Apple M4 8 Core vs Intel Core i5 12450HX
We compared two laptop CPUs: Apple M4 8 Core with 8 cores 4.41GHz and Intel Core i5 12450HX with 8 cores 2.4GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.
Main Differences
Apple M4 8 Core 's Advantages
Released 2 years and 5 months late
Better graphics card performance
Higher specification of memory (7500 vs 4800)
Larger memory bandwidth (120GB/s vs 76.8GB/s)
Higher base frequency (4.41GHz vs 2.4GHz)
More modern manufacturing process (3nm vs 10nm)
Lower TDP (20W vs 55W)
Score
Benchmark
Cinebench R23 Single Core
Apple M4 8 Core
+32%
2091
Intel Core i5 12450HX
1582
Cinebench R23 Multi Core
Apple M4 8 Core
+11%
11229
Intel Core i5 12450HX
10026
Geekbench 6 Single Core
Apple M4 8 Core
+62%
3674
Intel Core i5 12450HX
2263
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Apple M4 8 Core
+43%
13664
Intel Core i5 12450HX
9548
Cinebench 2024 Single Core
Apple M4 8 Core
+84%
173
Intel Core i5 12450HX
94
Cinebench 2024 Multi Core
Apple M4 8 Core
+45%
911
Intel Core i5 12450HX
624
General Parameters
Oct 2024
Release Date
May 2022
Apple
Manufacturer
Intel
Laptop
Type
Laptop
ARMv9
Instruction Set
x86-64
Apple M4
Core Architecture
Alder Lake
-
Processor Number
i5-12450HX
Apple M-Socket
Socket
BGA-1964
Apple M4 GPU (8-core)
Integrated Graphics
UHD Graphics (16EU)
Package
28 billions
Transistor Count
-
3 nm
Manufacturing Process
10 nm
20 W
Power Consumption
45-55 W
-
Max Turbo Power Consumption
157 W
100 °C
Peak Operating Temperature
100 °C
CPU Performance
4
Performance Cores
4
4
Performance Core Threads
8
4.41 GHz
Performance Core Base Frequency
2.4 GHz
-
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4.4 GHz
4
Efficiency Cores
4
4
Efficiency Core Threads
4
2.59 GHz
Efficiency Core Base Frequency
1.8 GHz
-
Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency
3.1 GHz
8
Total Core Count
8
8
Total Thread Count
12
-
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
44
Multiplier
24
192 K per core
L1 Cache
80 K per core
16 MB shared
L2 Cache
1280 K per core
-
L3 Cache
12 MB shared
No
Unlocked Multiplier
Yes
Memory Parameters
LPDDR5X-7500
Memory Types
DDR5-4800,DDR4-3200
-
Max Memory Size
128 GB
-
Max Memory Channels
2
120 GB/s
Max Memory Bandwidth
76.8 GB/s
No
ECC Memory Support
No
Graphics Card Parameters
true
Integrated Graphics
true
500 MHz
GPU Base Frequency
350 MHz
1800 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
1300 MHz
1024
Shader Units
128
64
Texture Units
8
32
Raster Operation Units
4
128
Execution Units
16
15
Power Consumption
6-15
3.7 TFLOPS
Graphics Performance
0.33 TFLOPS
