Apple M3 vs Apple M4 Ultra
We compared the laptop Apple M3 with 8 cores 4.05GHz and the desktop 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 Advantages
Released 1 years and 7 months late
Better graphics card performance
Higher specification of memory (8533 vs 6400)
Higher base frequency (4.52GHz vs 4.05GHz)
Score
Benchmark
Cinebench R23 Single Core
Apple M3
1920
Apple M4 Ultra
+14%
2200
Cinebench R23 Multi Core
Apple M3
10448
Apple M4 Ultra
+329%
44822
Geekbench 6 Single Core
Apple M3
3009
Apple M4 Ultra
+34%
4061
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Apple M3
11805
Apple M4 Ultra
+178%
32898
General Parameters
Oct 2023
Release Date
May 2025
Apple
Manufacturer
Apple
Laptop
Type
Desktop
ARMv8
Instruction Set
ARMv9
Apple M3
Core Architecture
Apple M4
Apple M-Socket
Socket
Apple M-Socket
Apple M3 GPU
Integrated Graphics
Apple M4 Ultra GPU (80-core)
Package
25 billions
Transistor Count
-
3 nm
Manufacturing Process
3 nm
20 W
Power Consumption
-
100°C
Peak Operating Temperature
100 °C
CPU Performance
4
Performance Cores
24
4
Performance Core Threads
24
4.05 GHz
Performance Core Base Frequency
4.52 GHz
4.05 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
-
4
Efficiency Cores
8
4
Efficiency Core Threads
8
2.75 GHz
Efficiency Core Base Frequency
2.89 GHz
2.57 GHz
Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency
-
8
Total Core Count
32
8
Total Thread Count
32
40x
Multiplier
45
192 K per core
L1 Cache
-
16 MB shared
L2 Cache
-
64 MB shared
L3 Cache
-
No
Unlocked Multiplier
No
Memory Parameters
LPDDR5-6400
Memory Types
LPDDR5X-8533
24 GB
Max Memory Size
192 GB
2
Max Memory Channels
8
102.4 GB/s
Max Memory Bandwidth
-
No
ECC Memory Support
No
Graphics Card Parameters
true
Integrated Graphics
true
500 MHz
GPU Base Frequency
500 MHz
1600 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
1800 MHz
1280
Shader Units
10240
80
Texture Units
640
40
Raster Operation Units
320
160
Execution Units
1280
-
Power Consumption
120
4.1 TFLOPS
Graphics Performance
36.9 TFLOPS
Miscellaneous
4.0
PCIe Version
-
