Intel Core Ultra 9 386H vs Apple M4 (10-Core)
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We compared two laptop CPUs: the 2.1 GHz Intel Core Ultra 9 386H 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
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
Choose your main usage scenario to recalculate the Final Score and see which CPU suits your needs.
Key Differences
Advantages of Intel Core Ultra 9 386H
- Supports up to 128 GB LPDDR5X-9600 RAM
- Newer - released 1 year and 8 months later
- Has 6 more physical cores
- More modern manufacturing process β 2 versus 3 nanometers
- Around 33.6 GB/s (28%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
Advantages of Apple M4 (10-Core)
- More powerful Apple M4 GPU (10-core) integrated graphics: 3.8 vs 2.6 TFLOPS
- 33% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 3777 vs 2838 points
Test in Benchmarks
Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasksCinebench
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
| Cinebench 2026 (Single) | 502 | - |
| Cinebench 2026 (Multi) | 4687 | 3211 |
Cinebench Scores (104th and 158th place)
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
| File compression | 1420 MB/sec | 1500 MB/sec |
| Clang compilation | 118.2 Klines/sec | 120.2 Klines/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | 426.1 pages/sec | 329.3 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | 483.8 Mpixels/sec | 362.1 Mpixels/sec |
| Text processing | 286.3 pages/sec | 352.1 pages/sec |
| Background blur | 65.7 images/sec | 69.8 images/sec |
| Photo processing | 157.6 images/sec | 114.4 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | 24.3 Mpixels/sec | 18.1 Mpixels/sec |
PassMark
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
| Integer math | 87.7 GOps/sec | 54.2 GOps/sec |
| Floating point math | 109.4 GOps/sec | 49.6 GOps/sec |
| Find prime numbers | 347M Primes/sec | 263M Primes/sec |
| Random string sorting | 43.6M Strings/sec | 34.3M Strings/sec |
| Data encryption | 27.8 GBytes/sec | 15.1 GBytes/sec |
| Data compression | 365.2 MBytes/sec | 280.5 MBytes/sec |
| Physics | 3086 Frames/sec | 2527 Frames/sec |
| Extended instructions | 30.2B Matrices/sec | 13.6B Matrices/sec |
Blender
Blender CPU
Performance Per Watt
| Cinebench 2024 / Watt | 49.6 PPW | 40.9 PPW |
| Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt | 668.2 PPW | 617.4 PPW |
| Passmark CPU Mark / Watt | 1446.8 PPW | 983.5 PPW |
| Blender / Watt | 9.76 PPW | 9.58 PPW |
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.
Recent User Tests
Intel Core Ultra 9 386H
No benchmark results yet
Apple M4 (10-Core)
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-06-13 (doannguuyenmfs) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 3703 / 15450 |
| π 2026-04-18 (Avacada) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 3906 / 15577 |
| π 2026-03-05 (Dovlet) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 3916 / 15202 |
| π 2025-12-31 (gmamorim) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 3730 / 15258 |
| π 2025-12-28 (LC) | Cinebench 2024 | 174 / 993 |
Specifications
Full technical specification of Intel Core Ultra 9 386H and Apple M4 (10-Core)General
| Vendor | Intel | Apple |
| Released | January 5, 2026 | May 7, 2024 |
| Type | Laptop | Laptop |
| Instruction Set | x86-64 | ARMv9 |
| Codename | Panther Lake | Apple M4 |
| Model number | 386H | APL1206 |
| Integrated GPU | Xe3 Graphics | Apple M4 GPU (10-core) |
| Rival Equivalent | - AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 470 | - Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100) |
| Successor | - | - Apple M5 (10-Core) |
Intel CPU rating (#43rd place)
CPU
| P-Cores | 4 | 4 |
| P-Threads | 4 | 4 |
| Base Frequency (P) | 2.1 GHz | 4.46 GHz |
| Turbo Boost Frequency (P) | 4.9 GHz | - |
| E-Cores | 12 | 6 |
| E-Threads | 12 | 6 |
| Base Frequency (E) | 1.6 GHz | 2.89 GHz |
| Turbo Boost Frequency (E) | 3.7 GHz | - |
| Total Cores | 16 | 10 |
| Total Threads | 16 | 10 |
| Bus Frequency | 100 MHz | 100 MHz |
| Multiplier | 20x | 44x |
| L1 Cache | 192K (per core) | 192K (per core) |
| L2 Cache | 2560K (per core) | 16MB (shared) |
| L3 Cache | 18MB (shared) | - |
| Unlocked Multiplier | No | No |
Package
| Transistors | - | 28 billions |
| Fabrication Process | 2 nm | 3 nm |
| TDP (PL1) | 15-25 W (configurable) | 24 W |
| Max. Boost TDP (PL2) | 80 W | - |
| Socket | FCBGA2540 | Apple M-Socket |
| Peak Temperature | 100Β°C | 100Β°C |
| Die Size | - | 169.4 mmΒ² |
Laptop processors ranking (55th and 28th place)
iGPU
| Integrated Graphics | Intel Xe3 Graphics | Apple M4 GPU (10-core) |
| GPU Base Clock | 300 MHz | 500 MHz |
| GPU Boost Clock | 2500 MHz | 1470 MHz |
| Shading Units | 512 | 1280 |
| TMUs | 32 | 80 |
| ROPs | 16 | 40 |
| Execution Units | 4 | 160 |
| TGP | 25 W | 18 W |
iGPU FLOPS
Memory Support
| Memory Types | - LPDDR5X-9600 - DDR5-7200 |
- LPDDR5X-7500 |
| Max. Memory Size | 128 GB | 32 GB |
| Memory Channels | 2 | 8 |
| Max. Memory Bandwidth | 153.6 GB/s | 120 GB/s |
| ECC Support | No | No |
Misc
| Official Site | Intel Core Ultra 9 386H official page | - |
| PCI Express Version | 5.0 | - |
| PCI Express Lanes | 20 | - |
Further details
Notes on M4 (10-Core):
- SoC is designed using ARMv9.4-A architecture.
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