Apple M4 Ultra vs Intel Core i5 12600H

VS

Apple M4 Ultra

Intel Core i5 12600H

We compared two laptop CPUs: Apple M4 Ultra with 32 cores 4.52GHz and Intel Core i5 12600H with 12 cores 2.7GHz . 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 3 years and 4 months late

Better graphics card performance

Higher specification of memory (8533 vs 5200)

Higher base frequency (4.52GHz vs 2.7GHz)

More modern manufacturing process (3nm vs 10nm)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

Apple M4 Ultra +24%

2199

Intel Core i5 12600H

1761

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

Apple M4 Ultra +228%

44742

Intel Core i5 12600H

13634

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Apple M4 Ultra +78%

4065

Intel Core i5 12600H

2280

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Apple M4 Ultra +231%

32892

Intel Core i5 12600H

9908

Apple M4 Ultra

VS

Intel Core i5 12600H

General Parameters

May 2025

Release Date

Jan 2022

Apple

Manufacturer

Intel

Laptop

Type

Laptop

ARMv9

Instruction Set

x86-64

Apple M4

Core Architecture

Alder Lake-H

-

Processor Number

i5-12600H

Apple M-Socket

Socket

BGA-1744

Apple M4 Ultra GPU (80-core)

Integrated Graphics

Iris Xe Graphics (80EU)

Package

3 nm

Manufacturing Process

10 nm

-

Power Consumption

35-45 W

100 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

100 °C

CPU Performance

24

Performance Cores

4

24

Performance Core Threads

-

4.52 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.7 GHz

-

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.5 GHz

8

Efficiency Cores

8

Efficiency Core Threads

-

2.89 GHz

Efficiency Core Base Frequency

-

32

Total Core Count

12

32

Total Thread Count

16

-

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

45

Multiplier

27x

-

L1 Cache

80 K per core

-

L2 Cache

1280 K per core

-

L3 Cache

18 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

Memory Parameters

LPDDR5X-8533

Memory Types

DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200, LPDDR5-5200, LPDDR4x-4267

192 GB

Max Memory Size

64 GB

8

Max Memory Channels

2

-

Max Memory Bandwidth

76.8 GB/s

No

ECC Memory Support

-

Graphics Card Parameters

true

Integrated Graphics

true

500 MHz

GPU Base Frequency

300 MHz

1800 MHz

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

1400 MHz

10240

Shader Units

640

Texture Units

40

320

Raster Operation Units

20

1280

Execution Units

80

120

Power Consumption

15 W

36.9 TFLOPS

Graphics Performance

1.41 TFLOPS

Miscellaneous

-

Official Website

Intel Core i5 12600H

-

PCIe Version

4.0

-

PCIe Lanes

28

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