Apple M4 Pro (12C16G) vs Apple M3 Ultra (28C60G) Full Specs

Summary

12 Cores(8P+4E) 12 Threads(8P+4E) 4.51GHz	28 Cores(20P+8E) 28 Threads(20P+8E) 4.05GHz
TDP 60W	TDP 300W
Bandwidth 273.1GB/s LPDDR5X	Bandwidth 819.2GB/s LPDDR5
iGPU 16-Core M4 Pro	iGPU 60-Core M3 Ultra
Peak·FP32·FP16 6.46 TFLOPSFP16	Peak·FP32·FP16 21.2 TFLOPSFP16

Highlights

Geekbench 6 Single

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

M4 Pro (12C16G)3,925

x1.22

M3 Ultra (28C60G)3,221

x1

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Core Config

12 Cores 8P 4E	28 Cores 20P 8E
12 Threads 8P 4E	28 Threads 20P 8E

Clocks

Base Clock 4.51GHz	Base Clock 4.05GHz
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 24MB P shared 4MB E shared	L2 64MB P shared 4MB E shared
SLC Cache 24MB	SLC Cache 96MB

Memory

Type LPDDR5X	Type LPDDR5
Max Memory 32GB	Max Memory 128GB
ECC No	ECC No
Channels 4	Channels 8
Bus Width 256-bit	Bus Width 1024-bit
Speed 8533MT/s	Speed 6400MT/s
Bandwidth 273.1GB/s	Bandwidth 819.2GB/s
Bandwidth Calculator Channels Transfer Rate8533MT/s Calculated Bandwidth 273.1GB/s	Bandwidth Calculator Channels Transfer Rate6400MT/s Calculated Bandwidth 819.2GB/s

Power & Thermals

TDP 60W	TDP 300W
Max Operating Temp 100°C Max	Max Operating Temp 100°C Max

Expansion

PCIe PCIe 4.0 x16 31.5GB/sBandwidth

PCIe PCIe 4.0 x32 63GB/sBandwidth

iGPU

iGPU 16-Core M4 Pro	iGPU 60-Core M3 Ultra
Shaders 2048	Shaders 7680
Boost Clock 1.58GHz	Boost Clock 1.38GHz
Peak·FP32·FP16 6.46 TFLOPSFP16	Peak·FP32·FP16 21.2 TFLOPSFP16

NPU

NPU Model H16 Aether	NPU Model H15 Erebus
NPU Cores 16	NPU Cores 32
NPU Clock 2.36GHz	NPU Clock 2.36GHz
Performance 38 TOPSINT8	Performance 36 TOPSFP16

Chip

Manufacturer Apple	Manufacturer Apple
ISA AArch64	ISA AArch64
Architecture Apple Silicon 14ARMv9.2-A	Architecture Apple Silicon 13ARMv8.6-A
Family M Series	Family M Series
Branding	Branding
Codename Brava-Chop M4 ProVariant AS14PP-Core AS14EE-Core	Codename Palma-D M3 UltraVariant EverestP-Core Sawtooth E-Core
Market Segment Laptop	Market Segment Workstation
Release Date Oct 29, 2024	Release Date Mar 5, 2025

Fabrication

Foundry TSMC	Foundry TSMC
Fabrication Node N3E	Fabrication Node N3B
Die Size 325mm²	Die Size 954mm²
Transistor Count 55 Billion	Transistor Count 184 Billion
Transistor Density 169 MTr/mm²	Transistor Density 193 MTr/mm²

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Used In

Laptops MacBook Pro 14(M4 Pro, Late 2024)	Laptops -
Desktops Mac mini(M4 Pro, Late 2024)	Desktops Mac Studio(M3 Ultra, Early 2025)

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