Apple M4 Ultra vs Intel Core Ultra 5 226V

VS

Apple M4 Ultra

Intel Core Ultra 5 226V

We compared two laptop CPUs: Apple M4 Ultra with 32 cores 4.52GHz and Intel Core Ultra 5 226V with 8 cores 2.1GHz . 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 8 months late

Better graphics card performance

Higher base frequency (4.52GHz vs 2.1GHz)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

Apple M4 Ultra +17%

2199

Intel Core Ultra 5 226V

1879

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

Apple M4 Ultra +306%

44742

Intel Core Ultra 5 226V

11000

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Apple M4 Ultra +57%

4065

Intel Core Ultra 5 226V

2585

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Apple M4 Ultra +227%

32892

Intel Core Ultra 5 226V

10052

Apple M4 Ultra

VS

Intel Core Ultra 5 226V

General Parameters

May 2025

Release Date

Sep 2024

Apple

Manufacturer

Intel

Laptop

Type

Laptop

ARMv9

Instruction Set

x86-64

Apple M4

Core Architecture

Lunar Lake

-

Processor Number

226V

Apple M-Socket

Socket

FCBGA-2833

Apple M4 Ultra GPU (80-core)

Integrated Graphics

Arc Graphics 130V

-

Generation

Ultra 5 (Lunar Lake)

Package

3 nm

Manufacturing Process

3 nm

-

Power Consumption

17-37 W

100 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

100 °C

-

Foundry

Intel

CPU Performance

24

Performance Cores

4

24

Performance Core Threads

4

4.52 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.1 GHz

-

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.5 GHz

8

Efficiency Cores

4

8

Efficiency Core Threads

4

2.89 GHz

Efficiency Core Base Frequency

2.1 GHz

-

Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency

3.5 GHz

32

Total Core Count

8

32

Total Thread Count

8

-

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

45

Multiplier

21

-

L0 Cache

48 KB per core

-

L1 Cache

192 K per core

-

L2 Cache

14 MB

-

L3 Cache

8 MB

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

-

SMP

1

Memory Parameters

LPDDR5X-8533

Memory Types

LPDDR5X-8533

192 GB

Max Memory Size

16 GB

8

Max Memory Channels

2

-

Max Memory Bandwidth

136 GB/s

No

ECC Memory Support

No

Graphics Card Parameters

true

Integrated Graphics

true

500 MHz

GPU Base Frequency

600 MHz

1800 MHz

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

1850 MHz

10240

Shader Units

896

640

Texture Units

320

Raster Operation Units

1280

Execution Units

7

120

Power Consumption

36.9 TFLOPS

Graphics Performance

3.32 TFLOPS

AI Accelerator

-

NPU

Intel® AI Boost

-

Theoretical performance

40 TOPS

Miscellaneous

-

Official Website

Intel Core Ultra 5 226V

-

PCIe Version

5.0

-

PCIe Lanes

4

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