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Intel Core i9-13900 vs Apple M4 (8-CPU)
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Benchmarks
Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks
Single-core performance
Multi-core performance
Cinebench 2024 Single-Core
Single-core performance
Intel Core i9-13900
69 %
24C / 32T · 5.60 GHz
Apple M4 (8-CPU)
100 %
8C / 8T · 4.46 GHz
Cinebench 2024 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
Intel Core i9-13900
100 %
24C / 32T · 5.60 GHz
Apple M4 (8-CPU)
46 %
8C / 8T · 4.46 GHz
Cinebench R23 Single-Core
Single-core performance
Intel Core i9-13900
100 %
24C / 32T · 5.60 GHz
Apple M4 (8-CPU)
98 %
8C / 8T · 4.46 GHz
Cinebench R23 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
Intel Core i9-13900
100 %
24C / 32T · 5.30 GHz
Apple M4 (8-CPU)
31 %
8C / 8T · 0.91 GHz
Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance
Intel Core i9-13900
76 %
24C / 32T · 5.60 GHz
Apple M4 (8-CPU)
100 %
8C / 8T · 4.46 GHz
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
Intel Core i9-13900
25 %
Intel UHD Graphics 770
Apple M4 (8-CPU)
100 %
Apple M4 (8 Core)
More benchmarks
Cinebench 2024 (SC)
427 entries
427 entries
Cinebench 2024 (MC)
422 entries
422 entries
Cinebench R23 (SC)
690 entries
690 entries
Cinebench R23 (MC)
665 entries
665 entries
Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,989 entries
1,989 entries
Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 entries
1,927 entries
Cinebench R20 (SC)
666 entries
666 entries
Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries
2,512 entries
Cinebench R20 (MC)
615 entries
615 entries
Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries
2,483 entries
FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries
2,219 entries
3DMark Timespy (iGPU)
534 entries
534 entries
PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries
2,504 entries
CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (SC)
250 entries
250 entries
CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
751 entries
751 entries
CPU performance per watt (efficiency)
140 entries
140 entries
AI performance (NPU)
218 entries
218 entries
Specifications
At a glance
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Wischen
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Intel Core i9-13900 | Apple M4 (8-CPU) |
|---|---|---|
| Family | Intel Core i9 (81) | Apple M series (38) |
| CPU group | Intel Core i 13000 (18) | Apple M4 (7) |
| Architecture | Raptor Lake S | M4 |
| Technology | 10 nm | 3 nm |
| Segment | Desktop | Notebook |
| Socket | LGA 1700 | |
| Predecessor | Intel Core i9-12900 | Apple M3 |
| Successor | Intel Core i9-14900 |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
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Wischen
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Intel Core i9-13900 | Apple M4 (8-CPU) |
|---|---|---|
| CPU Cores / Threads | 24 / 32 | 8 / 8 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT | ✓ | ✗ |
| Core architecture | hybrid (big.LITTLE) | hybrid (big.LITTLE) |
| Core Cluster 1: | 8x Raptor Cove 2.00 - 5.60 GHz |
4x Donan P-Core 0.91 - 4.46 GHz |
| Core Cluster 2: | 16x Gracemont 1.50 - 4.20 GHz |
4x Donan E-Core 0.90 - 2.85 GHz |
| L2-Cache | 32.00 MB | 20.00 MB |
| L3-Cache | 36.00 MB | |
| Overclocking | ✗ | ✗ |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)
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Wischen
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Intel Core i9-13900 | Apple M4 (8-CPU) |
|---|---|---|
| GPU name | Intel UHD Graphics 770 | Apple M4 (8 Core) |
| GPU frequency | 0.30 - 1.65 GHz | 0.34 - 1.58 GHz |
| CUs / Shader | 32 / 256 | 128 / 1024 |
| Raytracing | ✗ | ✓ |
| Max. displays | 3 | 3 |
| Max. GPU Memory | 64 GB | 24 GB |
| Technology | 10 nm | 3 nm |
| Release date | Q4/2021 | Q4/2024 |
NPU AI performance
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Intel Core i9-13900 | Apple M4 (8-CPU) |
|---|---|---|
| AI hardware | Apple Neural Engine | |
| AI specifications | 16 Neural cores @ 38 TOPS | |
| NPU + CPU + iGPU |
Memory & PCIe
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Wischen
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Intel Core i9-13900 | Apple M4 (8-CPU) |
|---|---|---|
| Memory | DDR5-5600 (89.6 GB/s) DDR4-3200 (51.2 GB/s) | LPDDR5X-7500 (120.0 GB/s) |
| Max. Memory | 192 GB | 24 GB |
| Memory channels | 2 | 2 |
| ECC | Yes | No |
| PCIe | 5.0 x 20 | 4.0 |
| PCIe Bandwidth | 78.8 GB/s |
Thermal Management
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Wischen
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Intel Core i9-13900 | Apple M4 (8-CPU) |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 65 W | 18 W |
| TDP (PL2) | 219 W | |
| TDP up | ||
| TDP down | 5 W | |
| T. junction max. | 100 °C | 100 °C |
Technical details
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Wischen
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Intel Core i9-13900 | Apple M4 (8-CPU) |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Q1/2023 | Q4/2024 |
| Release price | 549 $ | |
| Documents | Technical data sheet |
User Reviews
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