Apple M4 Ultra vs Pro (14-Core)

100 out of 100
Apple M4 Ultra
VS
88 out of 100
Apple M4 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

What are the key differences between (14-Core) and Ultra
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 tasks

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
M4 Ultra +87%
3139
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) - 6050
Cinebench Scores (#53rd place)

GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
M4 Ultra +4%
4062
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
M4 Ultra +45%
32871
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
Sources: GeekBench [1]

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
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
Sources: PassMark [3] – 805 samples

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
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

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Apple M4 Ultra
No benchmark results yet
Apple M4 Pro (14-Core)
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2025-10-24 (TechWolf)Cinebench 2024171 / 1698
📘 2025-04-26 (cyw)Cinebench 2024172 / 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

Performance Cores
P-Cores 24 10
P-Threads 24 10
Base Frequency (P) 4.52 GHz 4.51 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 8 4
E-Threads 8 4
Base Frequency (E) 2.89 GHz 2.59 GHz
Total
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

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
M4 Ultra +299%
32.3 TFLOPS
8.1 TFLOPS

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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