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Intel Core i5-13490F vs Apple M4

Last updated: 2026-06-06

Table of Contents

Summary
Benchmarks
Specifications
User Reviews
Popular Comparisons

Summary

Benchmarks

Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance

Rank 2 - 75 %

Intel Core i5-13490F

Rank 1 - 100 %

Apple M4

Multi-core performance

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i5-13490F

Rank 2 - 91 %

Apple M4

Cinebench R23 Single-Core
Single-core performance

10C / 16T · 4.80 GHz

1,872 pts

9C / 9T · 4.46 GHz

2,125 pts

Cinebench R23 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

10C / 16T · 4.20 GHz

16,572 pts

9C / 9T · 0.91 GHz

11,575 pts

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

10C / 16T · 4.80 GHz

2,414

9C / 9T · 4.46 GHz

3,767

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

10C / 16T · 4.20 GHz

10,750

9C / 9T · 0.91 GHz

13,295

Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance

10C / 16T · 4.80 GHz

1,834

9C / 9T · 4.46 GHz

2,491

More benchmarks

Cinebench 2024 (SC)
427 entries

Cinebench 2024 (MC)
422 entries

Cinebench R23 (SC)
690 entries

Cinebench R23 (MC)
665 entries

Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,989 entries

Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 entries

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries

Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries

FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries

AnTuTu 10 Benchmark
25 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries

CPU performance per watt (efficiency)
140 entries

AI performance (NPU)
218 entries

Specifications

At a glance

Wischen	Intel Core i5-13490F	Apple M4
Family	Intel Core i5 (336)	Apple M series (38)
CPU group	Intel Core i 13000 (AL) (16)	Apple M4 (7)
Architecture	Alder Lake S Refresh	M4
Technology	10 nm	3 nm
Segment	Desktop	Notebook
Socket	LGA 1700
Predecessor	Intel Core i5-12490F	Apple M3
Successor		Apple M5

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Intel Core i5-13490F	Apple M4
CPU Cores / Threads	10 / 16	9 / 9
Hyperthreading / SMT	✓	✗
Core architecture	hybrid (big.LITTLE)	hybrid (big.LITTLE)
Core Cluster 1:	6x Golden Cove 2.50 - 4.80 GHz	3x Donan P-Core 0.91 - 4.46 GHz
Core Cluster 2:	4x Gracemont 1.80 - 3.50 GHz	6x Donan E-Core 0.90 - 2.85 GHz
L2-Cache	9.50 MB	20.00 MB
L3-Cache	24.00 MB
Overclocking	✗	✗

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Intel Core i5-13490F	Apple M4
GPU name	no iGPU	Apple M4 (10 Core)
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

Wischen	Intel Core i5-13490F	Apple M4
AI hardware		Apple Neural Engine
AI specifications		16 Neural cores @ 38 TOPS
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Intel Core i5-13490F	Apple M4
Memory	DDR5-4800 (76.8 GB/s) DDR4-3200 (51.2 GB/s)	LPDDR5X-7500 (120.0 GB/s)
Max. Memory	128 GB	8 GB
Memory channels	2	2
ECC	Yes	No
PCIe	5.0 x 20	4.0
PCIe Bandwidth	78.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	Intel Core i5-13490F	Apple M4
TDP	65 W	20 W
TDP (PL2)	148 W
TDP up
TDP down		15 W
T. junction max.	100 °C	100 °C

Technical details

Wischen	Intel Core i5-13490F	Apple M4
Chip design	Monolithic	Monolithic
AES-NI	✓	✓
Operating systems	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux	macOS, iPadOS
Instruction set	x86-64 (64 bit)	Armv9.2-A (64 bit)
ISA extensions	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+	Rosetta 2 x86-Emulation, AVX2, SME
Release date	Q2/2023	Q2/2024
Release price
Documents	Technical data sheet	Technical data sheet

User Reviews

Your rating

Here you can rate one or both of the processors. The average rating of Intel Core i5-13490F is 4.4 stars (23 ratings), while Apple M4 has received 4.2 stars (1061 ratings).

Click on the stars to rate one or both processors.

Intel Core i5-13490F
10C / 16T · 2.50 - 4.80 GHz

★★★★★

Apple M4
9C / 9T · 0.91 - 4.46 GHz

★★★★★