Apple M4 (10C10G) vs Intel Core i7-12700K Full Specs

Summary

10 Cores(4P+6E) 10 Threads(4P+6E) 4.51GHz	12 Cores(8P+4E) 20 Threads(16P+4E) 3.6GHz
TDP 30W	TDP 125W
Bandwidth 120GB/s LPDDR5X	Bandwidth 76.8GB/s DDR5·DDR4
iGPU 10-Core M4	iGPU UHD 770 1500MHz
Peak·FP32·FP16 4.04 TFLOPSFP16	Peak·FP32·FP16 1.54 TFLOPSFP16
Socket -	Socket LGA 1700

Highlights

Geekbench 6 Single

Geekbench 6 Single Geekbench 6 Multi E-Core Boost Max Bandwidth iGPU Peak iGPU FP32 iGPU FP16 NPU TOPS TDP

M4 (10C10G)3,767

x1.47

Core i7-12700K2,555

x1

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Core Config

10 Cores 4P 6E	12 Cores 8P 4E
10 Threads 4P 6E	20 Threads 16P 4E

Clocks

Base Clock 4.51GHz	Base Clock 3.6GHz
Boost Clock -	Boost Clock 5GHz
Overclocking Locked	Overclocking Unlocked

Cache

L1i 192KB P 128KB E	L1i 32KB P 64KB E
L1d 128KB P 64KB E	L1d 48KB P 32KB E
L2 16MB P shared 4MB E shared	L2 1.25MB P - 2MB E shared
L3 -	L3 25MB
SLC Cache 8MB	SLC Cache -

Memory

Type LPDDR5X	Type DDR5·DDR4
Max Memory 32GB	Max Memory 128GB
ECC No	ECC No
Channels 2	Channels 2
Bus Width 128-bit	Bus Width 128-bit
Speed 7500MT/s	Speed 4800MT/s
Bandwidth 120GB/s	Bandwidth 76.8GB/s
Bandwidth Calculator Channels Transfer Rate7500MT/s Calculated Bandwidth 120GB/s	Bandwidth Calculator Channels Transfer Rate4800MT/s Calculated Bandwidth 76.8GB/s

Power & Thermals

TDP 30W	TDP 125W
Peak Power -	Peak Power 190W
Max Operating Temp 100°C Max	Max Operating Temp 100°C Max
Included Cooler -	Included Cooler 0

Chipset Bus

Bus Type -	Bus Type DMI
Bus Config -	Bus Config 8 lanes
Bus Speed -	Bus Speed 16GT/s
Bus Bandwidth -	Bus Bandwidth 16GB/s

Expansion

PCIe PCIe 4.0 x5 9.8GB/sBandwidth	PCIe PCIe 5.0 x16 63GB/sBandwidth
-	PCIe Secondary PCIe 4.0 x4 7.9GB/sBandwidth

iGPU

iGPU 10-Core M4	iGPU UHD 770 1500MHz
Shaders 1280	Shaders 256
Boost Clock 1.58GHz	Boost Clock 1.5GHz
Peak·FP32·FP16 4.04 TFLOPSFP16	Peak·FP32·FP16 1.54 TFLOPSFP16

NPU

NPU Model H16 Leto	NPU Model GNA 3.0
NPU Cores 16	NPU Cores -
NPU Clock 2.36GHz	NPU Clock -
Performance 38 TOPSINT8	Performance -

Chip

Manufacturer Apple	Manufacturer Intel
ISA AArch64	ISA x86-64
Architecture Apple Silicon 14ARMv9.2-A	Architecture Alder Lake
Family M Series	Family Core 12th Gen
Branding	Branding
Codename Donan M4Variant AS14PP-Core AS14EE-Core	Codename Alder Lake-HX Alder Lake-8P-8EVariant Golden CoveP-Core GracemontE-Core
Market Segment Laptop	Market Segment Desktop
Release Date Oct 28, 2024	Release Date Nov 4, 2021

Fabrication

Foundry TSMC	Foundry Intel
Fabrication Node N3E	Fabrication Node Intel 7
Die Size 169mm²	Die Size 202mm²
Transistor Count 28 Billion	Transistor Count 14.6 Billion
Transistor Density 165 MTr/mm²	Transistor Density 72 MTr/mm²

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Used In

Laptops MacBook Pro 14(M4, Late 2024)	Laptops -
Desktops Mac mini(M4, Late 2024)	Desktops XPS(XD8950, Late 2021)OMEN 40L(Mid 2022)OMEN 45L(Early 2022)
All-in-Ones iMac 24(M4, Four Ports, Late 2024)	All-in-Ones -

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