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Apple M4 (8-CPU) vs Intel Core i5-12400

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
Apple M4 (8-CPU)
Rank 2 - 64 %
Intel Core i5-12400
Multi-core performance
Rank 2 - 94 %
Apple M4 (8-CPU)
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i5-12400
Cinebench 2024 Single-Core

Cinebench 2024 Single-Core
Single-core performance

Apple M4 (8-CPU)
8C / 8T · 4.46 GHz
175 pts
Intel Core i5-12400
6C / 12T · 4.40 GHz
102 pts
Cinebench 2024 Multi-Core

Cinebench 2024 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Apple M4 (8-CPU)
8C / 8T · 4.46 GHz
742 pts
Intel Core i5-12400
6C / 12T · 4.40 GHz
701 pts
Cinebench R23 Single-Core

Cinebench R23 Single-Core
Single-core performance

Apple M4 (8-CPU)
8C / 8T · 4.46 GHz
2,125 pts
Intel Core i5-12400
6C / 12T · 4.40 GHz
1,623 pts
Cinebench R23 Multi-Core

Cinebench R23 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Apple M4 (8-CPU)
8C / 8T · 0.91 GHz
9,980 pts
Intel Core i5-12400
6C / 12T · 4.00 GHz
12,454 pts
Geekbench 6 Single-Core

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

Apple M4 (8-CPU)
8C / 8T · 4.46 GHz
3,767
Intel Core i5-12400
6C / 12T · 4.40 GHz
2,181
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Apple M4 (8-CPU)
Apple M4 (8 Core)
3,408
Intel Core i5-12400
Intel UHD Graphics 730
557

More benchmarks

At a glance

Wischen
Apple M4 (8-CPU)Intel Core i5-12400
FamilyApple M series (38)Intel Core i5 (336)
CPU groupApple M4 (7)Intel Core i 12000 (34)
ArchitectureM4Alder Lake S
Technology3 nm10 nm
SegmentNotebookDesktop
SocketLGA 1700
PredecessorApple M3Intel Core i5-11400
SuccessorIntel Core i5-13400

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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Apple M4 (8-CPU)Intel Core i5-12400
CPU Cores / Threads8 / 86 / 12
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturehybrid (big.LITTLE)normal
Core Cluster 1: 4x Donan P-Core
0.91 - 4.46 GHz
6x Golden Cove
2.50 - 4.40 GHz
Core Cluster 2: 4x Donan E-Core
0.90 - 2.85 GHz
L2-Cache20.00 MB7.50 MB
L3-Cache18.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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Apple M4 (8-CPU)Intel Core i5-12400
GPU nameApple M4 (8 Core)Intel UHD Graphics 730
GPU frequency0.34 - 1.58 GHz0.30 - 1.45 GHz
CUs / Shader128 / 102424 / 192
Raytracing
Max. displays33
Max. GPU Memory24 GB64 GB
Technology3 nm14 nm
Release dateQ4/2024Q1/2021

NPU AI performance

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Apple M4 (8-CPU)Intel Core i5-12400
AI hardwareApple Neural Engine
AI specifications16 Neural cores @ 38 TOPS
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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Apple M4 (8-CPU)Intel Core i5-12400
MemoryLPDDR5X-7500 (120.0 GB/s)
DDR5-4800 (76.8 GB/s)
DDR4-3200 (51.2 GB/s)
Max. Memory24 GB128 GB
Memory channels22
ECCNoNo
PCIe4.05.0 x 20
PCIe Bandwidth78.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

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Apple M4 (8-CPU)Intel Core i5-12400
TDP18 W65 W
TDP (PL2)117 W
TDP up
TDP down5 W
T. junction max.100 °C100 °C

Technical details

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Apple M4 (8-CPU)Intel Core i5-12400
Chip designMonolithicMonolithic
AES-NI
Operating systemsmacOS, iPadOSWindows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Instruction setArmv9.2-A (64 bit)x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensionsRosetta 2 x86-Emulation, AVX2, SMESSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+
Release dateQ4/2024Q1/2022
Release price192 $
DocumentsTechnical data sheet

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Apple M4 (8-CPU)
Apple M4 (8-CPU)
8C / 8T · 0.91 - 4.46 GHz
Intel Core i5-12400
Intel Core i5-12400
6C / 12T · 2.50 - 4.40 GHz

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