Apple M4 (10-Core) vs AMD Ryzen 7 260
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We compared two laptop CPUs: the 4.46 GHz Apple M4 (10-Core) with 10-cores against the 3.8 GHz AMD Ryzen 7 260 with 8-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.
Review
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
Choose your main usage scenario to recalculate the Final Score and see which CPU suits your needs.
Key Differences
Advantages of Apple M4 (10-Core)
- 52% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 3777 vs 2488 points
- More modern manufacturing process β 3 versus 4 nanometers
- Has 2 more physical cores
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 7 260
- Supports up to 256 GB LPDDR5X-7500 RAM
- Newer - released 8 months later
Test in Benchmarks
Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasksCinebench
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
| Cinebench 2026 (Multi) | 3211 | - |
Cinebench Scores (156th and 182nd place)
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
| File compression | 1500 MB/sec | 1040 MB/sec |
| Clang compilation | 120.2 Klines/sec | 104 Klines/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | 329.3 pages/sec | 248.3 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | 362.1 Mpixels/sec | 368.5 Mpixels/sec |
| Text processing | 352.1 pages/sec | 263.9 pages/sec |
| Background blur | 69.8 images/sec | 61.8 images/sec |
| Photo processing | 114.4 images/sec | 105.2 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | 18.1 Mpixels/sec | 23.2 Mpixels/sec |
PassMark
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
| Integer math | 54.2 GOps/sec | 96.7 GOps/sec |
| Floating point math | 49.6 GOps/sec | 59.4 GOps/sec |
| Find prime numbers | 263M Primes/sec | 76M Primes/sec |
| Random string sorting | 34.3M Strings/sec | 42.3M Strings/sec |
| Data encryption | 15.1 GBytes/sec | 20.2 GBytes/sec |
| Data compression | 280.5 MBytes/sec | 351 MBytes/sec |
| Physics | 2527 Frames/sec | 1213 Frames/sec |
| Extended instructions | 13.6B Matrices/sec | 26.5B Matrices/sec |
Blender
Blender CPU
Performance Per Watt
| Cinebench 2024 / Watt | 40.9 PPW | 16.5 PPW |
| Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt | 617.4 PPW | 236.4 PPW |
| Passmark CPU Mark / Watt | 983.5 PPW | 519.1 PPW |
| Blender / Watt | 9.58 PPW | 3.82 PPW |
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.
Recent User Tests
Apple M4 (10-Core)
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-06-13 (doannguuyenmfs) | GeekBench | 3703 / 15450 |
| π 2026-04-18 (Avacada) | GeekBench | 3906 / 15577 |
| π 2026-03-05 (Dovlet) | GeekBench | 3916 / 15202 |
| π 2025-12-31 (gmamorim) | GeekBench | 3730 / 15258 |
| π 2025-12-28 (LC) | Cinebench 2024 | 174 / 993 |
AMD Ryzen 7 260
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-09-06 -> Ard57 | Cinebench 2026 | 510 / 3450 |
| π 2026-06-08 (johndoe) | GeekBench | 2649 / 12830 |
Specifications
Full technical specification of Apple M4 (10-Core) and AMD Ryzen 7 260General
| Vendor | Apple | Amd |
| Released | May 7, 2024 | January 7, 2025 |
| Type | Laptop | Laptop |
| Instruction Set | ARMv9 | x86-64 |
| Codename | Apple M4 | Zen 4 (Hawk Point) |
| Model number | APL1206 | - |
| Integrated GPU | Apple M4 GPU (10-core) | Radeon 780M |
| Rival Equivalent | - Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100) | - |
| Successor | - Apple M5 (10-Core) | - |
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#58th place)
CPU
| P-Cores | 4 | 8 |
| P-Threads | 4 | 16 |
| Base Frequency (P) | 4.46 GHz | 3.8 GHz |
| Turbo Boost Frequency (P) | - | 5.1 GHz |
| E-Cores | 6 | - |
| E-Threads | 6 | - |
| Base Frequency (E) | 2.89 GHz | - |
| Total Cores | 10 | 8 |
| Total Threads | 10 | 16 |
| Bus Frequency | - | 100 MHz |
| Multiplier | 44x | 38x |
| L1 Cache | 192K (per core) | 64K (per core) |
| L2 Cache | 16MB (shared) | 1MB (per core) |
| L3 Cache | - | 16MB (shared) |
| Unlocked Multiplier | No | No |
Package
| Transistors | 28 billions | - |
| Fabrication Process | 3 nm | 4 nm |
| TDP (PL1) | 24 W | 35-54 W (configurable) |
| Max. Boost TDP (PL2) | 40 W | - |
| Socket | Apple M-Socket | FP8 |
| Peak Temperature | 100Β°C | 100Β°C |
Laptop processors ranking (28th and 89th place)
iGPU
| Integrated Graphics | Apple M4 GPU (10-core) | Radeon 780M |
| GPU Base Clock | 500 MHz | 800 MHz |
| GPU Boost Clock | 1470 MHz | 2700 MHz |
| Shading Units | 1280 | 768 |
| TMUs | 80 | 48 |
| ROPs | 40 | 32 |
| Execution Units | 160 | 12 |
| TGP | 18 W | 15 W |
iGPU FLOPS
Memory Support
| Memory Types | - LPDDR5X-7500 | - LPDDR5X-7500 - DDR5-5600 |
| Max. Memory Size | 32 GB | 256 GB |
| Memory Channels | 8 | 2 |
| Max. Memory Bandwidth | 120 GB/s | - |
| ECC Support | No | No |
Misc
| Official Site | - | AMD Ryzen 7 260 official page |
| PCI Express Version | - | 4.0 |
| PCI Express Lanes | - | 20 |
Further details
Notes on M4 (10-Core):
- SoC is designed using ARMv9.4-A architecture.
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