Intel Core i9-14900T vs Apple M4

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Intel Core i9-14900T CPU1 vs CPU2 Apple M4
Intel Core i9-14900T Apple M4

CPU comparison

Intel Core i9-14900T or Apple M4 - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results.

The Intel Core i9-14900T has 24 cores with 32 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 5.50 GHz. Up to 192 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i9-14900T was released in Q1/2024.

The Apple M4 has 9 cores with 9 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.41 GHz. The CPU supports up to 8 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Apple M4 was released in Q2/2024.
Intel Core i9 (78) Family Apple M series (25)
Intel Core i 14000 (23) CPU group Apple M4 (2)
14 Generation 4
Raptor Lake S Refresh Architecture M4
Desktop / Server Segment Mobile
Intel Core i9-13900T Predecessor Apple M3
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Core i9-14900T has 24 CPU cores and can calculate 32 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Core i9-14900T is 1.10 GHz (5.50 GHz) while the Apple M4 has 9 CPU cores and 9 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Apple M4 is at 0.70 GHz (4.41 GHz).

Intel Core i9-14900T Characteristic Apple M4
24 Cores 9
32 Threads 9
hybrid (big.LITTLE) Core architecture hybrid (big.LITTLE)
Yes Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
1.10 GHz (5.50 GHz)
8x Raptor Cove
A-Core 0.70 GHz (4.41 GHz)
3x P-Core
0.80 GHz (4.00 GHz)
16x Gracemont
B-Core 0.74 GHz (2.85 GHz)
6x E-Core

NPU AI performance

The performance values of the processor's AI unit. The isolated NPU performance is specified here, the total AI performance (NPU+CPU+iGPU) can be higher. Processors with support for artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors.

Intel Core i9-14900T Characteristic Apple M4
-- AI hardware Apple Neural Engine
-- AI specifications 16 Neural cores @ 38 TOPS
-- NPU + CPU + iGPU --

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

The Intel Core i9-14900T or Apple M4 has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.

Intel UHD Graphics 770 GPU Apple M4 (10 Core)
0.30 GHz GPU frequency 0.39 GHz
1.65 GHz GPU (Turbo) 1.40 GHz
11 GPU Generation --
10 nm Technology 3 nm
3 Max. displays 2
32 Compute units 160
256 Shader 1280
No Hardware Raytracing Yes
No Frame Generation No
64 GB Max. GPU Memory 24 GB
12 DirectX Version --

Hardware codec support

A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.

Intel UHD Graphics 770 GPU Apple M4 (10 Core)
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec h264 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec VP9 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec VP8 Decode
Decode Codec AV1 Decode
Decode / Encode Codec AVC Decode
Decode Codec VC-1 Decode
Decode / Encode Codec JPEG Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

The Intel Core i9-14900T can use up to 192 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 89.6 GB/s. The Apple M4 supports up to 8 GB of memory in 2 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 120.0 GB/s.

Intel Core i9-14900T Characteristic Apple M4
DDR5-5600, DDR4-3200 Memory LPDDR5X-7500
192 GB Max. Memory 8 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
89.6 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 120.0 GB/s
Yes ECC No
32.00 MB L2 Cache 18.00 MB
36.00 MB L3 Cache --
5.0 PCIe version 4.0
20 PCIe lanes --
78.8 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth --

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the Intel Core i9-14900T is 35 W, while the Apple M4 has a TDP of 22 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

Intel Core i9-14900T Characteristic Apple M4
35 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 22 W
106 W TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down 15 W
100 °C Tjunction max. 100 °C

Technical details

The Intel Core i9-14900T is manufactured in 10 nm and has 68.00 MB cache. The Apple M4 is manufactured in 3 nm and has a 18.00 MB cache.

Intel Core i9-14900T Characteristic Apple M4
10 nm Technology 3 nm
Monolithic Chip design Chiplet
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) Armv9-A (64 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+ ISA extensions Rosetta 2 x86-Emulation, AVX2, SME
LGA 1700 Socket --
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d Virtualization Apple Virtualization Framework
Yes AES-NI Yes
Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux Operating systems macOS, iPadOS
Q1/2024 Release date Q2/2024
-- Release price --
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Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Core i9-14900T Intel Core i9-14900T
24C 32T @ 5.50 GHz
0 (0%)
Apple M4 Apple M4
9C 9T @ 4.41 GHz
2491 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.
Intel Core i9-14900T Intel Core i9-14900T
24C 32T @ 5.50 GHz
0 (0%)
Apple M4 Apple M4
9C 9T @ 4.41 GHz
3630 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.
Intel Core i9-14900T Intel Core i9-14900T
24C 32T @ 5.10 GHz
0 (0%)
Apple M4 Apple M4
9C 9T @ 0.70 GHz
13060 (100%)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.
Intel Core i9-14900T Intel Core i9-14900T
Intel UHD Graphics 770 @ 1.65 GHz
846 (100%)
Apple M4 Apple M4
Apple M4 (10 Core) @ 1.40 GHz
0 (0%)

AI performance (NPU)

The performance values of the processor's AI unit. The isolated NPU performance is given here, the total AI performance (NPU+CPU+iGPU) can be higher.

Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. The performance is given in the number (trillions) of arithmetic operations per second (TOPS).
Intel Core i9-14900T Intel Core i9-14900T
24C 32T @ 1.10 GHz
0 (0%)
Apple M4 Apple M4
9C 9T @ 0.70 GHz
38 (100%)

Devices using this processor

Intel Core i9-14900T Apple M4
Unknown Apple iPad Pro 11 (2024)

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