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Intel Core i9 14900HX vs Apple M4 Pro (12-Core)

72 out of 100
Intel Core i9 14900HX
VS
86 out of 100
Apple M4 Pro (12-Core)
Intel Core i9 14900HX
Apple M4 Pro (12-Core)

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 2.2 GHz Intel Core i9 14900HX with 24-cores against the 4.51 GHz Apple M4 Pro (12-Core) with 12-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Performance
  4. Specs
  5. Comments

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
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Key Differences

What are the key differences between (12-Core) and 14900HX
Advantages of Intel Core i9 14900HX
  • Supports up to 192 GB DDR5-5600 RAM
  • Has 12 more physical cores
  • Unlocked multiplier
Advantages of Apple M4 Pro (12-Core)
  • More powerful Apple M4 Pro GPU (16-core) integrated graphics: 6.5 vs 0.8 TFLOPS
  • More modern manufacturing process – 3 versus 10 nanometers
  • Around 183.4 GB/s (205%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
  • Newer - released 10 months later
  • 28% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 3864 vs 3029 points

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core i9 14900HX
vs
M4 Pro (12-Core)

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) - 5470
Cinebench Scores (45th and 80th place)
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GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
File compression 1420 MB/sec 2120 MB/sec
Clang compilation 173.5 Klines/sec 165.8 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 463.6 pages/sec 484.7 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 508.4 Mpixels/sec 486.8 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 287.7 pages/sec 368.5 pages/sec
Background blur 54.6 images/sec 84.2 images/sec
Photo processing 154.7 images/sec 189.3 images/sec
Ray tracing 39.9 Mpixels/sec 25.9 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 545 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Integer math 157.2 GOps/sec 70.9 GOps/sec
Floating point math 112.1 GOps/sec 71.5 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 193M Primes/sec 460M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 60.8M Strings/sec 46.4M Strings/sec
Data encryption 32.6 GBytes/sec 19.5 GBytes/sec
Data compression 539.1 MBytes/sec 409.9 MBytes/sec
Physics 2631 Frames/sec 4875 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 31.2B Matrices/sec 21.8B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 6694 & 661 samples

Blender

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

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 32.4 PPW 37.4 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 335.1 PPW 539.4 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 794.6 PPW 860.8 PPW
Blender / Watt 6.44 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 14900HX
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2025-09-22 (GEORGE FORMBY)Cinebench 2024124 / 1417
πŸ“˜ 2025-08-15 (jmtisi)Cinebench 2024111 / 629
πŸ“˜ 2025-06-26 (Ivan)Cinebench 2024125 / 1571
πŸ“˜ 2025-06-14 (JoeG)Cinebench 2024121 / 1334
πŸ“˜ 2025-04-05 (Justin0220)Cinebench 2024125 / 1064
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Apple M4 Pro (12-Core)
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-03-07 (skibidigomgom)Cinebench 2024172 / 1421
πŸ“˜ 2025-11-21 (TommyYOyoyo)Geekbench 6 CPU4066 / 21270
πŸ“˜ 2025-04-16 (Infrra)Cinebench 2024169 / 1297
πŸ“˜ 2025-02-23 (Amandeep)Geekbench 6 CPU3911 / 20685
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i9 14900HX and Apple M4 Pro (12-Core)

General

Vendor Intel Apple
Released January 9, 2024 October 29, 2024
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 ARMv9
Codename Raptor Lake Refresh Apple M4
Model number i9-14900HX T6040
Integrated GPU UHD Graphics (32EU) Apple M4 Pro GPU (16-core)
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS -
Successor - Intel Core Ultra 9 285HX - Apple M5 Pro (15-Core)
Intel CPU rating (#36th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 8 8
P-Threads 16 8
Base Frequency (P) 2.2 GHz 4.51 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.8 GHz -
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 16 4
E-Threads 16 4
Base Frequency (E) 1.6 GHz 2.59 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 4.1 GHz -
Total
Total Cores 24 12
Total Threads 32 12
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 22x 45x
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 192K (per core)
L2 Cache 2MB (per core) 32MB (shared)
L3 Cache 36MB (shared) -
Unlocked Multiplier Yes No

Package

Fabrication Process 10 nm 3 nm
TDP (PL1) 45-55 W (configurable) 38 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 157 W -
Socket BGA-1964 Apple M-Socket
Peak Temperature 100Β°C 100Β°C
Laptop processors ranking (44th and 13th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel UHD Graphics (32EU) Apple M4 Pro GPU (16-core)
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 500 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1650 MHz 1578 MHz
Shading Units 256 2048
TMUs 16 128
ROPs 8 64
Execution Units 32 256
TGP 15 W 26 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core i9 14900HX
0.8 TFLOPS
M4 Pro (12-Core) +713%
6.5 TFLOPS
More info: Apple M4 Pro GPU (16-core) compared to UHD Graphics Xe (32 EU)

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-5600
- DDR4-3200		 - LPDDR5X-8533
Max. Memory Size 192 GB 64 GB
Memory Channels 2 16
Max. Memory Bandwidth 89.6 GB/s 273 GB/s
ECC Support Yes No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i9 14900HX official page -
PCI Express Version 5.0 -
PCI Express Lanes 20 -
Further details
Notes on M4 Pro (12-Core):
    - SoC is designed using ARMv9.2-A architecture.

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Comments

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