Apple M4 vs Intel Core i9 12900F

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Apple M4 Intel Core i9 12900F

We compared the desktop Apple M4 with 10 cores 4.05GHz and the Intel Core i9 12900F with 16 cores 2.4GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Apple M4 's Advantages

Released 2 years and 4 months late

Integrated graphics card

Higher specification of memory (LPDDR5X-7500 vs DDR5-4800)

Larger memory bandwidth (120GB/s vs 76.8GB/s)

Higher base frequency (4.05GHz vs 2.4GHz)

Lower TDP (20W vs 65W)

Intel Core i9 12900F 's Advantages

Newer PCIe version (5 vs 4.0)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Apple M4 +48%

3808

Intel Core i9 12900F

2572

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Apple M4 +6%

14538

Intel Core i9 12900F

13687

Apple M4

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Intel Core i9 12900F

General Parameters

May 2024

Release Date

Jan 2022

Apple

Manufacturer

Intel

Laptop

Type

Desktop

ARMv9

Instruction Set

-

Core Architecture

Alder Lake-S

Apple M-Socket

Socket

Intel Socket 1700

Apple M4 GPU

Integrated Graphics

N/A

-

Generation

Core i9 (Alder Lake-S)

Package

28 billions

Transistor Count

-

3 nm

Manufacturing Process

10 nm

Apple M-Socket

Socket

Intel Socket 1700

20 W

Power Consumption

65 W

100°C

Peak Operating Temperature

72 °C

-

Foundry

Intel

-

Die Size

215 mm²

-

Package

FC-LGA16A

CPU Performance

4

Performance Cores

8

4

Performance Core Threads

16

4.05 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.4 GHz

-

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

5.1 GHz

6

Efficiency Cores

8

6

Efficiency Core Threads

8

2.75 GHz

Efficiency Core Base Frequency

1800 MHz

-

Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency

3.8 GHz

10

Total Core Count

16

10

Total Thread Count

24

-

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

40x

Multiplier

24.0

192 K per core

L1 Cache

80 KB per core

16 MB shared

L2 Cache

1.25 MB per core

-

L3 Cache

30 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

-

SMP

1

Memory Parameters

LPDDR5X-7500

Memory Types

DDR4-3200, DDR5-4800

24 GB

Max Memory Size

-

2

Max Memory Channels

2

120 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

76.8 GB/s

No

ECC Memory Support

No

Graphics Card Parameters

true

Integrated Graphics

-

500 MHz

GPU Base Frequency

-

1600 MHz

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

-

1280

Shader Units

-

80

Texture Units

-

40

Raster Operation Units

-

160

Execution Units

-

4.1 TFLOPS

Graphics Performance

-

Miscellaneous

4.0

PCIe Version

5

-

PCIe Lanes

20

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