M4 (10C8G-FL) vs Intel Core i5-8250U

M4 (10C8G-FL)
Intel Core i5-8250U $297
10 Cores
10 Threads
4.4GHz Clock
4 Cores
8 Threads
1.6GHz Clock
Socket
Unknown
Socket
BGA 1356
iGPU
8-Core M4-FL
3.01 TFLOPS FP32
iGPU
UHD 620 1100MHz
420 GFLOPS FP32

GB6 Single-Core

  • 3.42x faster vs Core i5-8250U
  • 71% slower vs M4 (10C8G-FL)
M4 (10C8G-FL) - GB6S 3,765
x3.42
Core i5-8250U - GB6S 1,100
x1

GB6 Multi-Core

  • 4.32x faster vs Core i5-8250U
  • 77% slower vs M4 (10C8G-FL)
M4 (10C8G-FL) - GB6M 14,675
x4.32
Core i5-8250U - GB6M 3,400
x1
  • 3.52x faster vs Core i5-8250U
  • 72% slower vs M4 (10C8G-FL)
M4 (10C8G-FL) - 120.0GB/s
x3.52
Core i5-8250U - 34.1GB/s
x1
  • Same TDP vs Core i5-8250U
  • Same TDP vs M4 (10C8G-FL)
M4 (10C8G-FL) - 15W
x1
Core i5-8250U - 15W
x1
  • 7.17x faster vs Core i5-8250U
  • 86% slower vs M4 (10C8G-FL)
M4 (10C8G-FL) - 3.01 TFLOPS FP32
x7.17
Core i5-8250U - 420 GFLOPS FP32
x1
GB6S 3,765
93%
GB6M 14,675
55%
Manufacturer
Apple
Manufacturer
Intel
Architecture
Apple Silicon 14
Architecture
Skylake
Family
M Series
Family
Core 8th Gen
Instruction Set (ISA)
AArch64
Instruction Set (ISA)
x86-64
Codename
Donan
M4
P-Core
AS14P
E-Core
AS14E
Codename
Kaby Lake-R
Kaby Lake-R-4C-GT2
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-
-
-
Market Segment
Tablet
Market Segment
Laptop
Release Date
3/5/2025
Release Date
8/21/2017
Foundry
TSMC
Foundry
Intel
Node
N3E
Node
14nm+
Die Size
153 mm²
Die Size
123 mm²
Transistor Count
28 Billion
Transistor Count
2.1 Billion
Unknown
BGA 1356
10 Cores
4 P-Cores
6 E-Cores
4 Cores
-
-
10 Threads
4 P-Threads
6 E-Threads
8 Threads
-
-
P-Core
4.4GHz
-
-
1.6GHz
3.4GHz Boost
E-Core
2.75GHz
-
-
Overclocking
Locked
Overclocking
Locked
Integrated Chipset
-
Type
OPI
-
-
Transfer Rate
4GT/s
-
-
Lanes
4
-
-
Bandwidth
2GB/s
-
-
Bi-directional
4GB/s
L1 Instruction
192KB/P-Core
6-way set associative
128KB/E-Core
4-way set associative
L1 Instruction
32KB/Core
8-way set associative
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-
L1 Data
128KB/P-Core
4-way set associative
64KB/E-Core
2-way set associative
L1 Data
32KB/Core
8-way set associative
-
-
L2
-
-
16MB Shared
16-way set associative
4MB Shared (E-Core)
16-way set associative
L2
256KB/Core
4-way set associative
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
L3
6MB Shared
16-way set associative
8MB SLC Cache
-
Channels
2
Channels
2
Max Memory
24GB
Max Memory
32GB
ECC
Not Supported
ECC
Not Supported
Bus Width/Channel
64Bit
Bus Width
128Bit
Bus Width/Channel
64Bit
Bus Width
128Bit
Clock
3750MHz
Transfer Rate
7500MT/s
Clock
1067MHz
Transfer Rate
2133MT/s
Bandwidth/Channel
60.0GB/s
Bandwidth
120.0GB/s
Bandwidth/Channel
17.1GB/s
Bandwidth
34.1GB/s
TDP
15W
-
-
TDP
15W
10W cTDP Down
25W cTDP Up
Temp
100°C Max
Temp
100°C Max
No PCIe
PCIe 3.0 x12 Lanes
8-Core M4-FL
1024 Shaders
1470MHz
3.01 TFLOPS FP32
UHD 620 1100MHz
192 Shaders
1100MHz
420 GFLOPS FP32
No NPU
16 Cores
-
38 TOPS INT8
-
No Cellular
No Cellular
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