Apple M4 Ultra vs Intel Core i9 12900
CPU Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
May 2025
Jan 2022
Manufacturer
Apple
Intel
Type
Desktop
Desktop
Instruction Set
ARMv9
-
Core Architecture
Apple M4
Alder Lake-S
Integrated Graphics
Apple M4 Ultra GPU (80-core)
UHD Graphics 770
Generation
-
Core i9 (Alder Lake-S)
Package
Manufacturing Process
3 nm
10 nm
Socket
Apple M-Socket
Intel Socket 1700
Peak Operating Temperature
100 °C
72 °C
Power Consumption
-
65 W
Foundry
-
Intel
Die Size
-
215 mm²
Package
-
FC-LGA16A
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
24
8
Performance Core Threads
24
16
Performance Core Base Frequency
4.52 GHz
2.4 GHz
Efficiency Cores
8
8
Efficiency Core Threads
8
8
Efficiency Core Base Frequency
2.89 GHz
1800 MHz
Total Core Count
32
16
Total Thread Count
32
24
Multiplier
45
24.0
Unlocked Multiplier
No
Yes
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
-
5.1 GHz
Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency
-
3.8 GHz
Bus Frequency
-
100 MHz
L1 Cache
-
80 KB per core
L2 Cache
-
1.25 MB per core
L3 Cache
-
30 MB shared
SMP
-
1
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
LPDDR5X-8533
DDR4-3200, DDR5-4800
Max Memory Size
192 GB
-
Max Memory Channels
8
2
ECC Memory Support
No
No
Max Memory Bandwidth
-
76.8 GB/s
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics
true
-
GPU Base Frequency
500 MHz
-
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
1800 MHz
-
Shader Units
10240
-
Texture Units
640
-
Raster Operation Units
320
-
Execution Units
1280
-
Power Consumption
120
-
Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
-
5
PCIe Lanes
-
20
📊 Benchmark
Geekbench 6
4,061
2,727
Geekbench 6
32,898
13,396
Cinebench R23
-
1,988
Cinebench R23
-
26,454
Blender
-
183