Intel Core i5 9500F vs Apple M4 Ultra
We compared two desktop CPUs: Intel Core i5 9500F with 6 cores 3.0GHz and Apple M4 Ultra with 32 cores 4.52GHz . 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
Integrated graphics card
Higher specification of memory (8533 vs 2666)
Higher base frequency (4.52GHz vs 3.0GHz)
More modern manufacturing process (3nm vs 14nm)
Score
Benchmark
Geekbench 6 Single Core
Intel Core i5 9500F
1481
Apple M4 Ultra
+174%
4061
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Intel Core i5 9500F
5695
Apple M4 Ultra
+477%
32898
General Parameters
Apr 2019
Release Date
May 2025
Intel
Manufacturer
Apple
Desktop
Type
Desktop
x86-64
Instruction Set
ARMv9
Coffee Lake
Core Architecture
Apple M4
i5-9500F
Processor Number
-
LGA-1151
Socket
Apple M-Socket
N/A
Integrated Graphics
Apple M4 Ultra GPU (80-core)
Package
14 nm
Manufacturing Process
3 nm
65 W
Power Consumption
-
100 °C
Peak Operating Temperature
100 °C
CPU Performance
6
Performance Cores
24
6
Performance Core Threads
24
3.0 GHz
Performance Core Base Frequency
4.52 GHz
4.4 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
-
-
Efficiency Cores
8
-
Efficiency Core Threads
8
-
Efficiency Core Base Frequency
2.89 GHz
6
Total Core Count
32
6
Total Thread Count
32
100 MHz
Bus Frequency
-
30x
Multiplier
45
64 K per core
L1 Cache
-
256 K per core
L2 Cache
-
9 MB shared
L3 Cache
-
No
Unlocked Multiplier
No
Memory Parameters
DDR4-2666
Memory Types
LPDDR5X-8533
128 GB
Max Memory Size
192 GB
2
Max Memory Channels
8
41.6 GB/s
Max Memory Bandwidth
-
No
ECC Memory Support
No
Graphics Card Parameters
-
Integrated Graphics
true
-
GPU Base Frequency
500 MHz
-
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
1800 MHz
-
Shader Units
10240
-
Texture Units
640
-
Raster Operation Units
320
-
Execution Units
1280
-
Power Consumption
120
-
Graphics Performance
36.9 TFLOPS
Miscellaneous
3.0
PCIe Version
-
16
PCIe Lanes
-
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2
Extended Instruction Set
-
