Apple M4 Ultra vs Intel Core i5 9600T
We compared two desktop CPUs: Apple M4 Ultra with 32 cores 4.52GHz and Intel Core i5 9600T with 6 cores 2.3GHz . 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 6 years and 1 months late
Better graphics card performance
Higher specification of memory (8533 vs 2666)
Higher base frequency (4.52GHz vs 2.3GHz)
More modern manufacturing process (3nm vs 14nm)
Score
Benchmark
Geekbench 6 Single Core
Apple M4 Ultra
+206%
4061
Intel Core i5 9600T
1324
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Apple M4 Ultra
+654%
32898
Intel Core i5 9600T
4362
General Parameters
May 2025
Release Date
Apr 2019
Apple
Manufacturer
Intel
Desktop
Type
Desktop
ARMv9
Instruction Set
x86-64
Apple M4
Core Architecture
Coffee Lake
-
Processor Number
i5-9600T
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
35 W
100 °C
Peak Operating Temperature
100 °C
CPU Performance
24
Performance Cores
6
24
Performance Core Threads
6
4.52 GHz
Performance Core Base Frequency
2.3 GHz
-
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
3.9 GHz
8
Efficiency Cores
-
8
Efficiency Core Threads
-
2.89 GHz
Efficiency Core Base Frequency
-
32
Total Core Count
6
32
Total Thread Count
6
45
Multiplier
23x
-
L1 Cache
32 K per core
-
L2 Cache
256 K per core
-
L3 Cache
9 MB shared
No
Unlocked Multiplier
No
Memory Parameters
LPDDR5X-8533
Memory Types
DDR4-2666
192 GB
Max Memory Size
128 GB
8
Max Memory Channels
2
-
Max Memory Bandwidth
41.6 GB/s
No
ECC Memory Support
No
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
