Apple M4 Ultra vs Intel Core i3 8300
We compared two desktop CPUs: Apple M4 Ultra with 32 cores 4.52GHz and Intel Core i3 8300 with 4 cores 3.7GHz . 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 7 years and 1 months late
Better graphics card performance
Higher specification of memory (8533 vs 2400)
Higher base frequency (4.52GHz vs 3.7GHz)
More modern manufacturing process (3nm vs 14nm)
Score
Benchmark
Geekbench 6 Single Core
Apple M4 Ultra
+751%
4061
Intel Core i3 8300
477
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Apple M4 Ultra
+4069%
32898
Intel Core i3 8300
789
General Parameters
May 2025
Release Date
Apr 2018
Apple
Manufacturer
Intel
Desktop
Type
Desktop
ARMv9
Instruction Set
x86-64
Apple M4
Core Architecture
Coffee Lake
-
Processor Number
i3-8300
Apple M-Socket
Socket
LGA-1151
Apple M4 Ultra GPU (80-core)
Integrated Graphics
UHD Graphics 630
Package
3 nm
Manufacturing Process
14 nm
-
Power Consumption
62 W
100 °C
Peak Operating Temperature
100 °C
CPU Performance
24
Performance Cores
4
24
Performance Core Threads
4
4.52 GHz
Performance Core Base Frequency
3.7 GHz
8
Efficiency Cores
-
8
Efficiency Core Threads
-
2.89 GHz
Efficiency Core Base Frequency
-
32
Total Core Count
4
32
Total Thread Count
4
45
Multiplier
-
-
L3 Cache
8 MB shared
No
Unlocked Multiplier
-
Memory Parameters
LPDDR5X-8533
Memory Types
DDR4-2400
192 GB
Max Memory Size
64 GB
8
Max Memory Channels
2
-
Max Memory Bandwidth
37.5 GB/s
No
ECC Memory Support
Yes
Graphics Card Parameters
true
Integrated Graphics
true
500 MHz
GPU Base Frequency
350 MHz
1800 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
1150 MHz
10240
Shader Units
192
640
Texture Units
24
320
Raster Operation Units
3
1280
Execution Units
24
120
Power Consumption
15 W
-
Max Resolution
4096x2304 - 60 Hz
36.9 TFLOPS
Graphics Performance
0.38 TFLOPS
Miscellaneous
-
PCIe Version
3.0
-
PCIe Lanes
16
-
Extended Instruction Set
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2
