Apple M4 Ultra vs Intel Core i5 6500
CPU Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
May 2025
Sep 2015
Manufacturer
Apple
Intel
Type
Desktop
Desktop
Instruction Set
ARMv9
x86-64
Core Architecture
Apple M4
Skylake
Integrated Graphics
Apple M4 Ultra GPU (80-core)
HD Graphics 530
Processor Number
-
i5-6500
Package
Manufacturing Process
3 nm
14 nm
Socket
Apple M-Socket
LGA-1151
Peak Operating Temperature
100 °C
-
Power Consumption
-
65 W
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
24
4
Performance Core Threads
24
4
Performance Core Base Frequency
4.52 GHz
3.2 GHz
Efficiency Cores
8
-
Efficiency Core Threads
8
-
Efficiency Core Base Frequency
2.89 GHz
-
Total Core Count
32
4
Total Thread Count
32
4
Multiplier
45
32x
Unlocked Multiplier
No
No
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
-
3.6 GHz
L1 Cache
-
64 K per core
L2 Cache
-
256 K per core
L3 Cache
-
6 MB shared
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
LPDDR5X-8533
DDR4-2133, DDR3L-1600
Max Memory Size
192 GB
64 GB
Max Memory Channels
8
2
ECC Memory Support
No
No
Max Memory Bandwidth
-
34.1 GB/s
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics
true
true
GPU Base Frequency
500 MHz
-
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
1800 MHz
1050 MHz
Shader Units
10240
-
Texture Units
640
-
Raster Operation Units
320
-
Execution Units
1280
-
Power Consumption
120
-
Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
-
3.0
PCIe Lanes
-
16
Extended Instruction Set
-
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2
📊 Benchmark
Geekbench 6
4,061
1,197
Geekbench 6
32,898
3,264
Cinebench R23
-
966
Cinebench R23
-
3,420
Geekbench 5
-
900
Geekbench 5
-
3,118
Blender
-
53
Passmark CPU
-
2,116
Passmark CPU
-
5,591