Intel Core i9 13900H vs Apple M4 (10-Core)

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 2.6 GHz Intel Core i9 13900H with 14-cores against the 4.46 GHz Apple 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

General overview and comparison of the processors
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
NanoReview Final Score
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Key Differences

What are the key differences between (10-Core) and 13900H
Advantages of Intel Core i9 13900H
  • Supports up to 96 GB DDR5-5200 RAM
  • Has 4 more physical cores
Advantages of Apple M4 (10-Core)
  • More modern manufacturing process – 3 versus 10 nanometers
  • More powerful Apple M4 GPU (10-core) integrated graphics: 3.8 vs 2.3 TFLOPS
  • Newer - released 1 year and 4 months later
  • 41% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 3777 vs 2676 points

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench 2026 (Single) 614 -
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 4378 3211
Cinebench Scores (#158th place)

GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
3777
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
14818
File compression 1320 MB/sec 1500 MB/sec
Clang compilation 107.9 Klines/sec 120.2 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 372.2 pages/sec 329.3 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 426.6 Mpixels/sec 362.1 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 270.4 pages/sec 352.1 pages/sec
Background blur 59.2 images/sec 69.8 images/sec
Photo processing 135.5 images/sec 114.4 images/sec
Ray tracing 24.7 Mpixels/sec 18.1 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 897 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
4499
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
27089
23603
Integer math 95.4 GOps/sec 54.2 GOps/sec
Floating point math 68.3 GOps/sec 49.6 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 102M Primes/sec 263M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 35M Strings/sec 34.3M Strings/sec
Data encryption 18.6 GBytes/sec 15.1 GBytes/sec
Data compression 320.1 MBytes/sec 280.5 MBytes/sec
Physics 1695 Frames/sec 2527 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 19B Matrices/sec 13.6B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 4377 & 2752 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
229.85

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 16.1 PPW 40.9 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 327.5 PPW 617.4 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 602 PPW 983.5 PPW
Blender / Watt 4.72 PPW 9.58 PPW
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Intel Core i9 13900H
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-12 -> sevensraysCinebench 2026614 / 4378
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-12 -> sevensraysGeekBench2382 / 13356
πŸ“˜ 2025-06-24 (JoseBedo)Cinebench 2024113 / 723
Apple M4 (10-Core)
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-13 (doannguuyenmfs)GeekBench3703 / 15450
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-18 (Avacada)GeekBench3906 / 15577
πŸ“˜ 2026-03-05 (Dovlet)GeekBench3916 / 15202
πŸ“˜ 2025-12-31 (gmamorim)GeekBench3730 / 15258
πŸ“˜ 2025-12-28 (LC)Cinebench 2024174 / 993

Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i9 13900H and Apple M4 (10-Core)

General

Vendor Intel Apple
Released January 3, 2023 May 7, 2024
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 ARMv9
Codename Raptor Lake Apple M4
Model number i9-13900H APL1206
Integrated GPU Iris Xe Graphics (96 EU) Apple M4 GPU (10-core)
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS - Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100)
Successor - Intel Core Ultra 9 288V - Apple M5 (10-Core)
Intel CPU rating (#95th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 6 4
P-Threads 12 4
Base Frequency (P) 2.6 GHz 4.46 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.4 GHz -
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 8 6
E-Threads 8 6
Base Frequency (E) 1.9 GHz 2.89 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 4.1 GHz -
Total
Total Cores 14 10
Total Threads 20 10
Bus Frequency 100 MHz -
Multiplier 26x 44x
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 192K (per core)
L2 Cache 2MB (per core) 16MB (shared)
L3 Cache 24MB (shared) -
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Transistors - 28 billions
Fabrication Process 10 nm 3 nm
TDP (PL1) 35-45 W (configurable) 24 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 115 W 40 W
Socket BGA-1744 Apple M-Socket
Peak Temperature 100Β°C 100Β°C
Laptop processors ranking (123rd and 29th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel Iris Xe Graphics (96 EU) Apple M4 GPU (10-core)
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 500 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1500 MHz 1470 MHz
Shading Units 768 1280
TMUs 48 80
ROPs 24 40
Execution Units 96 160
TGP 15 W 18 W
iGPU FLOPS
2.3 TFLOPS
3.8 TFLOPS

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-5200
- DDR4-3200
- LPDDR5-6400
- LPDDR5x-6400
- LPDDR4x-4267
- LPDDR5X-7500
Max. Memory Size 96 GB 32 GB
Memory Channels 2 8
Max. Memory Bandwidth - 120 GB/s
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i9 13900H official page -
PCI Express Version 5.0 -
PCI Express Lanes 28 -
Further details
Notes on M4 (10-Core):
    - SoC is designed using ARMv9.4-A architecture.

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