Apple M4 Pro (14-Core) vs M2 Pro

89 out of 100
Apple M4 Pro (14-Core)
VS
65 out of 100
Apple M2 Pro

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 4.51 GHz Apple M4 Pro (14-Core) with 14-cores against the 3.5 GHz M2 Pro with 12-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

Review

General overview and comparison of the processors
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Multi-Core Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Power Efficiency
The efficiency score of power consumption
Integrated Graphics
iGPU capabilities for gaming and 3D-intensive tasks
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Key Differences

What are the key differences between Pro and (14-Core)
Advantages of Apple M4 Pro (14-Core)
  • Newer - released 1 year and 10 months later
  • Supports up to 64 GB LPDDR5X-8533 RAM
  • More modern manufacturing process – 3 versus 5 nanometers
  • 46% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 3899 vs 2666 points
  • Around 68.2 GB/s (33%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
  • Has 2 more physical cores
  • More powerful Apple M4 GPU (20-core) integrated graphics: 8.1 vs 6.8 TFLOPS

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
172
125
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
1678
795
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 6050 -
Cinebench Scores (#52nd place)

GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
3899
2666
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
22639
14489
File compression 2250 MB/sec 1630 MB/sec
Clang compilation 187.5 Klines/sec 125.3 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 586.6 pages/sec 356.9 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 624.4 Mpixels/sec 352.9 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 367.3 pages/sec 266.9 pages/sec
Background blur 86.9 images/sec 53.8 images/sec
Photo processing 200.3 images/sec 126.3 images/sec
Ray tracing 30.5 Mpixels/sec 17 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 917 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
4548
4089
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
37980
26724
Integer math 84 GOps/sec 57.6 GOps/sec
Floating point math 85.5 GOps/sec 73.2 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 530M Primes/sec 354M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 54.9M Strings/sec 40.9M Strings/sec
Data encryption 23 GBytes/sec 15.6 GBytes/sec
Data compression 487.6 MBytes/sec 334.8 MBytes/sec
Physics 5313 Frames/sec 3611 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 25.7B Matrices/sec 14.7B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 805 & 584 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 36.5 PPW 26.5 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 492.2 PPW 483 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 825.7 PPW 890.8 PPW
Blender / Watt - 6.61 PPW
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Apple M4 Pro (14-Core)
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2025-10-24 (TechWolf)Cinebench 2024171 / 1698
πŸ“˜ 2025-04-26 (cyw)Cinebench 2024172 / 1678
Apple M2 Pro
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2025-04-23 (Roman)Cinebench 2024125 / 795

Specifications

Full technical specification of Apple M4 Pro (14-Core) and M2 Pro

General

Vendor Apple Apple
Released October 29, 2024 January 17, 2023
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set ARMv9 ARMv8
Codename Apple M4 Apple M2
Integrated GPU Apple M4 GPU (20-core) Apple M2 Pro GPU (19-core)
Successor - Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) - Apple M5 Pro (18-Core)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 10 8
P-Threads 10 8
Base Frequency (P) 4.51 GHz 3.5 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 4 4
E-Threads 4 4
Base Frequency (E) 2.59 GHz 2.4 GHz
Total
Total Cores 14 12
Total Threads 14 12
Multiplier 45x -
L1 Cache 192K (per core) 192K (per core)
L2 Cache 16MB (shared) 32MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Transistors - 40 billions
Fabrication Process 3 nm 5 nm
TDP (PL1) 46 W 30 W
Socket Apple M-Socket Apple M-Socket
Peak Temperature 100Β°C 100Β°C
Laptop processors ranking (8th and 73rd place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Apple M4 GPU (20-core) Apple M2 Pro GPU (19-core)
GPU Base Clock 500 MHz 450 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1578 MHz 1398 MHz
Shading Units 2560 2432
TMUs 160 152
ROPs 80 76
Execution Units 320 304
TGP 26 W 35 W
iGPU FLOPS
8.1 TFLOPS
6.8 TFLOPS

Memory Support

Memory Types - LPDDR5X-8533 - LPDDR5-6400
Max. Memory Size 64 GB 32 GB
Memory Channels 16 4
Max. Memory Bandwidth 273 GB/s 204.8 GB/s
ECC Support No No

Misc

PCI Express Version - 4.0

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Comments

So which CPU will you choose: Apple M2 Pro or M4 Pro (14-Core)?
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Carlos October 31, 2024 at 04:37 PM
This, as of Oct 31 2024, is wrong. Apple M4 Pro core distribution is 10 performance cores + 4 efficiency cores (or 8+4 in the M4 Pro base version), not 6 and 8 as stated.
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Serhii November 1, 2024 at 07:47 AM
Thank you for a useful comment.
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