Apple M4 (10C10G) vs Apple M2 Max (12C30G) Full Specs

Summary

10 Cores(4P+6E) 10 Threads(4P+6E) 4.51GHz	12 Cores(8P+4E) 12 Threads(8P+4E) 3.69GHz
TDP 30W	TDP 140W
Bandwidth 120GB/s LPDDR5X	Bandwidth 409.6GB/s LPDDR5
iGPU 10-Core M4	iGPU 30-Core M2 Max
Peak·FP32·FP16 4.04 TFLOPSFP16	Peak·FP32·FP16 10.74 TFLOPSFP16

Highlights

Geekbench 6 Single

Geekbench 6 Single Geekbench 6 Multi Max Bandwidth iGPU Peak iGPU FP32 iGPU FP16 NPU TOPS TDP

M4 (10C10G)3,767

x1.33

M2 Max (12C30G)2,825

x1

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Core Config

10 Cores 4P 6E	12 Cores 8P 4E
10 Threads 4P 6E	12 Threads 8P 4E

Clocks

Base Clock 4.51GHz	Base Clock 3.69GHz
Overclocking Locked	Overclocking Locked

Cache

L1i 192KB P 128KB E	L1i 192KB P 128KB E
L1d 128KB P 64KB E	L1d 128KB P 64KB E
L2 16MB P shared 4MB E shared	L2 24MB P shared 4MB E shared
SLC Cache 8MB	SLC Cache 48MB

Memory

Type LPDDR5X	Type LPDDR5
Max Memory 32GB	Max Memory 64GB
ECC No	ECC No
Channels 2	Channels 4
Bus Width 128-bit	Bus Width 512-bit
Speed 7500MT/s	Speed 6400MT/s
Bandwidth 120GB/s	Bandwidth 409.6GB/s
Bandwidth Calculator Channels Transfer Rate7500MT/s Calculated Bandwidth 120GB/s	Bandwidth Calculator Channels Transfer Rate6400MT/s Calculated Bandwidth 409.6GB/s

Power & Thermals

TDP 30W	TDP 140W
Max Operating Temp 100°C Max	Max Operating Temp 100°C Max

Expansion

PCIe PCIe 4.0 x5 9.8GB/sBandwidth

PCIe PCIe 4.0 x16 31.5GB/sBandwidth

iGPU

iGPU 10-Core M4	iGPU 30-Core M2 Max
Shaders 1280	Shaders 3840
Boost Clock 1.58GHz	Boost Clock 1.4GHz
Peak·FP32·FP16 4.04 TFLOPSFP16	Peak·FP32·FP16 10.74 TFLOPSFP16

NPU

NPU Model H16 Leto	NPU Model H14 Selene
NPU Cores 16	NPU Cores 16
NPU Clock 2.36GHz	NPU Clock 2.1GHz
Performance 38 TOPSINT8	Performance 15.8 TOPSFP16

Chip

Manufacturer Apple	Manufacturer Apple
ISA AArch64	ISA AArch64
Architecture Apple Silicon 14ARMv9.2-A	Architecture Apple Silicon 11ARMv8.5-A
Family M Series	Family M Series
Branding	Branding
Codename Donan M4Variant AS14PP-Core AS14EE-Core	Codename Rhodes-1C M2 MaxVariant AvalancheP-Core BlizzardE-Core
Market Segment Laptop	Market Segment Desktop
Release Date Oct 28, 2024	Release Date Jan 17, 2023

Fabrication

Foundry TSMC	Foundry TSMC
Fabrication Node N3E	Fabrication Node N5P
Die Size 169mm²	Die Size 486mm²
Transistor Count 28 Billion	Transistor Count 67 Billion
Transistor Density 165 MTr/mm²	Transistor Density 138 MTr/mm²

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Used In

Laptops MacBook Pro 14(M4, Late 2024)	Laptops MacBook Pro 14(M2 Max, Early 2023)MacBook Pro 16(M2 Max, Early 2023)
Desktops Mac mini(M4, Late 2024)	Desktops Mac Studio(M2 Max, Mid 2023)
All-in-Ones iMac 24(M4, Four Ports, Late 2024)	All-in-Ones -

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