Apple M4 Pro (12-Core)

Apple M4 Pro (12-Core)
  • Cores: 12
  • TDP: 38 W
  • Transistor size: 3 nm
M4 Pro (12-Core) - laptop processor produced by Apple for socket Apple M-Socket that has 12 cores and 12 threads. The base clock frequency of the CPU is 4510 MHz. Please note that this chip has integrated graphics Apple M4 Pro GPU (16-core).

Review

Single-Core Performance
99
Multi-Core Performance
65
Power Efficiency
89
Integrated Graphics
99
NanoReview Final Score
86
Compare Apple M4 Pro (12-Core) with other CPUs

Test in Benchmarks

Performance test of Apple M4 Pro (12-Core) in benchmarks

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
172
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
1421
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 5470
Cinebench Scores - 79th place

GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
3864
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
20499
File compression 2120 MB/sec
Clang compilation 165.8 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 484.7 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 486.8 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 368.5 pages/sec
Background blur 84.2 images/sec
Photo processing 189.3 images/sec
Ray tracing 25.9 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1]

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
4557
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
32710
Integer math 70.9 GOps/sec
Floating point math 71.5 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 460M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 46.4M Strings/sec
Data encryption 19.5 GBytes/sec
Data compression 409.9 MBytes/sec
Physics 4875 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 21.8B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3] – 661 samples

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 37.4 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 539.4 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 860.8 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
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-03-07 (skibidigomgom)Cinebench 2024172 / 1421
πŸ“˜ 2025-11-21 (TommyYOyoyo)GeekBench4066 / 21270
πŸ“˜ 2025-04-16 (Infrra)Cinebench 2024169 / 1297
πŸ“˜ 2025-02-23 (Amandeep)GeekBench3911 / 20685

Specifications

M4 Pro (12-Core) technical specifications

General

Vendor Apple
Released October 29, 2024
Type Laptop
Instruction Set ARMv9
Codename Apple M4
Integrated GPU Apple M4 Pro GPU (16-core)
Successor - Apple M5 Pro (15-Core)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 8
P-Threads 8
Base Frequency (P) 4.51 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 4
E-Threads 4
Base Frequency (E) 2.59 GHz
Total
Total Cores 12
Total Threads 12
Multiplier 45x
L1 Cache 192K (per core)
L2 Cache 16MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No

Package

Fabrication Process 3 nm
TDP (PL1) 38 W
Socket Apple M-Socket
Peak Temperature 100Β°C

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Apple M4 Pro GPU (16-core)
GPU Base Clock 500 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1578 MHz
Shading Units 2048
TMUs 128
ROPs 64
Execution Units 256
TGP 26 W
iGPU FLOPS
6.5 TFLOPS
See also: Apple M4 Pro GPU (16-core) – integrated graphics of this CPU

Memory Support

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

Misc

Notes
    - SoC is designed using ARMv9.2-A architecture.

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