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Apple M4 (8-CPU) vs Intel Core Ultra 7 265H
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Benchmarks
Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks
Single-core performance
Multi-core performance
Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance
Apple M4 (8-CPU)
100 %
8C / 8T · 4.46 GHz
16C / 16T · 5.30 GHz
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
Apple M4 (8-CPU)
61 %
Apple M4 (8 Core)
Intel Core Ultra 7 265H
100 %
Intel Arc 140T
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
FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries
2,219 entries
PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries
2,504 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 (8-CPU) | Intel Core Ultra 7 265H |
|---|---|---|
| Family | Apple M series (38) | Intel Core Ultra 7 (31) |
| CPU group | Apple M4 (7) | Intel Core Ultra 200H (5) |
| Architecture | M4 | Arrow Lake H |
| Technology | 3 nm | 3 nm |
| Segment | Notebook | Notebook |
| Socket | BGA 2049 | |
| Predecessor | Apple M3 | Intel Core Ultra 7 165H |
| Successor |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
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Wischen
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Apple M4 (8-CPU) | Intel Core Ultra 7 265H |
|---|---|---|
| CPU Cores / Threads | 8 / 8 | 16 / 16 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT | ✗ | ✗ |
| Core architecture | hybrid (big.LITTLE) | hybrid (big.LITTLE) |
| Core Cluster 1: | 4x Donan P-Core 0.91 - 4.46 GHz |
6x Lion Cove 2.20 - 5.30 GHz |
| Core Cluster 2: | 4x Donan E-Core 0.90 - 2.85 GHz |
8x Skymont 1.70 - 4.50 GHz |
| Core Cluster 3: | 2x Crestmont 0.70 - 2.50 GHz |
|
| L2-Cache | 20.00 MB | 6.00 MB |
| L3-Cache | 24.00 MB | |
| Overclocking | ✗ | ✗ |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)
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Wischen
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Apple M4 (8-CPU) | Intel Core Ultra 7 265H |
|---|---|---|
| GPU name | Apple M4 (8 Core) | Intel Arc 140T |
| GPU frequency | 0.34 - 1.58 GHz | 0.60 - 2.30 GHz |
| CUs / Shader | 128 / 1024 | 64 / 1024 |
| Raytracing | ✓ | ✓ |
| Max. displays | 3 | 3 |
| Max. GPU Memory | 24 GB | 32 GB |
| Technology | 3 nm | 5 nm |
| Release date | Q4/2024 | Q1/2025 |
NPU AI performance
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Wischen
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Apple M4 (8-CPU) | Intel Core Ultra 7 265H |
|---|---|---|
| AI hardware | Apple Neural Engine | Intel® AI Boost |
| AI specifications | 16 Neural cores @ 38 TOPS | Intel AI Boost (OpenVINO, WindowsML, DirectML, ONNX RT) |
| NPU + CPU + iGPU | 97 TOPS |
Memory & PCIe
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Wischen
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Apple M4 (8-CPU) | Intel Core Ultra 7 265H |
|---|---|---|
| Memory | LPDDR5X-7500 (120.0 GB/s) | LPDDR5X-8400 (134.4 GB/s) DDR5-6400 (102.4 GB/s) |
| Max. Memory | 24 GB | 128 GB |
| Memory channels | 2 | 2 |
| ECC | No | No |
| PCIe | 4.0 | 5.0 x 28 |
| PCIe Bandwidth | 110.3 GB/s |
Thermal Management
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Wischen
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Apple M4 (8-CPU) | Intel Core Ultra 7 265H |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 18 W | 28 W |
| TDP (PL2) | 115 W | |
| TDP up | ||
| TDP down | 5 W | 20 W |
| T. junction max. | 100 °C | 110 °C |
Technical details
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Wischen
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Apple M4 (8-CPU) | Intel Core Ultra 7 265H |
|---|---|---|
| Chip design | Monolithic | Chiplet |
| AES-NI | ✓ | ✓ |
| Operating systems | macOS, iPadOS | 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 | Q4/2024 | Q1/2025 |
| Release price | ||
| Documents | Technical data sheet |
User Reviews
Your rating
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