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Apple M4 Pro (12-CPU 16-GPU) vs NVIDIA N1X
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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
12C / 12T · 4.51 GHz
NVIDIA N1X
82 %
20C / 20T · 4.05 GHz
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
12C / 12T · 3.60 GHz
NVIDIA N1X
90 %
20C / 20T · 1.50 GHz
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
Apple M4 Pro (16 Core)
NVIDIA N1X
100 %
NVIDIA N1X (GB20B)
More benchmarks
Cinebench 2026 (ST)
218 entries
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Cinebench 2026 (MC)
219 entries
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Cinebench 2024 (SC)
427 entries
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Cinebench 2024 (MC)
422 entries
422 entries
Cinebench R23 (SC)
690 entries
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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 Pro (12-CPU 16-GPU) | NVIDIA N1X |
|---|---|---|
| Family | Apple M series (38) | NVIDIA N1 (1) |
| CPU group | Apple M4 (7) | NVIDIA N1X (1) |
| Architecture | M4 | GB10 Grace / Blackwell |
| Technology | 3 nm | 3 nm |
| Segment | Notebook | Notebook |
| Socket | ||
| Predecessor | Apple M3 Pro (11-CPU 14-GPU) | |
| Successor | Apple M5 Pro (15-CPU 16-GPU) |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
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Apple M4 Pro (12-CPU 16-GPU) | NVIDIA N1X |
|---|---|---|
| CPU Cores / Threads | 12 / 12 | 20 / 20 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT | ✗ | ✗ |
| Core architecture | hybrid (big.LITTLE) | hybrid (big.LITTLE) |
| Core Cluster 1: | 8x Donan P-Core 1.26 - 4.51 GHz |
10x Cortex-X925 1.50 - 4.05 GHz |
| Core Cluster 2: | 4x Donan E-Core 1.02 - 2.59 GHz |
10x Cortex-A725 1.80 - 2.80 GHz |
| L2-Cache | 36.00 MB | 24.00 MB |
| L3-Cache | 32.00 MB | |
| Overclocking | ✗ | ✗ |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)
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Apple M4 Pro (12-CPU 16-GPU) | NVIDIA N1X |
|---|---|---|
| GPU name | Apple M4 Pro (16 Core) | NVIDIA N1X (GB20B) |
| GPU frequency | 0.39 - 1.58 GHz | 1.05 - 2.42 GHz |
| CUs / Shader | 256 / 2048 | 48 / 6144 |
| Raytracing | ✓ | ✓ |
| Max. displays | 3 | 4 |
| Max. GPU Memory | 32 GB | 128 GB |
| Technology | 3 nm | 3 nm |
| Release date | Q4/2024 | Q2/2026 |
NPU AI performance
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Apple M4 Pro (12-CPU 16-GPU) | NVIDIA N1X |
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| AI hardware | Apple Neural Engine | NVIDIA Blackwell Tensor Engine |
| AI specifications | 16 Neural cores @ 38 TOPS | 384 Tensor Kerne (5. Gen Blackwell) |
| NPU + CPU + iGPU | FP4: 1000 TOPS. FP8: 500 TOPS |
Memory & PCIe
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Apple M4 Pro (12-CPU 16-GPU) | NVIDIA N1X |
|---|---|---|
| Memory | LPDDR5X-8533 (273.0 GB/s) | LPDDR5X-9400 (301.0 GB/s) |
| Max. Memory | 64 GB | 128 GB |
| Memory channels | 4 | 4 |
| ECC | No | No |
| PCIe | 5.0 | 5.0 x 8 |
| PCIe Bandwidth | 31.5 GB/s |
Thermal Management
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Apple M4 Pro (12-CPU 16-GPU) | NVIDIA N1X |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 45 W | 140 W |
| TDP (PL2) | ||
| TDP up | 240 W | |
| TDP down | ||
| T. junction max. | 100 °C |
Technical details
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Apple M4 Pro (12-CPU 16-GPU) | NVIDIA N1X |
|---|---|---|
| Chip design | Monolithic | Monolithic |
| AES-NI | ✓ | ✓ |
| Operating systems | macOS, iPadOS | Windows 11, Linux |
| Instruction set | Armv9.2-A (64 bit) | Armv9.2-A (64 bit) |
| ISA extensions | Rosetta 2 x86-Emulation, AVX2, SME | SVE2, SME, MTE, VIRT |
| Release date | Q4/2024 | Q2/2026 |
| Release price | ||
| Documents |
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