Intel Core Ultra 7 258V vs Apple M4 Pro (14-Core)

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 2.2 GHz Intel Core Ultra 7 258V with 8-cores against the 4.51 GHz Apple 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

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 (14-Core) and 258V
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 TFLOPS
  • Has 6 more physical cores
  • 42% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 3899 vs 2745 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 (Multi) - 6050
Cinebench Scores (#53rd 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)
File compression 1020 MB/sec 2250 MB/sec
Clang compilation 66.1 Klines/sec 187.5 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 287.7 pages/sec 586.6 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 295.6 Mpixels/sec 624.4 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 276.7 pages/sec 367.3 pages/sec
Background blur 46.5 images/sec 86.9 images/sec
Photo processing 113.9 images/sec 200.3 images/sec
Ray tracing 14 Mpixels/sec 30.5 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2]

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Integer math 42.9 GOps/sec 84 GOps/sec
Floating point math 57.4 GOps/sec 85.5 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 185M Primes/sec 530M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 21.6M Strings/sec 54.9M Strings/sec
Data encryption 13.5 GBytes/sec 23 GBytes/sec
Data compression 176.6 MBytes/sec 487.6 MBytes/sec
Physics 1565 Frames/sec 5313 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 14.7B Matrices/sec 25.7B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 2133 & 805 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 17.2 PPW 36.5 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 291.9 PPW 492.2 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 510.4 PPW 825.7 PPW
Blender / Watt 3.48 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 258V
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-18 (THINKPAD T16 GEN4)Cinebench 2024122 / 584
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-06 (Matty)Cinebench 2024113 / 512
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-15 -> maheshkondrajuGeekbench 6 CPU2869 / 11446
Apple M4 Pro (14-Core)
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2025-10-24 (TechWolf)Cinebench 2024171 / 1698
πŸ“˜ 2025-04-26 (cyw)Cinebench 2024172 / 1678

Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core Ultra 7 258V and Apple M4 Pro (14-Core)

General

Vendor Intel Apple
Released September 4, 2024 October 29, 2024
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 ARMv9
Codename Lunar Lake Apple M4
Model number 258V T6040
Integrated GPU Arc Graphics 140V Apple M4 GPU (20-core)
Successor - - Apple M5 Pro (18-Core)
Intel CPU rating (#88th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 4 10
P-Threads 4 10
Base Frequency (P) 2.2 GHz 4.51 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.8 GHz -
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 4 4
E-Threads 4 4
Base Frequency (E) 2.2 GHz 2.59 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.7 GHz -
Total
Total Cores 8 14
Total Threads 8 14
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 22x 45x
L1 Cache 192K (per core) 192K (per core)
L2 Cache 2560K (per core) 32MB (shared)
L3 Cache 12MB (shared) -
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Fabrication Process 3 nm 3 nm
TDP (PL1) 17-37 W (configurable) 46 W
Socket FCBGA-2833 Apple M-Socket
Peak Temperature 100Β°C 100Β°C
Laptop processors ranking (111th and 8th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel Arc Graphics 140V Apple M4 GPU (20-core)
GPU Base Clock 600 MHz 500 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1950 MHz 1578 MHz
Shading Units 1024 2560
TMUs - 160
ROPs - 80
Execution Units - 320
TGP 30 W 26 W
iGPU FLOPS
8.1 TFLOPS

Memory Support

Memory Types - LPDDR5X-8533 - LPDDR5X-8533
Max. Memory Size 32 GB 64 GB
Memory Channels 2 16
Max. Memory Bandwidth - 273 GB/s
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core Ultra 7 258V official page -
PCI Express Version 5.0 -
PCI Express Lanes 8 -

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Comments

So which CPU will you choose: Apple M4 Pro (14-Core) or Intel Core Ultra 7 258V?
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