Intel Core i7 6500U vs Apple M4 Ultra
CPU Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Sep 2015
May 2025
Manufacturer
Intel
Apple
Type
Laptop
Desktop
Instruction Set
x86-64
ARMv9
Core Architecture
Skylake
Apple M4
Processor Number
i7-6500U
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Integrated Graphics
HD Graphics 520
Apple M4 Ultra GPU (80-core)
Package
Transistor Count
1.7 billions
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Manufacturing Process
14 nm
3 nm
Socket
BGA-1356
Apple M-Socket
Power Consumption
15 W
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Peak Operating Temperature
100 °C
100 °C
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
2
24
Performance Core Threads
4
24
Performance Core Base Frequency
2.5 GHz
4.52 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
3.1 GHz
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Total Core Count
2
32
Total Thread Count
4
32
L1 Cache
64 K per core
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L2 Cache
256 K per core
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L3 Cache
4 MB shared
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Unlocked Multiplier
No
No
Efficiency Cores
-
8
Efficiency Core Threads
-
8
Efficiency Core Base Frequency
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2.89 GHz
Multiplier
-
45
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR4-2133, LPDDR3-1866, DDR3L-1600
LPDDR5X-8533
Max Memory Size
32 GB
192 GB
Max Memory Channels
2
8
Max Memory Bandwidth
34.1 GB/s
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ECC Memory Support
No
No
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics
true
true
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
1050 MHz
1800 MHz
GPU Base Frequency
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500 MHz
Shader Units
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10240
Texture Units
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640
Raster Operation Units
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320
Execution Units
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1280
Power Consumption
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120
Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
3.0
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PCIe Lanes
12
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Extended Instruction Set
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2
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📊 Benchmark
Cinebench R23
719
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Cinebench R23
2,072
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Geekbench 6
1,027
4,061
Geekbench 5
742
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Geekbench 6
2,074
32,898
Geekbench 5
1,655
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Blender
22
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Passmark CPU
1,695
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Passmark CPU
3,261
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