Apple M4 Ultra vs Max (16-Core)
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We compared two CPUs: the 4.52 GHz Apple M4 Ultra (desktop) with 32-cores against the 4.51 GHz Max (16-Core) (laptop) with 16-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.
Please note that the tests on the Apple M4 Ultra are done on an engineering sample provided by our insiders. The data will be more accurate after the final version of this CPU is available.
Key Differences
Advantages of Apple M4 Ultra
- Has 16 more physical cores
- More powerful Apple M4 Ultra GPU (80-core) integrated graphics: 32.3 vs 16.2 TFLOPS
- Around 506 GB/s (93%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
- Supports up to 192 GB LPDDR5X-8533 RAM
- Newer - released 6 months later
Test in Benchmarks
Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasksCinebench
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
| Cinebench 2026 (Multi) | - | 6324 |
Cinebench Scores (#23rd place)
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
| File compression | - | 2680 MB/sec |
| Clang compilation | - | 219.7 Klines/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | - | 699.3 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | - | 771.1 Mpixels/sec |
| Text processing | - | 381.1 pages/sec |
| Background blur | - | 92.2 images/sec |
| Photo processing | - | 236.2 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | - | 36.1 Mpixels/sec |
PassMark
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
| Integer math | - | 98.9 GOps/sec |
| Floating point math | - | 101.4 GOps/sec |
| Find prime numbers | - | 627M Primes/sec |
| Random string sorting | - | 64.5M Strings/sec |
| Data encryption | - | 27 GBytes/sec |
| Data compression | - | 572.9 MBytes/sec |
| Physics | - | 6614 Frames/sec |
| Extended instructions | - | 30.3B Matrices/sec |
Blender
Blender CPU
Performance Per Watt
| Cinebench 2024 / Watt | - | 29.2 PPW |
| Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt | - | 374.1 PPW |
| Passmark CPU Mark / Watt | - | 627.2 PPW |
| Blender / Watt | - | 6.79 PPW |
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.
Recent User Tests
Apple M4 Ultra
No benchmark results yet
Apple M4 Max (16-Core)
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| ๐ 2025-07-20 (Rahul) | Cinebench 2024 | 177 / 1954 |
| ๐ 2025-07-10 (thomas) | GeekBench | 4094 / 26275 |
| ๐ 2025-04-02 (BigJake) | Cinebench 2024 | 178 / 2001 |
| ๐ 2025-02-17 (MM) | Cinebench 2024 | 173 / 1928 |
| ๐ 2024-11-12 (Jason C) | Cinebench 2024 | 177 / 2004 |
Specifications
Full technical specification of Apple M4 Ultra and Max (16-Core)General
| Vendor | Apple | Apple |
| Released | May 1, 2025 | October 30, 2024 |
| Type | Desktop | Laptop |
| Instruction Set | ARMv9 | ARMv9 |
| Codename | Apple M4 | Apple M4 |
| Integrated GPU | Apple M4 Ultra GPU (80-core) | Apple M4 Max GPU (40-core) |
| Successor | - | - Apple M5 Max (40-ัore GPU) |
CPU
| P-Cores | 24 | 12 |
| P-Threads | 24 | 12 |
| Base Frequency (P) | 4.52 GHz | 4.51 GHz |
| E-Cores | 8 | 4 |
| E-Threads | 8 | 4 |
| Base Frequency (E) | 2.89 GHz | 2.59 GHz |
| Total Cores | 32 | 16 |
| Total Threads | 32 | 16 |
| Multiplier | 45x | 45x |
| L1 Cache | - | 192K (per core) |
| L2 Cache | - | 32MB (shared) |
| Unlocked Multiplier | No | No |
Package
| Fabrication Process | 3 nm | 3 nm |
| TDP (PL1) | - | 70 W |
| Socket | Apple M-Socket | Apple M-Socket |
| Peak Temperature | 100ยฐC | 100ยฐC |
Laptop processors ranking (#5th place)
iGPU
| Integrated Graphics | Apple M4 Ultra GPU (80-core) | Apple M4 Max GPU (40-core) |
| GPU Base Clock | 500 MHz | 500 MHz |
| GPU Boost Clock | 1578 MHz | 1578 MHz |
| Shading Units | 10240 | 5120 |
| TMUs | 640 | 320 |
| ROPs | 320 | 160 |
| Execution Units | 1280 | 640 |
| TGP | 120 W | 50 W |
iGPU FLOPS
Memory Support
| Memory Types | - LPDDR5X-8533 | - LPDDR5X-8533 |
| Max. Memory Size | 192 GB | 128 GB |
| Memory Channels | 64 | 32 |
| Max. Memory Bandwidth | 1052 GB/s | 546 GB/s |
| ECC Support | No | No |
Misc
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