Apple M4 10-core CPU 8-core GPU vs Apple M4 Max 16-core CPU 40-core GPU processor comparison: performance score, cores and clock speeds, cache, TDP, integrated graphics and NPU. The better value in each row is highlighted in green.

Summary

Apple M4 Max 16-core CPU 40-core GPU offers more cores (16 vs 10), more threads (16 vs 10), and more integrated graphics units (40 vs 8).

Performance score

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Key specs

Cores & Threads10/10
Cores & Threads16/16
Max clock4.5 GHz
Max clock4.5 GHz
L2 cache20 MB
L2 cache36 MB
TDPN/A
TDPN/A
iGPUApple M4 GPU
iGPUApple M4 Max GPU

General

SeriesM4
SeriesM4
CodenameDonan
CodenameBrava
CPU architectureN/A
CPU architectureN/A
FoundryTSMC
FoundryTSMC
Process node3 nm
Process node3 nm
Instruction setARM64
Instruction setARM64
Release dateMay 7, 2024
Release dateOctober 30, 2024

Cores and clocks

Cores & Threads10/10
Cores & Threads16/16

4× P-cores

Max clock
4.5 GHz

12× P-cores

Max clock
4.5 GHz

6× E-cores

Max clock
2.9 GHz

4× E-cores

Max clock
2.6 GHz

Cache

L3 cacheN/A
L3 cacheN/A
L2 cache20 MB
L2 cache36 MB
L1 cache2432 KB
L1 cache4608 KB

TDP

TDPN/A
TDPN/A
Max temperatureN/A
Max temperatureN/A

Connectivity

Memory supportLPDDR5x-7500
Memory supportLPDDR5x-8533
Memory channels2
Memory channels8
PCIe versionN/A
PCIe versionN/A
PCIe lanesN/A
PCIe lanesN/A

Graphics

ModelApple M4 GPU
ModelApple M4 Max GPU
iGPU architectureApple9
iGPU architectureApple9
GPU cores8
GPU cores40
Clock1470 MHz
Clock1578 MHz

AI

Total TOPSN/A
Total TOPSN/A
NPU TOPS38
NPU TOPS38
iGPU TOPSN/A
iGPU TOPSN/A

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