Apple M4 8 Cores vs Intel Core i5 1240U

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Apple M4 8 Cores

Intel Core i5 1240U

We compared two laptop CPUs: Apple M4 8 Cores with 8 cores 4.41GHz and Intel Core i5 1240U with 10 cores 1.1GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Apple M4 8 Cores 's Advantages

Released 2 years and 8 months late

Higher specification of memory (7500 vs 5200)

Larger memory bandwidth (120GB/s vs 76.8GB/s)

Higher base frequency (4.41GHz vs 1.1GHz)

More modern manufacturing process (3nm vs 10nm)

Intel Core i5 1240U 's Advantages

Lower TDP (9W vs 22W)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Apple M4 8 Cores +62%

3604

Intel Core i5 1240U

2213

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Apple M4 8 Cores +75%

13291

Intel Core i5 1240U

7583

Apple M4 8 Cores

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Intel Core i5 1240U

General Parameters

Oct 2024

Release Date

Feb 2022

Apple

Manufacturer

Intel

Laptop

Type

Laptop

ARMv9

Instruction Set

x86-64

Apple M4

Core Architecture

Alder Lake-U

-

Processor Number

i5-1240U

Apple M-Socket

Socket

BGA-1781

Apple M4 GPU (8-core)

Integrated Graphics

Iris Xe Graphics G7 (80EU)

Package

28 billions

Transistor Count

-

3 nm

Manufacturing Process

10 nm

22 W

Power Consumption

9 W

100 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

100 °C

CPU Performance

4

Performance Cores

2

4

Performance Core Threads

-

4.41 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

1.1 GHz

-

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.4 GHz

4

Efficiency Cores

8

4

Efficiency Core Threads

-

2.89 GHz

Efficiency Core Base Frequency

-

8

Total Core Count

10

8

Total Thread Count

12

-

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

44

Multiplier

11x

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

No

Memory Parameters

LPDDR5X-7500

Memory Types

LPDDR5-5200, LPDDR4x-4267

32 GB

Max Memory Size

64 GB

4

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

-

GPU Base Frequency

300 MHz

-

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

900 MHz

-

Shader Units

640

-

Texture Units

40

-

Raster Operation Units

20

-

Execution Units

80

-

Power Consumption

15 W

-

Graphics Performance

1.41 TFLOPS

Miscellaneous

-

Official Website

Intel Core i5 1240U

4.0

PCIe Version

4.0

-

PCIe Lanes

14

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