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Intel Core i7-1265UL 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 - 61 %

Intel Core i7-1265UL

Rank 1 - 100 %

Apple M4

Multi-core performance

Rank 2 - 56 %

Intel Core i7-1265UL

Rank 1 - 100 %

Apple M4

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

10C / 12T · 4.80 GHz

2,154

9C / 9T · 4.46 GHz

3,767

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

10C / 12T · 3.40 GHz

6,214

9C / 9T · 0.91 GHz

13,295

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

10C / 12T · 4.80 GHz

1,615

9C / 9T · 4.46 GHz

2,491

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Intel Iris Xe Graphics 96 (Alder Lake)

1,916

Apple M4 (10 Core)

4,260

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

3DMark Timespy (iGPU)
534 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 i7-1265UL	Apple M4
Family	Intel Core i7 (300)	Apple M series (38)
CPU group	Intel Core i 1200P/1200U (21)	Apple M4 (7)
Architecture	Alder Lake U	M4
Technology	10 nm	3 nm
Segment	Notebook	Notebook
Socket	BGA 1744
Predecessor		Apple M3
Successor		Apple M5

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Intel Core i7-1265UL	Apple M4
CPU Cores / Threads	10 / 12	9 / 9
Hyperthreading / SMT	✓	✗
Core architecture	hybrid (big.LITTLE)	hybrid (big.LITTLE)
Core Cluster 1:	2x Golden Cove 2.60 - 4.80 GHz	3x Donan P-Core 0.91 - 4.46 GHz
Core Cluster 2:	8x Gracemont 1.30 - 3.60 GHz	6x Donan E-Core 0.90 - 2.85 GHz
L2-Cache	6.50 MB	20.00 MB
L3-Cache	12.00 MB
Overclocking	✗	✗

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Intel Core i7-1265UL	Apple M4
GPU name	Intel Iris Xe Graphics 96 (Alder Lake)	Apple M4 (10 Core)
GPU frequency	0.35 - 1.25 GHz	0.34 - 1.58 GHz
CUs / Shader	96 / 768	160 / 1280
Raytracing	✗	✓
Max. displays	4	3
Max. GPU Memory	32 GB	24 GB
Technology	10 nm	3 nm
Release date	Q1/2022	Q2/2024

NPU AI performance

Wischen	Intel Core i7-1265UL	Apple M4
AI hardware		Apple Neural Engine
AI specifications		16 Neural cores @ 38 TOPS
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Intel Core i7-1265UL	Apple M4
Memory	DDR5-4800 (76.8 GB/s) DDR4-3200 (51.2 GB/s)	LPDDR5X-7500 (120.0 GB/s)
Max. Memory	64 GB	8 GB
Memory channels	2	2
ECC	No	No
PCIe	4.0 x 28	4.0
PCIe Bandwidth	55.1 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	Intel Core i7-1265UL	Apple M4
TDP	15 W	20 W
TDP (PL2)	55 W
TDP up	28 W
TDP down	12 W	15 W
T. junction max.	100 °C	100 °C

Technical details

Wischen	Intel Core i7-1265UL	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	Rosetta 2 x86-Emulation, AVX2, SME
Release date	Q3/2022	Q2/2024
Release price
Documents	Technical data sheet	Technical data sheet

User Reviews

Your rating

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Intel Core i7-1265UL
10C / 12T · 2.60 - 4.80 GHz

★★★★★

Apple M4
9C / 9T · 0.91 - 4.46 GHz

★★★★★