Apple M6 (12-Core) vs M4 Pro (14-Core)
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We compared two laptop CPUs: the 4.79 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.
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 1 year and 11 months later
- More modern manufacturing process โ 2 versus 3 nanometers
- 18% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 4610 vs 3899 points
Advantages of Apple M4 Pro (14-Core)
- Supports up to 64 GB LPDDR5X-8533 RAM
- More powerful Apple M4 GPU (20-core) integrated graphics: 8.1 vs 4.9 TFLOPS
- 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 (91st and 53rd 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 |
| Model number | T8152 | T6040 |
| 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) | 4.79 GHz | 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 |
| Bus Frequency | 100 MHz | 100 MHz |
| Multiplier | 47x | 45x |
| L1 Cache | 256K (per core) | 192K (per core) |
| L2 Cache | 8MB (shared) | 32MB (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 (10th and 8th place)
iGPU
| Integrated Graphics | Apple M6 GPU (12-core) | Apple M4 GPU (20-core) |
| GPU Base Clock | - | 500 MHz |
| GPU Boost Clock | 1600 MHz | 1578 MHz |
| Shading Units | 1536 | 2560 |
| TMUs | 96 | 160 |
| ROPs | 80 | 80 |
| Execution Units | 192 | 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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