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Intel Core i5 8279U vs Apple M4 Pro 14 Core

	CPU Intel Core i5 8279U	CPU Apple M4 Pro 14 Core
General Parameters
Release Date	May 2019	Oct 2024
Manufacturer	Intel	Apple
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Instruction Set	x86-64	ARMv9
Core Architecture	Coffee Lake	Apple M4
Processor Number	i5-8279U
Integrated Graphics	Iris Plus Graphics 655	Apple M4 GPU (20-core)
Package
Manufacturing Process	14 nm	3 nm
Socket	BGA-1528	Apple M-Socket
Power Consumption	28 W	46 W
Peak Operating Temperature	100 °C	100 °C
CPU Performance
Performance Cores	4	10
Performance Core Threads	8	10
Performance Core Base Frequency	2.4 GHz	4.52 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency	4.1 GHz
Total Core Count	4	14
Total Thread Count	8	14
Bus Frequency	100 MHz
Multiplier	24x	45
L1 Cache	32 K per core	192 K per core
L2 Cache	256 K per core	16 MB shared
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	DDR4-2400, LPDDR3-2133	LPDDR5X-8533
Max Memory Size	32 GB
Max Memory Channels	2
Max Memory Bandwidth	37.5 GB/s	273 GB/s
ECC Memory Support	No	No
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics	true	true
GPU Base Frequency	300 MHz	500 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency	1150 MHz	1800 MHz
Shader Units	384	2560
Texture Units	48	160
Raster Operation Units	6	80
Execution Units	48	320
Power Consumption	15 W	32
Max Resolution	4096x2304 - 60 Hz
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	1085	2267
Cinebench R23 Multi Core	4440	23446
Geekbench 6 Single Core	1313	3896
Geekbench 6 Multi Core	4465	22630
Passmark CPU Single Core	2365	4587
Passmark CPU Multi Core	7732	38342