M4 Max (14C32G) vs Intel Core i7-12700K
            M4 Max (14C32G)
            
                
            
        
    
            Intel Core i7-12700K
            
                $350
            
        
    | 14 Cores 14 Threads 4.5GHz Clock | 12 Cores 20 Threads 3.6GHz Clock | 
| Socket Unknown | Socket LGA 1700 | 
| iGPU32-Core M4 Max 13.74 TFLOPS FP32 | iGPUUHD 770 1500MHz 770 GFLOPS FP32 | 
| GB6S 3,990 98% | 
                                            
                                                GB6S 2,555
                                            
                                             63% | 
| GB6M 22,690 85% | 
                                            
                                                GB6M 13,785
                                            
                                             52% | 
| CB23S 2,170 83% | CB23S 1,940 75% | 
| CB23M 22,500 52% | CB23M 22,230 52% | 
| ManufacturerApple | ManufacturerIntel | 
| ArchitectureApple Silicon 14 | ArchitectureAlder Lake | 
| FamilyM Series | FamilyCore 12th Gen | 
| Instruction Set (ISA) AArch64 | Instruction Set (ISA) x86-64 | 
| Codename Brava - M4 Max P-Core AS14P - - E-Core AS14E | Codename Alder Lake-S - Alder Lake-8P-8E P-Core Golden Cove - - E-Core Gracemont | 
| Market Segment Laptop | Market Segment Desktop | 
| Release Date 10/30/2024 | Release Date 11/4/2021 | 
| Foundry TSMC - - - | Foundry Intel - - - | 
| Node N3E - - - | Node Intel 7 - - - | 
| Die Size 519 mm² - - - | Die Size 202 mm² - - - | 
| Transistor Count 95 Billion - - - | Transistor Count 14.6 Billion - - - | 
| Unknown | LGA 1700 | 
| 14 Cores 10 P-Cores - 4 E-Cores | 12 Cores 8 P-Cores - 4 E-Cores | 
| 14 Threads 10 P-Threads - 4 E-Threads | 20 Threads 16 P-Threads - 4 E-Threads | 
| P-Core 4.5GHz - - | P-Core 3.6GHz 5GHz Boost - | 
| - - - | - - - | 
| E-Core 2.75GHz - | E-Core 2.7GHz 3.8GHz Boost | 
| Overclocking Locked - - - | Overclocking Unlocked - - - | 
| Integrated Chipset - | Type DMI | 
| - - | - - | 
| - - | - - | 
| - - | Transfer Rate 16GT/s | 
| - - | - - | 
| - - | Lanes 8 | 
| - - | Bandwidth 16GB/s | 
| - - | Bi-directional 32GB/s | 
| L0 Instruction - - | L0 Instruction - - | 
| L0 Data - - | L0 Data - - | 
| L1 Instruction 192KB/P-Core 6-way set associative - - 128KB/E-Core 4-way set associative | L1 Instruction 32KB/P-Core 8-way set associative - - 64KB/E-Core 8-way set associative | 
| L1 Data 128KB/P-Core 4-way set associative - - 64KB/E-Core 2-way set associative | L1 Data 48KB/P-Core 12-way set associative - - 32KB/E-Core 8-way set associative | 
| L2 - - 32MB Shared 16-way set associative - - - - - - 4MB Shared (E-Core) 16-way set associative | L2 1280KB/Core 10-way set associative - - - - - - - - 2MB Shared (E-Core) 16-way set associative | 
| - - - - - - - - - - | L3 - 25MB Shared - 12-way set associative - - - - - | 
| - - - 48MB SLC Cache | - - - - | 
| Channels 3 | Channels 2 | 
| Max Memory 96GB | Max Memory 128GB 128GB | 
| ECC Not Supported | ECC Not Supported | 
| Bus Width/Channel 128Bit Bus Width 384Bit | Bus Width/Channel 64Bit Bus Width 128Bit | 
| Clock 4267MHz Transfer Rate 8533MT/s | Clock 2400MHz 1600MHz Transfer Rate 4800MT/s 3200MT/s | 
| Bandwidth/Channel 136.5GB/s Bandwidth 409.6GB/s | Bandwidth/Channel 38.4GB/s 25.6GB/s Bandwidth 76.8GB/s 51.2GB/s | 
| TDP 90W - - - | TDP 125W - - 190W Peak | 
| Temp 100°C Max - | Temp 100°C Max - | 
| Included Cooler Not Included | Included Cooler Not Included | 
| No PCIe | PCIe 5.0 x16 Lanes PCIe 4.0 x4 Lanes | 
| 32-Core M4 Max 4096 Shaders 1678MHz 13.74 TFLOPS FP32 | UHD 770 1500MHz 256 Shaders 1500MHz 770 GFLOPS FP32 | 
| - | GNA 3.0 | 
| - 16 Cores | - - | 
| 38 TOPS INT8 | -  | 
| - - | - - | 
| No Cellular | No Cellular | 
 
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
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