Apple M4 vs Intel Core i9 12950HX

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Apple M4

Intel Core i9 12950HX

We compared two laptop CPUs: Apple M4 with 10 cores 4.41GHz and Intel Core i9 12950HX with 16 cores 2.3GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Apple M4 's Advantages

Released 2 years late

Better graphics card performance

Higher specification of memory (7500 vs 4800)

Larger memory bandwidth (120GB/s vs 76.8GB/s)

Higher base frequency (4.41GHz vs 2.3GHz)

More modern manufacturing process (3nm vs 10nm)

Lower TDP (22W vs 55W)

Intel Core i9 12950HX 's Advantages

Newer PCIe version (5.0 vs 4.0)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

Apple M4 +7%

2101

Intel Core i9 12950HX

1962

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

Apple M4

12133

Intel Core i9 12950HX +76%

21471

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Apple M4 +41%

3610

Intel Core i9 12950HX

2546

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Apple M4 +5%

15091

Intel Core i9 12950HX

14260

Blender

Apple M4

236

Intel Core i9 12950HX +24%

294

Passmark CPU Single Core

Apple M4 +16%

4471

Intel Core i9 12950HX

3832

Passmark CPU Multi Core

Apple M4

25069

Intel Core i9 12950HX +29%

32506

Apple M4

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Intel Core i9 12950HX

General Parameters

May 2024

Release Date

May 2022

Apple

Manufacturer

Intel

Laptop

Type

Laptop

ARMv9

Instruction Set

x86-64

Apple M4

Core Architecture

Alder Lake

-

Processor Number

i9-12950HX

Apple M-Socket

Socket

BGA-1964

Apple M4 GPU (10-core)

Integrated Graphics

UHD Graphics (32EU)

Package

28 billions

Transistor Count

-

3 nm

Manufacturing Process

10 nm

22 W

Power Consumption

45-55 W

-

Max Turbo Power Consumption

157 W

100 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

100°C

CPU Performance

4

Performance Cores

8

4

Performance Core Threads

16

4.41 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.3 GHz

-

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

5 GHz

6

Efficiency Cores

8

6

Efficiency Core Threads

8

2.89 GHz

Efficiency Core Base Frequency

1.7 GHz

-

Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency

3.6 GHz

10

Total Core Count

16

10

Total Thread Count

24

-

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

44

Multiplier

23x

192 K per core

L1 Cache

80 K per core

16 MB shared

L2 Cache

1280 K per core

-

L3 Cache

30 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

Memory Parameters

LPDDR5X-7500

Memory Types

DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200

32 GB

Max Memory Size

128 GB

4

Max Memory Channels

2

120 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

76.8 GB/s

No

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Graphics Card Parameters

true

Integrated Graphics

true

500 MHz

GPU Base Frequency

300 MHz

1800 MHz

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

1550 MHz

1280

Shader Units

256

80

Texture Units

16

40

Raster Operation Units

8

160

Execution Units

32

15

Power Consumption

45 W

4.6 TFLOPS

Graphics Performance

0.74 TFLOPS

Miscellaneous

-

Official Website

Intel Core i9 12950HX

4.0

PCIe Version

5.0

-

PCIe Lanes

20

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