Apple M4 8 Core vs Intel Core i7 12650H
We compared two laptop CPUs: Apple M4 8 Core with 8 cores 4.41GHz and Intel Core i7 12650H with 10 cores 2.3GHz . 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 2 years and 9 months late
Better graphics card performance
Higher specification of memory (7500 vs 5200)
Larger memory bandwidth (120GB/s vs 76.8GB/s)
Higher base frequency (4.41GHz vs 2.3GHz)
More modern manufacturing process (3nm vs 10nm)
Lower TDP (20W vs 45W)
Score
Benchmark
Cinebench R23 Single Core
Apple M4 8 Core
+18%
2091
Intel Core i7 12650H
1766
Cinebench R23 Multi Core
Apple M4 8 Core
11229
Intel Core i7 12650H
+25%
14100
Geekbench 6 Single Core
Apple M4 8 Core
+65%
3674
Intel Core i7 12650H
2226
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Apple M4 8 Core
+78%
13664
Intel Core i7 12650H
7645
Cinebench 2024 Single Core
Apple M4 8 Core
+66%
173
Intel Core i7 12650H
104
Cinebench 2024 Multi Core
Apple M4 8 Core
+26%
911
Intel Core i7 12650H
722
General Parameters
Oct 2024
Release Date
Jan 2022
Apple
Manufacturer
Intel
Laptop
Type
Laptop
ARMv9
Instruction Set
x86-64
Apple M4
Core Architecture
Alder Lake-H
-
Processor Number
i7-12650H
Apple M-Socket
Socket
BGA-1744
Apple M4 GPU (8-core)
Integrated Graphics
Iris Xe Graphics (64EU)
Package
28 billions
Transistor Count
-
3 nm
Manufacturing Process
10 nm
20 W
Power Consumption
35-45 W
100 °C
Peak Operating Temperature
100 °C
CPU Performance
4
Performance Cores
6
4
Performance Core Threads
-
4.41 GHz
Performance Core Base Frequency
2.3 GHz
-
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4.7 GHz
4
Efficiency Cores
4
4
Efficiency Core Threads
-
2.59 GHz
Efficiency Core Base Frequency
-
8
Total Core Count
10
8
Total Thread Count
16
-
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
44
Multiplier
23x
192 K per core
L1 Cache
80 K per core
16 MB shared
L2 Cache
1280 K per core
-
L3 Cache
24 MB shared
No
Unlocked Multiplier
No
Memory Parameters
LPDDR5X-7500
Memory Types
DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200, LPDDR5-5200, LPDDR4x-4267
-
Max Memory Size
64 GB
-
Max Memory Channels
2
120 GB/s
Max Memory Bandwidth
76.8 GB/s
No
ECC Memory Support
-
Graphics Card Parameters
true
Integrated Graphics
true
500 MHz
GPU Base Frequency
300 MHz
1800 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
1400 MHz
1024
Shader Units
512
64
Texture Units
32
32
Raster Operation Units
16
128
Execution Units
64
15
Power Consumption
15 W
3.7 TFLOPS
Graphics Performance
1.21 TFLOPS
