Apple M4 (10-Core) vs Apple M3
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We compared two laptop CPUs: the 4.46 GHz Apple M4 (10-Core) with 10-cores against the 4.05 GHz Apple M3 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)
- Has 2 more physical cores
- Supports up to 32 GB LPDDR5X-7500 RAM
- 26% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 3777 vs 3009 points
- Newer - released 6 months later
- Around 17.6 GB/s (17%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
Test in Benchmarks
Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasksCinebench
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
| Cinebench 2026 (Multi) | 3211 | 2341 |
Cinebench Scores (#157th place)
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
| File compression | 1500 MB/sec | 1260 MB/sec |
| Clang compilation | 120.2 Klines/sec | 94.7 Klines/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | 329.3 pages/sec | 264.5 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | 362.1 Mpixels/sec | 313.9 Mpixels/sec |
| Text processing | 352.1 pages/sec | 297 pages/sec |
| Background blur | 69.8 images/sec | 50.2 images/sec |
| Photo processing | 114.4 images/sec | 114.8 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | 18.1 Mpixels/sec | 12.9 Mpixels/sec |
PassMark
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
| Integer math | 54.2 GOps/sec | 42.6 GOps/sec |
| Floating point math | 49.6 GOps/sec | 48.3 GOps/sec |
| Find prime numbers | 263M Primes/sec | 231M Primes/sec |
| Random string sorting | 34.3M Strings/sec | 27.3M Strings/sec |
| Data encryption | 15.1 GBytes/sec | 11.5 GBytes/sec |
| Data compression | 280.5 MBytes/sec | 225 MBytes/sec |
| Physics | 2527 Frames/sec | 1867 Frames/sec |
| Extended instructions | 13.6B Matrices/sec | 10B Matrices/sec |
Blender
Blender CPU
Performance Per Watt
| Cinebench 2024 / Watt | 40.9 PPW | 35.6 PPW |
| Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt | 617.4 PPW | 590.8 PPW |
| Passmark CPU Mark / Watt | 983.5 PPW | 953.3 PPW |
| Blender / Watt | 9.58 PPW | 8.02 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 |
Apple M3
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-08-22 (doannguyenmfs) | GeekBench | 2991 / 11735 |
| π 2026-06-16 (darkknightSup) | GeekBench | 2990 / 11498 |
Specifications
Full technical specification of Apple M4 (10-Core) and Apple M3General
| Vendor | Apple | Apple |
| Released | May 7, 2024 | October 30, 2023 |
| Type | Laptop | Laptop |
| Instruction Set | ARMv9 | ARMv8 |
| Codename | Apple M4 | Apple M3 |
| Model number | APL1206 | - |
| Integrated GPU | Apple M4 GPU (10-core) | Apple M3 GPU |
| Rival Equivalent | - Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100) | - |
| Successor | - Apple M5 (10-Core) | - Apple M5 (10-Core) |
CPU
| P-Cores | 4 | 4 |
| P-Threads | 4 | 4 |
| Base Frequency (P) | 4.46 GHz | 4.05 GHz |
| E-Cores | 6 | 4 |
| E-Threads | 6 | 4 |
| Base Frequency (E) | 2.89 GHz | 2.75 GHz |
| Total Cores | 10 | 8 |
| Total Threads | 10 | 8 |
| Multiplier | 44x | 40x |
| L1 Cache | 192K (per core) | 192K (per core) |
| L2 Cache | 16MB (shared) | 16MB (shared) |
| Unlocked Multiplier | No | No |
Package
| Transistors | 28 billions | 25 billions |
| Fabrication Process | 3 nm | 3 nm |
| TDP (PL1) | 24 W | 20 W |
| Max. Boost TDP (PL2) | 40 W | - |
| Socket | Apple M-Socket | Apple M-Socket |
| Peak Temperature | 100Β°C | 100Β°C |
Laptop processors ranking (29th and 69th place)
iGPU
| Integrated Graphics | Apple M4 GPU (10-core) | Apple M3 GPU |
| GPU Base Clock | 500 MHz | 500 MHz |
| GPU Boost Clock | 1470 MHz | 1380 MHz |
| Shading Units | 1280 | 1280 |
| TMUs | 80 | 80 |
| ROPs | 40 | 40 |
| Execution Units | 160 | 160 |
| TGP | 18 W | 15 W |
iGPU FLOPS
Memory Support
| Memory Types | - LPDDR5X-7500 | - LPDDR5-6400 |
| Max. Memory Size | 32 GB | 24 GB |
| Memory Channels | 8 | 8 |
| Max. Memory Bandwidth | 120 GB/s | 102.4 GB/s |
| ECC Support | No | No |
Misc
| PCI Express Version | - | 4.0 |
Further details
Notes on M4 (10-Core):
- SoC is designed using ARMv9.4-A architecture.
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