Apple 8-Core M4

8-Core M4

Apple S9

S9

Apple 8-Core M4 vs Apple S9 Full Specs

1,024 Shaders
1.58GHz
128 Shaders
440MHz
Shared Memory120GB/sLPDDR5X
Shared Memory25.6GB/sLPDDR5
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3.23 TFLOPS
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112.6 GFLOPS
Form Factor
iGPU
Form Factor
iGPU
TDP
Shared
TDP
Shared

8-Core M48-Core M43.23 TFLOPSFP16
x28.69
S9S9112.6 GFLOPSFP16
x1

Clock Speed
··
Clock Speed
··
Peak OPS
3.23 TFLOPSFP16
Peak OPS
112.6 GFLOPSFP16
FP32
3.23 TFLOPS
FP32
112.6 GFLOPS
Pixel Rate
50.5 GPixel/s
Pixel Rate
1.8 GPixel/s
Texture Rate
101 GTexel/s
Texture Rate
3.5 GTexel/s

Shaders
1,024 Shaders
Shaders
128 Shaders
TMUs
64 TMUs
TMUs
8 TMUs
ROPs
32 ROPs
ROPs
4 ROPs
RT Cores
8 RT-Cores
RT Cores
-
EUs
128 EUs
EUs
16 EUs

Boost Clock
1.58GHz
Boost Clock
440MHz

L2 Cache
2MB shared
L2 Cache
-

Shared MemoryLPDDR5X
Shared MemoryLPDDR5
Memory Bus
128-bit
Memory Bus
32-bit
Memory Speed
7.5GT/s
Memory Speed
6.4GT/s
Memory Bandwidth
120GB/s
Memory Bandwidth
25.6GB/s
ECC
No
ECC
No

Max Resolution
7680x4320
Max Resolution
502x410
Refresh Rate Calculator
7680x4320
Resolution8K UHD
Refresh Rate
60Hz
Refresh Rate Calculator
-
Multi-Monitor
2
Multi-Monitor
1
DSC
Supported
DSC
Not Supported

Encoder
Apple Media Engine 3
-
Codec
AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
ProRes
Codec
-

Decoder
Apple Media Engine 3
-
Codec
AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
AV1
ProRes
Codec
-

Form Factor
iGPU
Form Factor
iGPU
Cooling
Blower
1x Fan
Cooling
Open-Air
-

Manufacturer
Manufacturer
Chip Designer
Chip Designer
Architecture
Architecture
Family
Family
Branding
M4 branding
Branding
S9 branding
Codename
G16G
Codename
G15M
Market Segment
Laptop
Market Segment
Smartwatch
Release Date
Oct 28, 2024
Release Date
Sep 12, 2023

Foundry
TSMC
Foundry
TSMC
Fabrication Node
N3E
Fabrication Node
N4P
Die Size
169mm²
Die Size
41mm²
Transistor Count
28B
Transistor Count
5.6B
Transistor Density
165 MTr/mm²
Transistor Density
135 MTr/mm²