Apple M4 Max 16 Core vs Intel Core 3 304

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CPU Apple M4 Max 16 Core Apple · 2024-10

CPU Intel Core 3 304 Intel · 2026-04

General Parameters

Release Date

Oct 2024

Apr 2026

Manufacturer

Apple

Intel

Type

Laptop

Laptop

Instruction Set

ARMv9

—

Core Architecture

Apple M4

Wildcat Lake

Integrated Graphics

Apple M4 Max GPU (40-core)

Intel Xe3 Graphics (1 Xe)

Generation

—

Core 3 (Wildcat Lake)

Package

Manufacturing Process

3 nm

3 nm

Socket

Apple M-Socket

Intel BGA 1516

Power Consumption

70 W

15 W

Peak Operating Temperature

100 °C

100°C

Foundry

—

Intel

Package

—

FC-BGA

CPU Performance

Performance Cores

12

1

Performance Core Threads

12

2

Performance Core Base Frequency

4.52 GHz

1.5 GHz

Efficiency Cores

4

4

Efficiency Core Threads

4

4

Efficiency Core Base Frequency

2.59 GHz

1400 MHz

Total Core Count

16

5

Total Thread Count

16

5

Multiplier

45

15.0

Unlocked Multiplier

No

No

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

—

4.3 GHz

Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency

—

3.3 GHz

Bus Frequency

—

100 MHz

L1 Cache

—

192 KB

L2 Cache

—

2.5 MB

L3 Cache

—

6 MB shared

SMP

—

1

Memory Parameters

Memory Types

LPDDR5X-8533

DDR5-6400, LPDDR5-6400X-7467

Max Memory Bandwidth

546 GB/s

59.7 GB/s

ECC Memory Support

No

No

Max Memory Size

—

64 GB

Max Memory Channels

—

1

Graphics Card Parameters

Integrated Graphics

true

—

GPU Base Frequency

500 MHz

—

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

1800 MHz

—

Shader Units

5120

—

Texture Units

320

—

Raster Operation Units

160

—

Execution Units

640

—

Power Consumption

62

—

Miscellaneous

PCIe Version

—

4

PCIe Lanes

—

6

Benchmark

Cinebench R23

2,281

—

Cinebench R23

27,392

—

Geekbench 6

3,984

2,472

Geekbench 6

26,185

6,708

Cinebench 2024

187

—

Cinebench 2024

2,045

—

Passmark CPU

4,534

—

Passmark CPU

43,708

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▲ Specs Compare Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.