Apple M4 vs Intel Core i7 1280P

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Apple M4 Intel Core i7 1280P

We compared two laptop CPUs: Apple M4 with 10 cores 4.05GHz and Intel Core i7 1280P with 14 cores 1.8GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Apple M4 's Advantages

Released 2 years and 3 months late

Better graphics card performance

Higher specification of memory (LPDDR5X-7500 vs LPDDR5-5200)

Larger memory bandwidth (120GB/s vs 76.8GB/s)

Higher base frequency (4.05GHz vs 1.8GHz)

Lower TDP (20W vs 20W)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Apple M4 +75%

3808

Intel Core i7 1280P

2168

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Apple M4 +37%

14538

Intel Core i7 1280P

10563

Apple M4

VS

Intel Core i7 1280P

General Parameters

May 2024

Release Date

Feb 2022

Apple

Manufacturer

Intel

Laptop

Type

Laptop

ARMv9

Instruction Set

x86-64

-

Core Architecture

Alder Lake-P

-

Processor Number

i7-1280P

Apple M-Socket

Socket

BGA-1744

Apple M4 GPU

Integrated Graphics

Iris Xe Graphics (96EU)

Package

28 billions

Transistor Count

-

3 nm

Manufacturing Process

10 nm

Apple M-Socket

Socket

BGA-1744

20 W

Power Consumption

20-28 W

100°C

Peak Operating Temperature

100 °C

CPU Performance

4

Performance Cores

6

4

Performance Core Threads

-

4.05 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

1.8 GHz

-

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.8 GHz

6

Efficiency Cores

8

6

Efficiency Core Threads

-

2.75 GHz

Efficiency Core Base Frequency

-

10

Total Core Count

14

10

Total Thread Count

20

-

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

40x

Multiplier

18x

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

24 GB

Max Memory Size

64 GB

2

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

1600 MHz

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

1450 MHz

1280

Shader Units

768

80

Texture Units

48

40

Raster Operation Units

24

160

Execution Units

96

-

Power Consumption

15 W

4.1 TFLOPS

Graphics Performance

1.69 TFLOPS

Miscellaneous

-

Official Website

Intel Core i7 1280P

4.0

PCIe Version

4.0

-

PCIe Lanes

20

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