Apple M4 Ultra vs Pro (14-Core)
We compared two CPUs: the 4.52 GHz Apple M4 Ultra (desktop) with 32-cores against the 4.51 GHz Pro (14-Core) (laptop) with 14-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
- More powerful Apple M4 Ultra GPU (80-core) integrated graphics: 32.3 vs 8.1 TFLOPS
- Around 779 GB/s (285%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
- Supports up to 192 GB LPDDR5X-8533 RAM
- Has 18 more physical cores
- 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) | - | 6050 |
Cinebench Scores (#53rd place)
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
| File compression | - | 2250 MB/sec |
| Clang compilation | - | 187.5 Klines/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | - | 586.6 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | - | 624.4 Mpixels/sec |
| Text processing | - | 367.3 pages/sec |
| Background blur | - | 86.9 images/sec |
| Photo processing | - | 200.3 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | - | 30.5 Mpixels/sec |
PassMark
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
| Integer math | - | 84 GOps/sec |
| Floating point math | - | 85.5 GOps/sec |
| Find prime numbers | - | 530M Primes/sec |
| Random string sorting | - | 54.9M Strings/sec |
| Data encryption | - | 23 GBytes/sec |
| Data compression | - | 487.6 MBytes/sec |
| Physics | - | 5313 Frames/sec |
| Extended instructions | - | 25.7B Matrices/sec |
Performance Per Watt
| Cinebench 2024 / Watt | - | 36.5 PPW |
| Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt | - | 492.2 PPW |
| Passmark CPU Mark / Watt | - | 825.7 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 Pro (14-Core)
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2025-10-24 (TechWolf) | Cinebench 2024 | 171 / 1698 |
| 📘 2025-04-26 (cyw) | Cinebench 2024 | 172 / 1678 |
Specifications
Full technical specification of Apple M4 Ultra and Pro (14-Core)General
| Vendor | Apple | Apple |
| Released | May 1, 2025 | October 29, 2024 |
| Type | Desktop | Laptop |
| Instruction Set | ARMv9 | ARMv9 |
| Codename | Apple M4 | Apple M4 |
| Model number | - | T6040 |
| Integrated GPU | Apple M4 Ultra GPU (80-core) | Apple M4 GPU (20-core) |
| Successor | - | - Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) |
CPU
| P-Cores | 24 | 10 |
| P-Threads | 24 | 10 |
| 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 | 14 |
| Total Threads | 32 | 14 |
| Bus Frequency | - | 100 MHz |
| 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) | - | 46 W |
| Socket | Apple M-Socket | Apple M-Socket |
| Peak Temperature | 100°C | 100°C |
Laptop processors ranking (#8th place)
iGPU
| Integrated Graphics | Apple M4 Ultra GPU (80-core) | Apple M4 GPU (20-core) |
| GPU Base Clock | 500 MHz | 500 MHz |
| GPU Boost Clock | 1578 MHz | 1578 MHz |
| Shading Units | 10240 | 2560 |
| TMUs | 640 | 160 |
| ROPs | 320 | 80 |
| Execution Units | 1280 | 320 |
| TGP | 120 W | 26 W |
iGPU FLOPS
Memory Support
| Memory Types | - LPDDR5X-8533 | - LPDDR5X-8533 |
| Max. Memory Size | 192 GB | 64 GB |
| Memory Channels | 64 | 16 |
| Max. Memory Bandwidth | 1052 GB/s | 273 GB/s |
| ECC Support | No | No |
Misc
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