Apple M4 Ultra vs Apple M3

VS

Apple M4 Ultra

Apple M3

We compared two laptop CPUs: Apple M4 Ultra with 32 cores 4.52GHz and Apple M3 with 8 cores 4.05GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Apple M4 Ultra 's Advantages

Released 1 years and 7 months late

Better graphics card performance

Higher specification of memory (8533 vs 6400)

Higher base frequency (4.52GHz vs 4.05GHz)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

Apple M4 Ultra +14%

2199

Apple M3

1920

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

Apple M4 Ultra +328%

44742

Apple M3

10448

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Apple M4 Ultra +35%

4065

Apple M3

3009

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Apple M4 Ultra +178%

32892

Apple M3

11805

Apple M4 Ultra

VS

Apple M3

General Parameters

May 2025

Release Date

Oct 2023

Apple

Manufacturer

Apple

Laptop

Type

Laptop

ARMv9

Instruction Set

ARMv8

Apple M4

Core Architecture

Apple M3

Apple M-Socket

Socket

Apple M-Socket

Apple M4 Ultra GPU (80-core)

Integrated Graphics

Apple M3 GPU

Package

-

Transistor Count

25 billions

3 nm

Manufacturing Process

3 nm

-

Power Consumption

20 W

100 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

100°C

CPU Performance

24

Performance Cores

4

24

Performance Core Threads

4

4.52 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

4.05 GHz

-

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.05 GHz

8

Efficiency Cores

4

8

Efficiency Core Threads

4

2.89 GHz

Efficiency Core Base Frequency

2.75 GHz

-

Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency

2.57 GHz

32

Total Core Count

8

32

Total Thread Count

8

45

Multiplier

40x

-

L1 Cache

192 K per core

-

L2 Cache

16 MB shared

-

L3 Cache

64 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

Memory Parameters

LPDDR5X-8533

Memory Types

LPDDR5-6400

192 GB

Max Memory Size

24 GB

8

Max Memory Channels

2

-

Max Memory Bandwidth

102.4 GB/s

No

ECC Memory Support

No

Graphics Card Parameters

true

Integrated Graphics

true

500 MHz

GPU Base Frequency

500 MHz

1800 MHz

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

1600 MHz

10240

Shader Units

1280

640

Texture Units

80

320

Raster Operation Units

40

1280

Execution Units

160

120

Power Consumption

-

36.9 TFLOPS

Graphics Performance

4.1 TFLOPS

Miscellaneous

-

PCIe Version

4.0

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