00 MB | |
| Overclocking | ✗ | ✗ |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)
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Wischen
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Apple M4 | Intel Core i3-10100F |
|---|---|---|
| GPU name | Apple M4 (10 Core) | no iGPU |
| GPU frequency | 0.34 - 1.58 GHz | |
| CUs / Shader | 160 / 1280 | / |
| Raytracing | ✓ | ✗ |
| Max. displays | 3 | |
| Max. GPU Memory | 24 GB | |
| Technology | 3 nm | |
| Release date | Q2/2024 |
NPU AI performance
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Wischen
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Apple M4 | Intel Core i3-10100F |
|---|---|---|
| AI hardware | Apple Neural Engine | |
| AI specifications | 16 Neural cores @ 38 TOPS | |
| NPU + CPU + iGPU |
Memory & PCIe
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Wischen
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Apple M4 | Intel Core i3-10100F |
|---|---|---|
| Memory | LPDDR5X-7500 (120.0 GB/s) | DDR4-2666 (42.7 GB/s) |
| Max. Memory | 8 GB | 128 GB |
| Memory channels | 2 | 2 |
| ECC | No | No |
| PCIe | 4.0 | 3.0 x 16 |
| PCIe Bandwidth | 15.8 GB/s |
Thermal Management
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Wischen
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Apple M4 | Intel Core i3-10100F |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 20 W | 65 W |
| TDP (PL2) | ||
| TDP up | ||
| TDP down | 15 W | |
| T. junction max. | 100 °C | 100 °C |
Technical details
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Wischen
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Apple M4 | Intel Core i3-10100F |
|---|---|---|
| Chip design | Monolithic | Monolithic |
| AES-NI | ✓ | ✓ |
| Operating systems | macOS, iPadOS | Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux |
| Instruction set | Armv9.2-A (64 bit) | x86-64 (64 bit) |
| ISA extensions | Rosetta 2 x86-Emulation, AVX2, SME | SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 |
| Release date | Q2/2024 | Q4/2020 |
| Release price | 79 $ | |
| Documents | Technical data sheet |
User Reviews
Your rating
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