Apple M4 vs Intel Core 7 250U

VS

Apple M4

Intel Core 7 250U

We compared two laptop CPUs: Apple M4 with 10 cores 4.41GHz and Intel Core 7 250U with 10 cores 1.9GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Apple M4 's Advantages

Integrated graphics card

Higher specification of memory (7500 vs 5200)

Larger memory bandwidth (120GB/s vs 83.2GB/s)

Higher base frequency (4.41GHz vs 1.9GHz)

More modern manufacturing process (3nm vs 10nm)

Intel Core 7 250U 's Advantages

Newer PCIe version (4 vs 4.0)

Lower TDP (15W vs 22W)

Score

Apple M4

VS

Intel Core 7 250U

General Parameters

May 2024

Release Date

Oct 2024

Apple

Manufacturer

Intel

Laptop

Type

Laptop

ARMv9

Instruction Set

-

Apple M4

Core Architecture

Raptor Lake-U

Apple M-Socket

Socket

Intel BGA 1744

Apple M4 GPU (10-core)

Integrated Graphics

Iris Xe Graphics 96EU

-

Generation

Core 7 (Raptor Lake-U)

Package

28 billions

Transistor Count

-

3 nm

Manufacturing Process

10 nm

22 W

Power Consumption

15 W

100 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

-

Foundry

Intel

CPU Performance

4

Performance Cores

2

4

Performance Core Threads

4

4.41 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

1.9 GHz

-

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

5.4 GHz

6

Efficiency Cores

8

6

Efficiency Core Threads

8

2.89 GHz

Efficiency Core Base Frequency

1300 MHz

-

Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency

4.1 GHz

10

Total Core Count

10

Total Thread Count

12

-

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

44

Multiplier

16.0

192 K per core

L1 Cache

80 KB per core

16 MB shared

L2 Cache

1.25 MB per core

-

L3 Cache

12 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

-

SMP

1

Memory Parameters

LPDDR5X-7500

Memory Types

DDR4-3200, DDR5-5200

32 GB

Max Memory Size

-

4

Max Memory Channels

2

120 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

83.2 GB/s

No

ECC Memory Support

No

Graphics Card Parameters

true

Integrated Graphics

-

500 MHz

GPU Base Frequency

-

1800 MHz

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

-

1280

Shader Units

-

80

Texture Units

-

40

Raster Operation Units

-

160

Execution Units

-

15

Power Consumption

-

4.6 TFLOPS

Graphics Performance

-

Miscellaneous

4.0

PCIe Version

4

-

PCIe Lanes

8

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