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Intel Core i5 6600 vs Apple M4 Max 16 Core

	CPU Intel Core i5 6600	CPU Apple M4 Max 16 Core
General Parameters
Release Date	Sep 2015	Oct 2024
Manufacturer	Intel	Apple
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Instruction Set	x86-64	ARMv9
Core Architecture	Skylake	Apple M4
Processor Number	i5-6600
Integrated Graphics	HD Graphics 530	Apple M4 Max GPU (40-core)
Package
Transistor Count	1.75 billions
Manufacturing Process	14 nm	3 nm
Socket	LGA-1151	Apple M-Socket
Power Consumption	65 W	70 W
Peak Operating Temperature		100 °C
CPU Performance
Performance Cores	4	12
Performance Core Threads	4	12
Performance Core Base Frequency	3.3 GHz	4.52 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency	3.9 GHz
Total Core Count	4	16
Total Thread Count	4	16
Bus Frequency	100 MHz
Multiplier	33x	45
L1 Cache	64 K per core
L2 Cache	256 K per core
L3 Cache	6 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier	No	No
Efficiency Cores		4
Efficiency Core Threads		4
Efficiency Core Base Frequency		2.59 GHz
Memory Parameters
Memory Types	DDR4-2133, DDR3L-1600	LPDDR5X-8533
Max Memory Size	64 GB
Max Memory Channels	2
Max Memory Bandwidth	34.1 GB/s	546 GB/s
ECC Memory Support	No	No
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics	true	true
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency	1150 MHz	1800 MHz
GPU Base Frequency		500 MHz
Shader Units		5120
Texture Units		320
Raster Operation Units		160
Execution Units		640
Power Consumption		62
Miscellaneous
Official Website	Official Link ↗
PCIe Version	3.0
PCIe Lanes	16
Extended Instruction Set	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2
Benchmarks
Cinebench R23 Single Core	1042	2281
Cinebench R23 Multi Core	3810	27392
Geekbench 6 Single Core	1215	3984
Geekbench 6 Multi Core	3041	26185
Passmark CPU Single Core	2246	4534
Passmark CPU Multi Core	5989	43708