Apple M4 Ultra vs Intel Core i7 6500U

VS

Apple M4 Ultra

Intel Core i7 6500U

We compared two laptop CPUs: Apple M4 Ultra with 32 cores 4.52GHz and Intel Core i7 6500U with 2 cores 2.5GHz . 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 9 years and 8 months late

Higher specification of memory (8533 vs 2133)

Higher base frequency (4.52GHz vs 2.5GHz)

More modern manufacturing process (3nm vs 14nm)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

Apple M4 Ultra +205%

2199

Intel Core i7 6500U

719

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

Apple M4 Ultra +2059%

44742

Intel Core i7 6500U

2072

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Apple M4 Ultra +295%

4065

Intel Core i7 6500U

1027

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Apple M4 Ultra +1485%

32892

Intel Core i7 6500U

2074

Apple M4 Ultra

VS

Intel Core i7 6500U

General Parameters

May 2025

Release Date

Sep 2015

Apple

Manufacturer

Intel

Laptop

Type

Laptop

ARMv9

Instruction Set

x86-64

Apple M4

Core Architecture

Skylake

-

Processor Number

i7-6500U

Apple M-Socket

Socket

BGA-1356

Apple M4 Ultra GPU (80-core)

Integrated Graphics

HD Graphics 520

Package

-

Transistor Count

1.7 billions

3 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

-

Power Consumption

15 W

100 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

100 °C

CPU Performance

24

Performance Cores

2

24

Performance Core Threads

4

4.52 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.5 GHz

-

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.1 GHz

8

Efficiency Cores

-

8

Efficiency Core Threads

-

2.89 GHz

Efficiency Core Base Frequency

-

32

Total Core Count

2

32

Total Thread Count

4

45

Multiplier

-

L1 Cache

64 K per core

-

L2 Cache

256 K per core

-

L3 Cache

4 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

Memory Parameters

LPDDR5X-8533

Memory Types

DDR4-2133, LPDDR3-1866, DDR3L-1600

192 GB

Max Memory Size

32 GB

8

Max Memory Channels

2

-

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

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 i7 6500U

-

PCIe Version

3.0

-

PCIe Lanes

12

-

Extended Instruction Set

SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2

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