Apple M2 Ultra vs Apple M4 Max 16 Cores

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Apple M2 Ultra

Apple M4 Max 16 Cores

We compared two laptop CPUs: Apple M2 Ultra with 24 cores 3.5GHz and Apple M4 Max 16 Cores with 16 cores 4.41GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Apple M2 Ultra 's Advantages

Larger memory bandwidth (800GB/s vs 546GB/s)

Apple M4 Max 16 Cores 's Advantages

Released 1 years and 5 months late

Higher specification of memory (8533 vs 6400)

Higher base frequency (4.41GHz vs 3.5GHz)

More modern manufacturing process (3nm vs 5nm)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

Apple M2 Ultra

1729

Apple M4 Max 16 Cores +22%

2114

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

Apple M2 Ultra +1%

28910

Apple M4 Max 16 Cores

28494

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Apple M2 Ultra

2790

Apple M4 Max 16 Cores +36%

3819

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Apple M2 Ultra

21217

Apple M4 Max 16 Cores +21%

25732

Apple M2 Ultra

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Apple M4 Max 16 Cores

General Parameters

May 2023

Release Date

Oct 2024

Apple

Manufacturer

Apple

Laptop

Type

Laptop

ARMv8

Instruction Set

ARMv9

Apple M2

Core Architecture

Apple M4

Apple M-Socket

Socket

Apple M-Socket

Apple M2 Max GPU (76-core)

Integrated Graphics

Apple M4 Max GPU (40-core)

Package

134 billions

Transistor Count

-

5 nm

Manufacturing Process

3 nm

60 W

Power Consumption

-

100°C

Peak Operating Temperature

100 °C

CPU Performance

16

Performance Cores

12

16

Performance Core Threads

12

3.5 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

4.41 GHz

8

Efficiency Cores

4

8

Efficiency Core Threads

4

2.4 GHz

Efficiency Core Base Frequency

2.89 GHz

24

Total Core Count

16

24

Total Thread Count

16

35x

Multiplier

44

192 K per core

L1 Cache

-

64 MB shared

L2 Cache

-

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

Memory Parameters

LPDDR5-6400

Memory Types

LPDDR5X-8533

192 GB

Max Memory Size

128 GB

16

Max Memory Channels

8

800 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

546 GB/s

No

ECC Memory Support

No

Graphics Card Parameters

true

Integrated Graphics

true

Miscellaneous

4.0

PCIe Version

-

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