Apple M6 (12-Core) vs M4 Pro (14-Core)
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We compared two laptop CPUs: the GHz Apple M6 (12-Core) with 12-cores against the 4.51 GHz M4 Pro (14-Core) 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 M6 (12-Core) 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 M6 (12-Core)
- Newer - released 1 year and 10 months later
- More modern manufacturing process โ 2 versus 3 nanometers
- 15% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 4501 vs 3899 points
Advantages of Apple M4 Pro (14-Core)
- Supports up to 64 GB LPDDR5X-8533 RAM
- Around 103 GB/s (61%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
- Has 2 more physical cores
Test in Benchmarks
Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasksCinebench
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
| Cinebench 2026 (Multi) | - | 6050 |
Cinebench Scores (#52nd 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 M6 (12-Core)
No benchmark results yet
Apple M4 Pro (14-Core)
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| ๐ 2025-10-24 (TechWolf) | Cinebench 2024 | 171 / 1698 |
| ๐ 2025-04-26 (cyw) | Cinebench 2024 | 172 / 1678 |
Specifications
Full technical specification of Apple M6 (12-Core) and M4 Pro (14-Core)General
| Vendor | Apple | Apple |
| Released | August 25, 2026 | October 29, 2024 |
| Type | Laptop | Laptop |
| Instruction Set | ARMv9 | ARMv9 |
| Codename | Apple M6 | Apple M4 |
| Integrated GPU | Apple M6 GPU (12-core) | Apple M4 GPU (20-core) |
| Successor | - | - Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) |
CPU
| P-Cores | 6 | 10 |
| P-Threads | 6 | 10 |
| Base Frequency (P) | - | 4.51 GHz |
| E-Cores | 6 | 4 |
| E-Threads | 6 | 4 |
| Base Frequency (E) | - | 2.59 GHz |
| Total Cores | 12 | 14 |
| Total Threads | 12 | 14 |
| Multiplier | - | 45x |
| L1 Cache | - | 192K (per core) |
| L2 Cache | - | 16MB (shared) |
| Unlocked Multiplier | No | No |
Package
| Fabrication Process | 2 nm | 3 nm |
| TDP (PL1) | - | 46 W |
| Socket | Apple M-Socket | Apple M-Socket |
| Peak Temperature | - | 100ยฐC |
Laptop processors ranking (#8th place)
iGPU
| Integrated Graphics | Apple M6 GPU (12-core) | Apple M4 GPU (20-core) |
| GPU Base Clock | - | 500 MHz |
| GPU Boost Clock | - | 1578 MHz |
| Shading Units | - | 2560 |
| TMUs | - | 160 |
| ROPs | - | 80 |
| Execution Units | - | 320 |
| TGP | - | 26 W |
iGPU FLOPS
Memory Support
| Memory Types | - LPDDR5X-10667 | - LPDDR5X-8533 |
| Max. Memory Size | 32 GB | 64 GB |
| Memory Channels | 8 | 16 |
| Max. Memory Bandwidth | 170 GB/s | 273 GB/s |
| ECC Support | No | No |
Misc
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