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Apple M4 10 Core vs Intel Core i5 1230U

	CPU Apple M4 10 Core	CPU Intel Core i5 1230U
General Parameters
Release Date	May 2024	Feb 2022
Manufacturer	Apple	Intel
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Instruction Set	ARMv9	x86-64
Core Architecture	Apple M4	Alder Lake-U
Integrated Graphics	Apple M4 GPU (10-core)	Iris Xe Graphics (80EU)
Processor Number		i5-1230U
Package
Transistor Count	28 billions
Manufacturing Process	3 nm	10 nm
Socket	Apple M-Socket	LGA-1700
Power Consumption	22 W	9 W
Peak Operating Temperature	100 °C	100 °C
CPU Performance
Performance Cores	4	2
Performance Core Threads	4
Performance Core Base Frequency	4.41 GHz	1.0 GHz
Efficiency Cores	6	8
Efficiency Core Threads	6
Efficiency Core Base Frequency	2.59 GHz
Total Core Count	10	10
Total Thread Count	10	12
Multiplier	44	10x
L1 Cache	192 K per core	80 K per core
L2 Cache	16 MB shared	1280 K per core
Unlocked Multiplier	No	No
Performance Core Turbo Frequency		4.4 GHz
Bus Frequency		100 MHz
L3 Cache		12 MB shared
Memory Parameters
Memory Types	LPDDR5X-7500	LPDDR5-5200, LPDDR4x-4267
Max Memory Bandwidth	120 GB/s	76.8 GB/s
ECC Memory Support	No	No
Max Memory Size		64 GB
Max Memory Channels		2
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics	true	true
GPU Base Frequency	500 MHz	300 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency	1800 MHz	850 MHz
Shader Units	1280	640
Texture Units	80	40
Raster Operation Units	40	20
Execution Units	160	80
Power Consumption	18	15 W
Miscellaneous
Official Website		Official Link ↗
PCIe Version		4.0
PCIe Lanes		14
Benchmarks
Cinebench R23 Single Core	2103	1399
Cinebench R23 Multi Core	12123	5817
Geekbench 6 Single Core	3848	1848
Geekbench 6 Multi Core	15114	7169