Apple M4 vs Apple M2 Ultra

VS

Apple M4 Apple M2 Ultra

We compared two laptop CPUs: Apple M4 with 10 cores 4.05GHz and Apple M2 Ultra with 24 cores 3.5GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Apple M4 's Advantages

Released 1 years late

Higher specification of memory (LPDDR5X-7500 vs LPDDR5-6400)

Higher base frequency (4.05GHz vs 3.5GHz)

More modern manufacturing process (3nm vs 5nm)

Lower TDP (20W vs 60W)

Apple M2 Ultra 's Advantages

Larger memory bandwidth (800GB/s vs 120GB/s)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Apple M4 +36%

3808

Apple M2 Ultra

2790

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Apple M4

14538

Apple M2 Ultra +45%

21217

Apple M4

VS

Apple M2 Ultra

General Parameters

May 2024

Release Date

May 2023

Apple

Manufacturer

Apple

Laptop

Type

Laptop

ARMv9

Instruction Set

ARMv8

-

Core Architecture

Apple M2

Apple M-Socket

Socket

Apple M-Socket

Apple M4 GPU

Integrated Graphics

Apple M2 Max GPU (76-core)

Package

28 billions

Transistor Count

134 billions

3 nm

Manufacturing Process

5 nm

Apple M-Socket

Socket

Apple M-Socket

20 W

Power Consumption

60 W

100°C

Peak Operating Temperature

100°C

CPU Performance

4

Performance Cores

16

4

Performance Core Threads

16

4.05 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.5 GHz

6

Efficiency Cores

8

6

Efficiency Core Threads

8

2.75 GHz

Efficiency Core Base Frequency

2.4 GHz

10

Total Core Count

24

10

Total Thread Count

24

40x

Multiplier

35x

192 K per core

L1 Cache

192 K per core

16 MB shared

L2 Cache

64 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

Memory Parameters

LPDDR5X-7500

Memory Types

LPDDR5-6400

24 GB

Max Memory Size

192 GB

2

Max Memory Channels

16

120 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

800 GB/s

No

ECC Memory Support

No

Graphics Card Parameters

true

Integrated Graphics

true

500 MHz

GPU Base Frequency

-

1600 MHz

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

-

1280

Shader Units

-

80

Texture Units

-

40

Raster Operation Units

-

160

Execution Units

-

4.1 TFLOPS

Graphics Performance

-

Miscellaneous

4.0

PCIe Version

4.0

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