Apple M6 (12-Core) vs M4 (10-Core)
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We compared two laptop CPUs: the 4.79 GHz Apple M6 (12-Core) with 12-cores against the 4.46 GHz M4 (10-Core) with 10-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 M6 (12-Core)
- Newer - released 2 years and 4 months later
- More modern manufacturing process β 2 versus 3 nanometers
- Around 50 GB/s (42%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
- More powerful Apple M6 GPU (12-core) integrated graphics: 4.9 vs 3.8 TFLOPS
- Has 2 more physical cores
- 22% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 4610 vs 3777 points
Test in Benchmarks
Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasksCinebench
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
| Cinebench 2026 (Multi) | - | 3211 |
Cinebench Scores (91st and 158th place)
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
| File compression | - | 1500 MB/sec |
| Clang compilation | - | 120.2 Klines/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | - | 329.3 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | - | 362.1 Mpixels/sec |
| Text processing | - | 352.1 pages/sec |
| Background blur | - | 69.8 images/sec |
| Photo processing | - | 114.4 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | - | 18.1 Mpixels/sec |
PassMark
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
| Integer math | - | 54.2 GOps/sec |
| Floating point math | - | 49.6 GOps/sec |
| Find prime numbers | - | 263M Primes/sec |
| Random string sorting | - | 34.3M Strings/sec |
| Data encryption | - | 15.1 GBytes/sec |
| Data compression | - | 280.5 MBytes/sec |
| Physics | - | 2527 Frames/sec |
| Extended instructions | - | 13.6B Matrices/sec |
Blender
Blender CPU
Performance Per Watt
| Cinebench 2024 / Watt | - | 40.9 PPW |
| Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt | - | 617.4 PPW |
| Passmark CPU Mark / Watt | - | 983.5 PPW |
| Blender / Watt | - | 9.58 PPW |
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.
Recent User Tests
Apple M6 (12-Core)
No benchmark results yet
Apple M4 (10-Core)
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-06-13 (doannguuyenmfs) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 3703 / 15450 |
| π 2026-04-18 (Avacada) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 3906 / 15577 |
| π 2026-03-05 (Dovlet) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 3916 / 15202 |
| π 2025-12-31 (gmamorim) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 3730 / 15258 |
| π 2025-12-28 (LC) | Cinebench 2024 | 174 / 993 |
Specifications
Full technical specification of Apple M6 (12-Core) and M4 (10-Core)General
| Vendor | Apple | Apple |
| Released | August 25, 2026 | May 7, 2024 |
| Type | Laptop | Laptop |
| Instruction Set | ARMv9 | ARMv9 |
| Codename | Apple M6 | Apple M4 |
| Model number | T8152 | APL1206 |
| Integrated GPU | Apple M6 GPU (12-core) | Apple M4 GPU (10-core) |
| Rival Equivalent | - | - Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100) |
| Successor | - | - Apple M5 (10-Core) |
CPU
| P-Cores | 6 | 4 |
| P-Threads | 6 | 4 |
| Base Frequency (P) | 4.79 GHz | 4.46 GHz |
| E-Cores | 6 | 6 |
| E-Threads | 6 | 6 |
| Base Frequency (E) | - | 2.89 GHz |
| Total Cores | 12 | 10 |
| Total Threads | 12 | 10 |
| Bus Frequency | 100 MHz | 100 MHz |
| Multiplier | 47x | 44x |
| L1 Cache | 256K (per core) | 192K (per core) |
| L2 Cache | 8MB (shared) | 16MB (shared) |
| Unlocked Multiplier | No | No |
Package
| Transistors | - | 28 billions |
| Fabrication Process | 2 nm | 3 nm |
| TDP (PL1) | - | 24 W |
| Socket | Apple M-Socket | Apple M-Socket |
| Peak Temperature | - | 100Β°C |
| Die Size | - | 169.4 mmΒ² |
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iGPU
| Integrated Graphics | Apple M6 GPU (12-core) | Apple M4 GPU (10-core) |
| GPU Base Clock | - | 500 MHz |
| GPU Boost Clock | 1600 MHz | 1470 MHz |
| Shading Units | 1536 | 1280 |
| TMUs | 96 | 80 |
| ROPs | 80 | 40 |
| Execution Units | 192 | 160 |
| TGP | - | 18 W |
iGPU FLOPS
Memory Support
| Memory Types | - LPDDR5X-10667 | - LPDDR5X-7500 |
| Max. Memory Size | 32 GB | 32 GB |
| Memory Channels | 8 | 8 |
| Max. Memory Bandwidth | 170 GB/s | 120 GB/s |
| ECC Support | No | No |
Misc
Further details
Notes on M4 (10-Core):
- SoC is designed using ARMv9.4-A architecture.
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