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Intel Core i7-7700K vs Apple M4 (10-CPU)

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 - 47 %

Intel Core i7-7700K

Rank 1 - 100 %

Apple M4 (10-CPU)

Multi-core performance

Rank 2 - 39 %

Intel Core i7-7700K

Rank 1 - 100 %

Apple M4 (10-CPU)

Cinebench 2026 Single-Thread
Single-core performance

4C / 8T · 4.50 GHz

310 pts

10C / 10T · 4.46 GHz

653 pts

Cinebench 2026 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

4C / 8T · 4.50 GHz

1,522 pts

10C / 10T · 4.46 GHz

3,908 pts

Cinebench 2024 Single-Core
Single-core performance

4C / 8T · 4.50 GHz

75 pts

10C / 10T · 4.46 GHz

175 pts

Cinebench 2024 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

4C / 8T · 4.50 GHz

355 pts

10C / 10T · 4.46 GHz

962 pts

Cinebench R23 Single-Core
Single-core performance

4C / 8T · 4.50 GHz

1,216 pts

10C / 10T · 4.46 GHz

2,161 pts

Cinebench R23 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

4C / 8T · 4.40 GHz

6,055 pts

10C / 10T · 0.91 GHz

13,682 pts

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

4C / 8T · 4.50 GHz

1,463

10C / 10T · 4.46 GHz

3,810

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

4C / 8T · 4.40 GHz

5,149

10C / 10T · 0.91 GHz

14,934

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

4C / 8T · 4.50 GHz

1,229

10C / 10T · 4.46 GHz

2,491

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

4C / 8T · 4.40 GHz

4,719

10C / 10T · 0.91 GHz

12,509

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Intel HD Graphics 630

442

Apple M4 (10 Core)

4,260

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

Cinebench R20 (SC)
666 entries

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries

Cinebench R20 (MC)
615 entries

Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries

FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries

Blender 3.1 Benchmark
213 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
190 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (SC)
250 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
751 entries

V-Ray CPU-Render
251 entries

Cinebench R15 (SC)
1,113 entries

Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,110 entries

Geekbench 3 (SC)
945 entries

Geekbench 3 (MC)
941 entries

Cinebench R11.5 (SC)
826 entries

Cinebench R11.5 (MC)
837 entries

Cinebench R11.5 iGPU
383 entries

CPU performance per watt (efficiency)
140 entries

AI performance (NPU)
218 entries

Specifications

At a glance

Wischen	Intel Core i7-7700K	Apple M4 (10-CPU)
Family	Intel Core i7 (300)	Apple M series (38)
CPU group	Intel Core i 7000 (17)	Apple M4 (7)
Architecture	Kaby Lake S	M4
Technology	14 nm	3 nm
Segment	Desktop	Notebook
Socket	LGA 1151
Predecessor	Intel Core i7-6700K	Apple M3
Successor	Intel Core i7-8700K	Apple M5 (10-CPU)

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Intel Core i7-7700K	Apple M4 (10-CPU)
CPU Cores / Threads	4 / 8	10 / 10
Hyperthreading / SMT	✓	✗
Core architecture	normal	hybrid (big.LITTLE)
Core Cluster 1:	4x 4.20 - 4.50 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	8.00 MB
Overclocking	✓	✗

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Intel Core i7-7700K	Apple M4 (10-CPU)
GPU name	Intel HD Graphics 630	Apple M4 (10 Core)
GPU frequency	0.35 - 1.15 GHz	0.34 - 1.58 GHz
CUs / Shader	24 / 192	160 / 1280
Raytracing	✗	✓
Max. displays	3	3
Max. GPU Memory	64 GB	24 GB
Technology	14 nm	3 nm
Release date	Q2/2016	Q2/2024

NPU AI performance

Wischen	Intel Core i7-7700K	Apple M4 (10-CPU)
AI hardware		Apple Neural Engine
AI specifications		16 Neural cores @ 38 TOPS
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Intel Core i7-7700K	Apple M4 (10-CPU)
Memory	DDR4-2400 (38.4 GB/s) DDR3-1600 (25.6 GB/s)	LPDDR5X-7500 (120.0 GB/s)
Max. Memory	64 GB	32 GB
Memory channels	2	2
ECC	No	No
PCIe	3.0 x 16	4.0
PCIe Bandwidth	15.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	Intel Core i7-7700K	Apple M4 (10-CPU)
TDP	91 W	25 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.		100 °C

Technical details

Wischen	Intel Core i7-7700K	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	Q1/2017	Q2/2024
Release price	350 $
Documents	Technical data sheet	Technical data sheet

User Reviews

Your rating

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Click on the stars to rate one or both processors.

Intel Core i7-7700K
4C / 8T · 4.20 - 4.50 GHz

★★★★★

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

★★★★★