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Intel Core Ultra 5 250K Plus vs Apple M4 8 Core

	CPU Intel Core Ultra 5 250K Plus	CPU Apple M4 8 Core
General Parameters
Release Date	Mar 2026	Oct 2024
Manufacturer	Intel	Apple
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Instruction Set	x86-64	ARMv9
Core Architecture	Arrow Lake	Apple M4
Processor Number	250K+
Integrated Graphics	Arc iGPU (4-Cores)	Apple M4 GPU (8-core)
Package
Transistor Count	17.8 billions	28 billions
Manufacturing Process	3 nm	3 nm
Socket	FCLGA-1851	Apple M-Socket
Power Consumption	125 W	20 W
Max Turbo Power Consumption	159 W
Peak Operating Temperature	105 °C	100 °C
CPU Performance
Performance Cores	6	4
Performance Core Threads	6	4
Performance Core Base Frequency	4.2 GHz	4.41 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency	5.3 GHz
Efficiency Cores	12	4
Efficiency Core Threads	12	4
Efficiency Core Base Frequency	3.3 GHz	2.59 GHz
Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency	4.6 GHz
Total Core Count	18	8
Total Thread Count	18	8
Bus Frequency	100 MHz
Multiplier	42	44
L1 Cache	192 K per core	192 K per core
L2 Cache	3 MB per core	16 MB shared
L3 Cache	30 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier	Yes	No
Memory Parameters
Memory Types	DDR5-7200	LPDDR5X-7500
Max Memory Bandwidth	115.2 GB/s	120 GB/s
ECC Memory Support	Yes	No
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics	true	true
GPU Base Frequency	300 MHz	500 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency	1900 MHz	1800 MHz
Shader Units	512	1024
Texture Units	32	64
Raster Operation Units	16	32
Execution Units	64	128
Power Consumption	14	15
Miscellaneous
Official Website	Official Link ↗
PCIe Version	5.0
PCIe Lanes	24
Benchmarks
Cinebench R23 Single Core	2319	2091
Cinebench R23 Multi Core	28965	11229
Geekbench 6 Single Core	3231	3674
Geekbench 6 Multi Core	21067	13664
Cinebench 2024 Single Core	141	173
Cinebench 2024 Multi Core	1680	911