Apple M4 Ultra vs Intel Core i5 12600KF

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Apple M4 Ultra

Intel Core i5 12600KF

We compared the laptop Apple M4 Ultra with 32 cores 4.52GHz and the desktop Intel Core i5 12600KF with 10 cores 3.7GHz . 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 7 months late

Integrated graphics card

Higher specification of memory (8533 vs 4800)

Higher base frequency (4.52GHz vs 3.7GHz)

More modern manufacturing process (3nm vs 10nm)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

Apple M4 Ultra +15%

2199

Intel Core i5 12600KF

1908

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

Apple M4 Ultra +153%

44742

Intel Core i5 12600KF

17648

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Apple M4 Ultra +56%

4065

Intel Core i5 12600KF

2597

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Apple M4 Ultra +154%

32892

Intel Core i5 12600KF

12937

Apple M4 Ultra

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Intel Core i5 12600KF

General Parameters

May 2025

Release Date

Oct 2021

Apple

Manufacturer

Intel

Laptop

Type

Desktop

ARMv9

Instruction Set

x86-64

Apple M4

Core Architecture

Alder Lake

-

Processor Number

i5-12600KF

Apple M-Socket

Socket

LGA-1700

Apple M4 Ultra GPU (80-core)

Integrated Graphics

No

Package

3 nm

Manufacturing Process

10 nm

-

Power Consumption

125 W

-

Max Turbo Power Consumption

150 W

100 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

100°C

CPU Performance

24

Performance Cores

6

24

Performance Core Threads

12

4.52 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.7 GHz

-

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.9 GHz

8

Efficiency Cores

4

8

Efficiency Core Threads

4

2.89 GHz

Efficiency Core Base Frequency

2.8 GHz

-

Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency

3.6 GHz

32

Total Core Count

10

32

Total Thread Count

16

-

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

45

Multiplier

37x

-

L1 Cache

80 K per core

-

L2 Cache

9728 K shared

-

L3 Cache

20 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

Memory Parameters

LPDDR5X-8533

Memory Types

DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200

192 GB

Max Memory Size

128 GB

8

Max Memory Channels

2

-

Max Memory Bandwidth

76.8 GB/s

No

ECC Memory Support

No

Graphics Card Parameters

true

Integrated Graphics

-

500 MHz

GPU Base Frequency

-

1800 MHz

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

-

10240

Shader Units

-

640

Texture Units

-

320

Raster Operation Units

-

1280

Execution Units

-

120

Power Consumption

-

36.9 TFLOPS

Graphics Performance

-

Miscellaneous

-

Official Website

Intel Core i5 12600KF

-

PCIe Version

5.0

-

PCIe Lanes

20

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