Apple M4 8 Core vs Intel Core Ultra 7 270HX Plus
CPU Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Oct 2024
Jan 2026
Manufacturer
Apple
Intel
Type
Laptop
Laptop
Instruction Set
ARMv9
x86-64
Core Architecture
Apple M4
Arrow Lake
Integrated Graphics
Apple M4 GPU (8-core)
Arc Graphics (4-Cores)
Processor Number
-
270HX
Generation
-
Ultra 7 (Arrow Lake-HX)
Package
Transistor Count
28 billions
17.8 billions
Manufacturing Process
3 nm
3 nm
Socket
Apple M-Socket
FCBGA-2114
Power Consumption
20 W
45-55 W
Peak Operating Temperature
100 °C
105 °C
Max Turbo Power Consumption
-
160 W
Foundry
-
TSMC
Die Size
-
243 mm²
Package
-
FC-BGA
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
4
8
Performance Core Threads
4
8
Performance Core Base Frequency
4.41 GHz
2.4 GHz
Efficiency Cores
4
12
Efficiency Core Threads
4
12
Efficiency Core Base Frequency
2.59 GHz
1.8 GHz
Total Core Count
8
20
Total Thread Count
8
20
Multiplier
44
24
L1 Cache
192 K per core
192 K per core
L2 Cache
16 MB shared
3 MB per core
Unlocked Multiplier
No
Yes
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
-
5.3 GHz
Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency
-
4.7 GHz
Bus Frequency
-
100 MHz
L3 Cache
-
30 MB shared
SMP
-
1
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
LPDDR5X-7500
DDR5-6400
Max Memory Bandwidth
120 GB/s
-
ECC Memory Support
No
No
Max Memory Channels
-
2
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics
true
true
GPU Base Frequency
500 MHz
300 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
1800 MHz
1900 MHz
Shader Units
1024
512
Texture Units
64
32
Raster Operation Units
32
16
Execution Units
128
64
Power Consumption
15
14
AI Accelerator
NPU
-
Yes
Theoretical performance
-
13 TOPS
Miscellaneous
📊 Benchmark
Cinebench R23
2,091
2,022
Cinebench R23
11,229
28,042
Geekbench 6
3,674
2,995
Geekbench 6
13,664
16,892
Cinebench 2024
173
131
Cinebench 2024
911
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