Intel Core Ultra 7 155H vs Apple M4 (10-Core)

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 1.4 GHz Intel Core Ultra 7 155H with 16-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
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Key Differences

What are the key differences between (10-Core) and 155H
Advantages of Intel Core Ultra 7 155H
  • Supports up to 96 GB LPDDR5-7467 RAM
  • Has 6 more physical cores
  • More powerful Arc Graphics (8-Cores) integrated graphics: 4.6 vs 3.8 TFLOPS
  • More than 10Β° C higher critical temperature
Advantages of Apple M4 (10-Core)
  • More modern manufacturing process – 3 versus 7 nanometers
  • 56% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 3777 vs 2421 points
  • Around 30.4 GB/s (34%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
  • Newer - released 5 months later

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) 544 -
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 3749 3211
Cinebench Scores (165th and 158th place)

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)
14818
File compression 1220 MB/sec 1500 MB/sec
Clang compilation 100.8 Klines/sec 120.2 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 270.5 pages/sec 329.3 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 356.1 Mpixels/sec 362.1 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 243.4 pages/sec 352.1 pages/sec
Background blur 49.2 images/sec 69.8 images/sec
Photo processing 117.2 images/sec 114.4 images/sec
Ray tracing 19.4 Mpixels/sec 18.1 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 910 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Integer math 85.8 GOps/sec 54.2 GOps/sec
Floating point math 62.5 GOps/sec 49.6 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 113M Primes/sec 263M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 31.6M Strings/sec 34.3M Strings/sec
Data encryption 16.1 GBytes/sec 15.1 GBytes/sec
Data compression 273.8 MBytes/sec 280.5 MBytes/sec
Physics 1701 Frames/sec 2527 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 16.2B Matrices/sec 13.6B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 6648 & 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 14.7 PPW 40.9 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 192.5 PPW 617.4 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 377.1 PPW 983.5 PPW
Blender / Watt 2.65 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 Ultra 7 155H
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-02-22 (Alex Paulino)Cinebench 2026544 / 3749
πŸ“˜ 2026-01-15 (Ak-Dev)Geekbench 6 CPU2347 / 12862
πŸ“˜ 2025-11-08 (Anuj)Geekbench 6 CPU2248 / 12118
πŸ“˜ 2025-07-25 (Aya)Cinebench 202485 / 943
πŸ“˜ 2025-06-25 (Tarekcoupe)Cinebench 202496 / 930
Apple M4 (10-Core)
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-13 (doannguuyenmfs)Geekbench 6 CPU3703 / 15450
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-18 (Avacada)Geekbench 6 CPU3906 / 15577
πŸ“˜ 2026-03-05 (Dovlet)Geekbench 6 CPU3916 / 15202
πŸ“˜ 2025-12-31 (gmamorim)Geekbench 6 CPU3730 / 15258
πŸ“˜ 2025-12-28 (LC)Cinebench 2024174 / 993

Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core Ultra 7 155H and Apple M4 (10-Core)

General

Vendor Intel Apple
Released December 14, 2023 May 7, 2024
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 ARMv9
Codename Meteor Lake Apple M4
Model number 155H APL1206
Integrated GPU Arc Graphics (8-Cores) Apple M4 GPU (10-core)
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 7 8840HS - Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100)
Successor - Intel Core Ultra 7 255H - Apple M5 (10-Core)
Intel CPU rating (#99th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 6 4
P-Threads 12 4
Base Frequency (P) 1.4 GHz 4.46 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.8 GHz -
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 10 6
E-Threads 10 6
Base Frequency (E) 0.9 GHz 2.89 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.8 GHz -
Total
Total Cores 16 10
Total Threads 22 10
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 14x 44x
L1 Cache 112K (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 7 nm 3 nm
TDP (PL1) 20-65 W (configurable) 24 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 115 W -
Socket FCBGA-2049 Apple M-Socket
Peak Temperature 110Β°C 100Β°C
Die Size - 169.4 mmΒ²
Laptop processors ranking (128th and 28th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Arc Graphics (8-Cores) Apple M4 GPU (10-core)
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 500 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 2250 MHz 1470 MHz
Shading Units 1024 1280
TMUs 64 80
ROPs 32 40
Execution Units 128 160
TGP 28 W 18 W
iGPU FLOPS
4.6 TFLOPS
3.8 TFLOPS

Memory Support

Memory Types - LPDDR5-7467
- LPDDR5x-7467
- DDR5-5600
- LPDDR5X-7500
Max. Memory Size 96 GB 32 GB
Memory Channels 2 8
Max. Memory Bandwidth 89.6 GB/s 120 GB/s
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core Ultra 7 155H 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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Comments

So which CPU will you choose: Apple M4 (10-Core) or Intel Core Ultra 7 155H?
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Sarabjit Singh May 19, 2025 at 03:13 AM
If difference is above 25 k then i shall choice Ultra 7 155 H , Diff below 15 k shall choice Apple M4 .
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