Apple M4 8 Core vs Intel Core i7 6820HQ
We compared two laptop CPUs: Apple M4 8 Core with 8 cores 4.41GHz and Intel Core i7 6820HQ with 4 cores 2.7GHz . 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 9 years and 1 months late
Higher specification of memory (7500 vs 2133)
Larger memory bandwidth (120GB/s vs 34.1GB/s)
Higher base frequency (4.41GHz vs 2.7GHz)
More modern manufacturing process (3nm vs 14nm)
Lower TDP (20W vs 45W)
Score
Benchmark
Cinebench R23 Single Core
Apple M4 8 Core
+134%
2091
Intel Core i7 6820HQ
891
Cinebench R23 Multi Core
Apple M4 8 Core
+161%
11229
Intel Core i7 6820HQ
4287
Geekbench 6 Single Core
Apple M4 8 Core
+254%
3674
Intel Core i7 6820HQ
1037
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Apple M4 8 Core
+283%
13664
Intel Core i7 6820HQ
3560
General Parameters
Oct 2024
Release Date
Sep 2015
Apple
Manufacturer
Intel
Laptop
Type
Laptop
ARMv9
Instruction Set
x86-64
Apple M4
Core Architecture
Skylake
-
Processor Number
i7-6820HQ
Apple M-Socket
Socket
BGA-1440
Apple M4 GPU (8-core)
Integrated Graphics
HD Graphics 530
Package
28 billions
Transistor Count
-
3 nm
Manufacturing Process
14 nm
20 W
Power Consumption
45 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
2.7 GHz
-
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
3.6 GHz
4
Efficiency Cores
-
4
Efficiency Core Threads
-
2.59 GHz
Efficiency Core Base Frequency
-
8
Total Core Count
4
8
Total Thread Count
8
44
Multiplier
-
192 K per core
L1 Cache
64 K per core
16 MB shared
L2 Cache
256 K per core
-
L3 Cache
8 MB shared
No
Unlocked Multiplier
No
Memory Parameters
LPDDR5X-7500
Memory Types
DDR4-2133, LPDDR3-1866, DDR3L-1600
-
Max Memory Size
64 GB
-
Max Memory Channels
2
120 GB/s
Max Memory Bandwidth
34.1 GB/s
No
ECC Memory Support
No
Graphics Card Parameters
true
Integrated Graphics
true
500 MHz
GPU Base Frequency
-
1800 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
1050 MHz
1024
Shader Units
-
64
Texture Units
-
32
Raster Operation Units
-
128
Execution Units
-
15
Power Consumption
-
3.7 TFLOPS
Graphics Performance
-
Miscellaneous
-
PCIe Version
3.0
-
PCIe Lanes
16
-
Extended Instruction Set
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2
