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Apple M4 Max 14 Core vs Intel Core i7 8550U

	CPU Apple M4 Max 14 Core	CPU Intel Core i7 8550U
General Parameters
Release Date	Oct 2024	Aug 2017
Manufacturer	Apple	Intel
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Instruction Set	ARMv9	x86-64
Core Architecture	Apple M4	Kaby Lake R
Integrated Graphics	Apple M4 Max GPU (32-core)	UHD Graphics 620
Processor Number		i7-8550U
Package
Manufacturing Process	3 nm	14 nm
Socket	Apple M-Socket	BGA-1356
Power Consumption	62 W	15 W
Peak Operating Temperature	100 °C	100 °C
CPU Performance
Performance Cores	10	4
Performance Core Threads	10	8
Performance Core Base Frequency	4.52 GHz	1.8 GHz
Efficiency Cores	4
Efficiency Core Threads	4
Efficiency Core Base Frequency	2.59 GHz
Total Core Count	14	4
Total Thread Count	14	8
Multiplier	45	18x
Unlocked Multiplier	No	No
Performance Core Turbo Frequency		4 GHz
Bus Frequency		100 MHz
L1 Cache		64 K per core
L2 Cache		256 K per core
L3 Cache		8 MB shared
Memory Parameters
Memory Types	LPDDR5X-8533	DDR4-2400, LPDDR3-2133
Max Memory Bandwidth	410 GB/s	37.5 GB/s
ECC Memory Support	No	No
Max Memory Size		32 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	1150 MHz
Shader Units	4096	192
Texture Units	256	24
Raster Operation Units	128	3
Execution Units	512	24
Power Consumption	51	15 W
Max Resolution		4096x2304 - 60 Hz
Miscellaneous
Official Website		Official Link ↗
PCIe Version		3.0
PCIe Lanes		12
Extended Instruction Set		SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2
Benchmarks
Cinebench R23 Single Core	2190	979
Cinebench R23 Multi Core	22854	2960
Geekbench 6 Single Core	3997	1153
Geekbench 6 Multi Core	23252	2890