Apple M4 Max 16 Core vs Intel Core i7 6500U
CPU · Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Oct 2024
Sep 2015
Manufacturer
Apple
Intel
Type
Laptop
Laptop
Instruction Set
ARMv9
x86-64
Core Architecture
Apple M4
Skylake
Integrated Graphics
Apple M4 Max GPU (40-core)
HD Graphics 520
Processor Number
—
i7-6500U
Package
Manufacturing Process
3 nm
14 nm
Socket
Apple M-Socket
BGA-1356
Power Consumption
70 W
15 W
Peak Operating Temperature
100 °C
100 °C
Transistor Count
—
1.7 billions
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
12
2
Performance Core Threads
12
4
Performance Core Base Frequency
4.52 GHz
2.5 GHz
Efficiency Cores
4
—
Efficiency Core Threads
4
—
Efficiency Core Base Frequency
2.59 GHz
—
Total Core Count
16
2
Total Thread Count
16
4
Multiplier
45
—
Unlocked Multiplier
No
No
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
—
3.1 GHz
L1 Cache
—
64 K per core
L2 Cache
—
256 K per core
L3 Cache
—
4 MB shared
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
LPDDR5X-8533
DDR4-2133, LPDDR3-1866, DDR3L-1600
Max Memory Bandwidth
546 GB/s
34.1 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
No
No
Max Memory Size
—
32 GB
Max Memory Channels
—
2
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics
true
true
GPU Base Frequency
500 MHz
—
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
1800 MHz
1050 MHz
Shader Units
5120
—
Texture Units
320
—
Raster Operation Units
160
—
Execution Units
640
—
Power Consumption
62
—
Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
—
3.0
PCIe Lanes
—
12
Extended Instruction Set
—
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2
Benchmark
Cinebench R23
2,281
719
Cinebench R23
27,392
2,072
Geekbench 6
3,984
1,027
Geekbench 6
26,185
2,074
Cinebench 2024
187
—
Cinebench 2024
2,045
—
Passmark CPU
4,534
1,695
Passmark CPU
43,708
3,261
Geekbench 5
—
742
Geekbench 5
—
1,655
Blender
—
22
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Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.