Apple M4 Ultra vs Intel Core i3 12100E
We compared two desktop CPUs: Apple M4 Ultra with 32 cores 4.52GHz and Intel Core i3 12100E with 4 cores 3.2GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.
Main Differences
Apple M4 Ultra 's Advantages
Released 3 years and 4 months late
Better graphics card performance
Higher specification of memory (8533 vs 4800)
Higher base frequency (4.52GHz vs 3.2GHz)
More modern manufacturing process (3nm vs 10nm)
Score
Benchmark
Geekbench 6 Single Core
Apple M4 Ultra
+84%
4061
Intel Core i3 12100E
2205
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Apple M4 Ultra
+328%
32898
Intel Core i3 12100E
7680
General Parameters
May 2025
Release Date
Jan 2022
Apple
Manufacturer
Intel
Desktop
Type
Desktop
ARMv9
Instruction Set
x86-64
Apple M4
Core Architecture
Alder Lake
-
Processor Number
i3-12100
Apple M-Socket
Socket
LGA-1700
Apple M4 Ultra GPU (80-core)
Integrated Graphics
UHD Graphics 730
Package
3 nm
Manufacturing Process
10 nm
-
Power Consumption
60 W
-
Max Turbo Power Consumption
89 W
100 °C
Peak Operating Temperature
100°C
CPU Performance
24
Performance Cores
4
24
Performance Core Threads
8
4.52 GHz
Performance Core Base Frequency
3.2 GHz
-
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4.2 GHz
8
Efficiency Cores
-
8
Efficiency Core Threads
-
2.89 GHz
Efficiency Core Base Frequency
-
32
Total Core Count
4
32
Total Thread Count
8
-
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
45
Multiplier
32x
-
L1 Cache
80 K per core
-
L2 Cache
5 MB
-
L3 Cache
12 MB
No
Unlocked Multiplier
No
Memory Parameters
LPDDR5X-8533
Memory Types
DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200
192 GB
Max Memory Size
128 GB
8
Max Memory Channels
2
-
Max Memory Bandwidth
76.8 GB/s
No
ECC Memory Support
Yes
Graphics Card Parameters
true
Integrated Graphics
true
500 MHz
GPU Base Frequency
300 MHz
1800 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
1400 MHz
10240
Shader Units
192
640
Texture Units
48
320
Raster Operation Units
24
1280
Execution Units
24
120
Power Consumption
15 W
-
Max Resolution
3840x2160 - 60 Hz
36.9 TFLOPS
Graphics Performance
0.35 TFLOPS
