Apple M4 8 Core vs Apple M2 Ultra
We compared two laptop CPUs: Apple M4 8 Core with 8 cores 4.41GHz and Apple M2 Ultra with 24 cores 3.5GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.
Main Differences
Apple M4 8 Core 's Advantages
Released 1 years and 5 months late
Higher specification of memory (7500 vs 6400)
Higher base frequency (4.41GHz vs 3.5GHz)
More modern manufacturing process (3nm vs 5nm)
Lower TDP (20W vs 60W)
Apple M2 Ultra 's Advantages
Larger memory bandwidth (800GB/s vs 120GB/s)
Score
Benchmark
Cinebench R23 Single Core
Apple M4 8 Core
+20%
2091
Apple M2 Ultra
1729
Cinebench R23 Multi Core
Apple M4 8 Core
11229
Apple M2 Ultra
+157%
28910
Geekbench 6 Single Core
Apple M4 8 Core
+31%
3674
Apple M2 Ultra
2790
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Apple M4 8 Core
13664
Apple M2 Ultra
+55%
21217
Cinebench 2024 Single Core
Apple M4 8 Core
+37%
173
Apple M2 Ultra
126
Cinebench 2024 Multi Core
Apple M4 8 Core
911
Apple M2 Ultra
+110%
1918
General Parameters
Oct 2024
Release Date
May 2023
Apple
Manufacturer
Apple
Laptop
Type
Laptop
ARMv9
Instruction Set
ARMv8
Apple M4
Core Architecture
Apple M2
Apple M-Socket
Socket
Apple M-Socket
Apple M4 GPU (8-core)
Integrated Graphics
Apple M2 Max GPU (76-core)
Package
28 billions
Transistor Count
134 billions
3 nm
Manufacturing Process
5 nm
20 W
Power Consumption
60 W
100 °C
Peak Operating Temperature
100°C
CPU Performance
4
Performance Cores
16
4
Performance Core Threads
16
4.41 GHz
Performance Core Base Frequency
3.5 GHz
4
Efficiency Cores
8
4
Efficiency Core Threads
8
2.59 GHz
Efficiency Core Base Frequency
2.4 GHz
8
Total Core Count
24
8
Total Thread Count
24
44
Multiplier
35x
192 K per core
L1 Cache
192 K per core
16 MB shared
L2 Cache
64 MB shared
No
Unlocked Multiplier
No
Memory Parameters
LPDDR5X-7500
Memory Types
LPDDR5-6400
-
Max Memory Size
192 GB
-
Max Memory Channels
16
120 GB/s
Max Memory Bandwidth
800 GB/s
No
ECC Memory Support
No
Graphics Card Parameters
true
Integrated Graphics
true
500 MHz
GPU Base Frequency
-
1800 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
-
1024
Shader Units
-
64
Texture Units
-
32
Raster Operation Units
-
128
Execution Units
-
15
Power Consumption
-
3.7 TFLOPS
Graphics Performance
-
Miscellaneous
-
PCIe Version
4.0
