Intel Core Ultra 9 288V vs Apple M4 Pro (12-Core)

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 3.3 GHz Intel Core Ultra 9 288V with 8-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.

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 288V
Advantages of Apple M4 Pro (12-Core)
  • Supports up to 64 GB LPDDR5X-8533 RAM
  • Has 4 more physical cores
  • More powerful Apple M4 Pro GPU (16-core) integrated graphics: 6.5 vs 4.2 TFLOPS
  • 35% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 3864 vs 2864 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) - 5470
Cinebench Scores (#80th 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 2120 MB/sec
Clang compilation 69 Klines/sec 165.8 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 278.5 pages/sec 484.7 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 290.7 Mpixels/sec 486.8 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 312.1 pages/sec 368.5 pages/sec
Background blur 49.8 images/sec 84.2 images/sec
Photo processing 117 images/sec 189.3 images/sec
Ray tracing 14.5 Mpixels/sec 25.9 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 44 GOps/sec 70.9 GOps/sec
Floating point math 59.5 GOps/sec 71.5 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 194M Primes/sec 460M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 22.6M Strings/sec 46.4M Strings/sec
Data encryption 14.1 GBytes/sec 19.5 GBytes/sec
Data compression 186.1 MBytes/sec 409.9 MBytes/sec
Physics 1634 Frames/sec 4875 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 15.6B Matrices/sec 21.8B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 500 & 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 17 PPW 37.4 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 299.2 PPW 539.4 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 534.6 PPW 860.8 PPW
Blender / Watt 3.63 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 9 288V
No benchmark results yet
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

Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core Ultra 9 288V and Apple M4 Pro (12-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 288V T6040
Integrated GPU Arc Graphics 140V Apple M4 Pro GPU (16-core)
Successor - - Apple M5 Pro (15-Core)
Intel CPU rating (#72nd place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 4 8
P-Threads 4 8
Base Frequency (P) 3.3 GHz 4.51 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.1 GHz -
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 4 4
E-Threads 4 4
Base Frequency (E) 3.3 GHz 2.59 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.7 GHz -
Total
Total Cores 8 12
Total Threads 8 12
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 33x 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) 38 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 37 W -
Socket FCBGA-2833 Apple M-Socket
Peak Temperature 100Β°C 100Β°C
Laptop processors ranking (83rd and 13th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel Arc Graphics 140V Apple M4 Pro GPU (16-core)
GPU Base Clock 600 MHz 500 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 2050 MHz 1578 MHz
Shading Units 1024 2048
TMUs - 128
ROPs - 64
Execution Units - 256
TGP 30 W 26 W
iGPU FLOPS
4.2 TFLOPS
6.5 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 9 288V official page -
PCI Express Version 5.0 -
PCI Express Lanes 8 -
Further details
Notes on M4 Pro (12-Core):
    - SoC is designed using ARMv9.2-A architecture.

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5 (11.6%)
38 (88.4%)
Total votes: 43

Comments

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