Apple M4 8 Core vs Intel Core i9 12900HX
We compared two laptop CPUs: Apple M4 8 Core with 8 cores 4.41GHz and Intel Core i9 12900HX with 16 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 5 months late
Better graphics card performance
Higher specification of memory (7500 vs 4800)
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 55W)
Score
Benchmark
Cinebench R23 Single Core
Apple M4 8 Core
+9%
2091
Intel Core i9 12900HX
1904
Cinebench R23 Multi Core
Apple M4 8 Core
11229
Intel Core i9 12900HX
+86%
20977
Geekbench 6 Single Core
Apple M4 8 Core
+45%
3674
Intel Core i9 12900HX
2519
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Apple M4 8 Core
13664
Intel Core i9 12900HX
+5%
14447
General Parameters
Oct 2024
Release Date
May 2022
Apple
Manufacturer
Intel
Laptop
Type
Laptop
ARMv9
Instruction Set
x86-64
Apple M4
Core Architecture
Alder Lake
-
Processor Number
i9-12900HX
Apple M-Socket
Socket
BGA-1964
Apple M4 GPU (8-core)
Integrated Graphics
UHD Graphics (32EU)
Package
28 billions
Transistor Count
-
3 nm
Manufacturing Process
10 nm
20 W
Power Consumption
45-55 W
-
Max Turbo Power Consumption
157 W
100 °C
Peak Operating Temperature
100°C
CPU Performance
4
Performance Cores
8
4
Performance Core Threads
16
4.41 GHz
Performance Core Base Frequency
2.3 GHz
-
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
5 GHz
4
Efficiency Cores
8
4
Efficiency Core Threads
8
2.59 GHz
Efficiency Core Base Frequency
1.7 GHz
-
Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency
3.6 GHz
8
Total Core Count
16
8
Total Thread Count
24
-
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
30 MB shared
No
Unlocked Multiplier
Yes
Memory Parameters
LPDDR5X-7500
Memory Types
DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200
-
Max Memory Size
128 GB
-
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
true
500 MHz
GPU Base Frequency
300 MHz
1800 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
1550 MHz
1024
Shader Units
256
64
Texture Units
16
32
Raster Operation Units
8
128
Execution Units
32
15
Power Consumption
45 W
3.7 TFLOPS
Graphics Performance
0.74 TFLOPS
