Intel Core i9 7960X vs Apple M4 Pro 12 Core

CPU Specs Compare

C

Intel Core i9 7960X

Intel 2017-09
C

Apple M4 Pro 12 Core

Apple 2024-10

General Parameters

Release Date
Sep 2017
Oct 2024
Manufacturer
Intel
Apple
Type
Desktop
Laptop
Instruction Set
x86-64
ARMv9
Core Architecture
Skylake
Apple M4
Processor Number
i9-7960X
-
Integrated Graphics
N/A
Apple M4 Pro GPU (16-core)

Package

Manufacturing Process
14 nm
3 nm
Socket
LGA-2066
Apple M-Socket
Power Consumption
165 W
38 W
Peak Operating Temperature
98 °C
100 °C

CPU Performance

Performance Cores
16
8
Performance Core Threads
32
8
Performance Core Base Frequency
2.8 GHz
4.52 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4.2 GHz
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Total Core Count
16
12
Total Thread Count
32
12
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
-
Multiplier
28x
45
L1 Cache
64 K per core
192 K per core
L2 Cache
1 MB per core
16 MB shared
L3 Cache
22 MB shared
-
Unlocked Multiplier
Yes
No
Efficiency Cores
-
4
Efficiency Core Threads
-
4
Efficiency Core Base Frequency
-
2.59 GHz

Memory Parameters

Memory Types
DDR4-2666
LPDDR5X-8533
Max Memory Size
128 GB
-
Max Memory Channels
4
-
Max Memory Bandwidth
79.47 GB/s
273 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
No
No

Miscellaneous

Official Website
-
PCIe Version
3.0
-
PCIe Lanes
44
-
Extended Instruction Set
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2, AVX-512
-

Graphics Card Parameters

Integrated Graphics
-
true
GPU Base Frequency
-
500 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
-
1800 MHz
Shader Units
-
2048
Texture Units
-
128
Raster Operation Units
-
64
Execution Units
-
256
Power Consumption
-
26

📊 Benchmark

Cinebench R23
1,099
2,171
Cinebench R23
22,189
18,574
Geekbench 6
1,313
3,863
Geekbench 6
9,066
20,492
Passmark CPU
2,489
-
Passmark CPU
26,917
-
Cinebench 2024
-
170
Cinebench 2024
-
1,418