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Intel Core i7-6900K vs Apple M4 (10-CPU)

Last updated: 2026-06-04

Table of Contents

Summary
Benchmarks
Specifications
User Reviews
Popular Comparisons

Summary

Benchmarks

Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance

Rank 2 - 43 %

Intel Core i7-6900K

Rank 1 - 100 %

Apple M4 (10-CPU)

Multi-core performance

Rank 2 - 63 %

Intel Core i7-6900K

Rank 1 - 100 %

Apple M4 (10-CPU)

Cinebench 2026 Single-Thread
Single-core performance

8C / 16T · 3.70 GHz

274 pts

10C / 10T · 4.46 GHz

653 pts

Cinebench 2026 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

8C / 16T · 3.70 GHz

2,680 pts

10C / 10T · 4.46 GHz

3,908 pts

Cinebench R23 Single-Core
Single-core performance

8C / 16T · 3.70 GHz

1,151 pts

10C / 10T · 4.46 GHz

2,161 pts

Cinebench R23 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

8C / 16T · 3.20 GHz

11,326 pts

10C / 10T · 0.91 GHz

13,682 pts

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

8C / 16T · 3.70 GHz

1,254

10C / 10T · 4.46 GHz

3,810

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

8C / 16T · 3.20 GHz

7,471

10C / 10T · 0.91 GHz

14,934

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

8C / 16T · 3.70 GHz

1,086

10C / 10T · 4.46 GHz

2,491

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

8C / 16T · 3.20 GHz

7,651

10C / 10T · 0.91 GHz

12,509

More benchmarks

Cinebench 2026 (ST)
218 entries

Cinebench 2026 (MC)
219 entries

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

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
751 entries

CPU performance per watt (efficiency)
140 entries

AI performance (NPU)
218 entries

Specifications

At a glance

Wischen	Intel Core i7-6900K	Apple M4 (10-CPU)
Family	Intel Core i7 Extreme Edition (24)	Apple M series (38)
CPU group	Intel Core i 6000 (24)	Apple M4 (7)
Architecture	Skylake S	M4
Technology	14 nm	3 nm
Segment	Desktop	Notebook
Socket	LGA 2011-3
Predecessor		Apple M3
Successor		Apple M5 (10-CPU)

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Intel Core i7-6900K	Apple M4 (10-CPU)
CPU Cores / Threads	8 / 16	10 / 10
Hyperthreading / SMT	✓	✗
Core architecture	normal	hybrid (big.LITTLE)
Core Cluster 1:	8x 3.20 - 3.70 GHz	4x Donan P-Core 0.91 - 4.46 GHz
Core Cluster 2:		6x Donan E-Core 0.90 - 2.89 GHz
L2-Cache		20.00 MB
L3-Cache	20.00 MB
Overclocking	✓	✗

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Intel Core i7-6900K	Apple M4 (10-CPU)
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 i7-6900K	Apple M4 (10-CPU)
AI hardware		Apple Neural Engine
AI specifications		16 Neural cores @ 38 TOPS
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Intel Core i7-6900K	Apple M4 (10-CPU)
Memory	DDR4-2400 (76.8 GB/s)	LPDDR5X-7500 (120.0 GB/s)
Max. Memory	128 GB	32 GB
Memory channels	4	2
ECC	No	No
PCIe	3.0 x 40	4.0
PCIe Bandwidth	39.4 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	Intel Core i7-6900K	Apple M4 (10-CPU)
TDP	140 W	25 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.		100 °C

Technical details

Wischen	Intel Core i7-6900K	Apple M4 (10-CPU)
Chip design	Monolithic	Monolithic
AES-NI	✓	✓
Operating systems	Windows 10, 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	Q2/2016	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 i7-6900K is 4.4 stars (8 ratings), while Apple M4 (10-CPU) has received 4.7 stars (613 ratings).

Click on the stars to rate one or both processors.

Intel Core i7-6900K
8C / 16T · 3.20 - 3.70 GHz

★★★★★

Apple M4 (10-CPU)
10C / 10T · 0.91 - 4.46 GHz

★★★★★