Apple M4 vs Intel Processor N97
We compared two laptop CPUs: Apple M4 with 10 cores 4.41GHz and Intel Processor N97 with 4 cores 3.6GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.
Main Differences
Apple M4 's Advantages
Released 1 years and 4 months late
Better graphics card performance
Higher specification of memory (7500 vs 4800)
Larger memory bandwidth (120GB/s vs 76.8GB/s)
Newer PCIe version (4.0 vs 3.0)
More modern manufacturing process (3nm vs 10nm)
Intel Processor N97 's Advantages
Lower TDP (12W vs 22W)
Score
Benchmark
Cinebench R23 Single Core
Apple M4
+116%
2101
Intel Processor N97
971
Cinebench R23 Multi Core
Apple M4
+306%
12133
Intel Processor N97
2986
Geekbench 6 Single Core
Apple M4
+193%
3610
Intel Processor N97
1229
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Apple M4
+438%
15091
Intel Processor N97
2802
Blender
Apple M4
+618%
237
Intel Processor N97
33
Passmark CPU Single Core
Apple M4
+109%
4471
Intel Processor N97
2139
Passmark CPU Multi Core
Apple M4
+320%
25069
Intel Processor N97
5957
General Parameters
May 2024
Release Date
Jan 2023
Apple
Manufacturer
Intel
Laptop
Type
Laptop
ARMv9
Instruction Set
x86-64
Apple M4
Core Architecture
Alder Lake
-
Processor Number
N97
Apple M-Socket
Socket
BGA-1264
Apple M4 GPU (10-core)
Integrated Graphics
UHD Graphics (24EU)
-
-
-
Package
28 billions
Transistor Count
-
3 nm
Manufacturing Process
10 nm
-
-
-
22 W
Power Consumption
12 W
-
-
-
100 °C
Peak Operating Temperature
105°C
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
CPU Performance
4
Performance Cores
-
4
Performance Core Threads
-
4.41 GHz
Performance Core Base Frequency
-
-
-
6
Efficiency Cores
4
6
Efficiency Core Threads
4
2.89 GHz
Efficiency Core Base Frequency
3.6 GHz
-
-
-
10
Total Core Count
4
10
Total Thread Count
4
-
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
44
Multiplier
36x
-
-
-
192 K per core
L1 Cache
96 K per core
16 MB shared
L2 Cache
2 MB shared
-
L3 Cache
6 MB shared
No
Unlocked Multiplier
No
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Memory Parameters
LPDDR5X-7500
Memory Types
DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200, LPDDR5-4800
32 GB
Max Memory Size
16 GB
4
Max Memory Channels
1
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
-
1800 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
1200 MHz
1280
Shader Units
256
80
Texture Units
16
40
Raster Operation Units
8
160
Execution Units
24
15
Power Consumption
10 W
-
-
-
4.6 TFLOPS
Graphics Performance
0.3 TFLOPS
AI Accelerator
-
-
-
-
-
-
