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Apple M4 vs MediaTek Helio P18
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Benchmarks
Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks
Single-core performance
Multi-core performance
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
Apple M4
100 %
Apple M4 (10 Core)
ARM Mali-T860 MP2
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
Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries
2,512 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
Geekbench 3 (SC)
945 entries
945 entries
Geekbench 3 (MC)
941 entries
941 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 | MediaTek Helio P18 |
|---|---|---|
| Family | Apple M series (38) | Mediatek Helio (37) |
| CPU group | Apple M4 (7) | MediaTek Helio P10 (3) |
| Architecture | M4 | Cortex-A53 |
| Technology | 3 nm | 28 nm |
| Segment | Notebook | Smartphone / Tablet |
| Socket | ||
| Predecessor | Apple M3 | |
| Successor | Apple M5 |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
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Wischen
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Apple M4 | MediaTek Helio P18 |
|---|---|---|
| CPU Cores / Threads | 9 / 9 | 8 / 8 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT | ✗ | ✗ |
| Core architecture | hybrid (big.LITTLE) | hybrid (big.LITTLE) |
| Core Cluster 1: | 3x Donan P-Core 0.91 - 4.46 GHz |
8x Cortex-A53 2.00 GHz |
| Core Cluster 2: | 6x Donan E-Core 0.90 - 2.85 GHz |
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| L2-Cache | 20.00 MB | |
| L3-Cache | ||
| Overclocking | ✗ | ✗ |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)
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Wischen
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Apple M4 | MediaTek Helio P18 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU name | Apple M4 (10 Core) | ARM Mali-T860 MP2 |
| GPU frequency | 0.34 - 1.58 GHz | 0.80 - 0.80 GHz |
| CUs / Shader | 160 / 1280 | 2 / 32 |
| Raytracing | ✓ | ✗ |
| Max. displays | 3 | 2 |
| Max. GPU Memory | 24 GB | |
| Technology | 3 nm | 28nm |
| Release date | Q2/2024 | Q4/2015 |
NPU AI performance
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Wischen
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Apple M4 | MediaTek Helio P18 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | MediaTek Helio P18 |
|---|---|---|
| Memory | LPDDR5X-7500 (120.0 GB/s) | LPDDR3-933 (7.4 GB/s) |
| Max. Memory | 8 GB | 4 GB |
| Memory channels | 2 | 1 |
| ECC | No | No |
| PCIe | 4.0 | |
| PCIe Bandwidth |
Thermal Management
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Wischen
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Apple M4 | MediaTek Helio P18 |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 20 W | |
| TDP (PL2) | ||
| TDP up | ||
| TDP down | 15 W | |
| T. junction max. | 100 °C |
Technical details
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Wischen
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Apple M4 | MediaTek Helio P18 |
|---|---|---|
| Chip design | Monolithic | Chiplet |
| AES-NI | ✓ | ✗ |
| Operating systems | macOS, iPadOS | Android |
| Instruction set | Armv9.2-A (64 bit) | Armv8-A (64 bit) |
| ISA extensions | Rosetta 2 x86-Emulation, AVX2, SME | |
| Release date | Q2/2024 | Q1/2018 |
| Release price | ||
| Documents | Technical data sheet | Technical data sheet |
User Reviews
Your rating
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