Apple M2 Max vs Apple M4

VS

Apple M2 Max Apple M4

We compared two laptop CPUs: Apple M2 Max with 12 cores 3.5GHz and Apple M4 with 10 cores 4.05GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Apple M2 Max 's Advantages

Better graphics card performance

Larger memory bandwidth (409.6GB/s vs 120GB/s)

Apple M4 's Advantages

Released 1 years and 4 months late

Higher specification of memory (LPDDR5X-7500 vs LPDDR5-6400)

Higher base frequency (4.05GHz vs 3.5GHz)

More modern manufacturing process (3nm vs 5nm)

Lower TDP (20W vs 30W)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Apple M2 Max

2696

Apple M4 +41%

3808

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Apple M2 Max +2%

14905

Apple M4

14538

Apple M2 Max

VS

Apple M4

General Parameters

Jan 2023

Release Date

May 2024

Apple

Manufacturer

Apple

Laptop

Type

Laptop

ARMv8

Instruction Set

ARMv9

Apple M2

Core Architecture

-

Apple M-Socket

Socket

Apple M-Socket

Apple M2 Max GPU (38-core)

Integrated Graphics

Apple M4 GPU

Package

67 billions

Transistor Count

28 billions

5 nm

Manufacturing Process

3 nm

Apple M-Socket

Socket

Apple M-Socket

30 W

Power Consumption

20 W

100°C

Peak Operating Temperature

100°C

CPU Performance

8

Performance Cores

4

8

Performance Core Threads

4

3.5 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

4.05 GHz

4

Efficiency Cores

6

4

Efficiency Core Threads

6

2.4 GHz

Efficiency Core Base Frequency

2.75 GHz

12

Total Core Count

10

12

Total Thread Count

10

35x

Multiplier

40x

192 K per core

L1 Cache

192 K per core

32 MB shared

L2 Cache

16 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

Memory Parameters

LPDDR5-6400

Memory Types

LPDDR5X-7500

96 GB

Max Memory Size

24 GB

8

Max Memory Channels

2

409.6 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

120 GB/s

No

ECC Memory Support

No

Graphics Card Parameters

true

Integrated Graphics

true

450 MHz

GPU Base Frequency

500 MHz

1398 MHz

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

1600 MHz

4864

Shader Units

1280

304

Texture Units

80

152

Raster Operation Units

40

608

Execution Units

160

70 W

Power Consumption

-

7680x4320 - 60 Hz

Max Resolution

-

13.6 TFLOPS

Graphics Performance

4.1 TFLOPS

Miscellaneous

4.0

PCIe Version

4.0

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