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Intel Core i7-980 vs Apple M4

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 2 - 21 %
Intel Core i7-980
Rank 1 - 100 %
Apple M4
Multi-core performance
Rank 2 - 26 %
Intel Core i7-980
Rank 1 - 100 %
Apple M4
Geekbench 6 Single-Core

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

Intel Core i7-980
6C / 12T · 3.60 GHz
645
Apple M4
Apple M4 100 %
9C / 9T · 4.46 GHz
3,767
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Intel Core i7-980
6C / 12T · 3.33 GHz
2,714
Apple M4
Apple M4 100 %
9C / 9T · 0.91 GHz
13,295
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

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

Intel Core i7-980
6C / 12T · 3.60 GHz
614
Apple M4
Apple M4 100 %
9C / 9T · 4.46 GHz
2,491

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At a glance

Wischen
Intel Core i7-980Apple M4
FamilyIntel Core i7 (300)Apple M series (38)
CPU groupIntel Core i7 900 (4)Apple M4 (7)
ArchitectureGulftownM4
Technology32 nm3 nm
SegmentDesktopNotebook
SocketLGA 1366
PredecessorApple M3
SuccessorApple M5

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen
Intel Core i7-980Apple M4
CPU Cores / Threads6 / 129 / 9
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturenormalhybrid (big.LITTLE)
Core Cluster 1: 6x
3.33 - 3.60 GHz
3x Donan P-Core
0.91 - 4.46 GHz
Core Cluster 2: 6x Donan E-Core
0.90 - 2.85 GHz
L2-Cache1.50 MB20.00 MB
L3-Cache12.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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Intel Core i7-980Apple M4
GPU nameno iGPUApple M4 (10 Core)
GPU frequency0.34 - 1.58 GHz
CUs / Shader / 160 / 1280
Raytracing
Max. displays3
Max. GPU Memory24 GB
Technology3 nm
Release dateQ2/2024

NPU AI performance

Wischen
Intel Core i7-980Apple M4
AI hardwareApple Neural Engine
AI specifications16 Neural cores @ 38 TOPS
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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Intel Core i7-980Apple M4
MemoryDDR3-1066 (25.6 GB/s)
LPDDR5X-7500 (120.0 GB/s)
Max. Memory24 GB8 GB
Memory channels32
ECCNoNo
PCIe4.0
PCIe Bandwidth

Thermal Management

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Intel Core i7-980Apple M4
TDP130 W20 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down15 W
T. junction max.100 °C

Technical details

Wischen
Intel Core i7-980Apple M4
Chip designMonolithicMonolithic
AES-NI
Operating systemsWindows 10, LinuxmacOS, iPadOS
Instruction setx86-64 (64 bit)Armv9.2-A (64 bit)
ISA extensionsSSE4.1, SSE4.2Rosetta 2 x86-Emulation, AVX2, SME
Release dateQ2/2011Q2/2024
Release price594 $
DocumentsTechnical data sheetTechnical data sheet

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Intel Core i7-980
Intel Core i7-980
6C / 12T · 3.33 - 3.60 GHz
Apple M4
Apple M4
9C / 9T · 0.91 - 4.46 GHz

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