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Apple M4 Max 14 Cores

vs

Intel Core Ultra 9 185H

CPU Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of Apple M4 Max 14 Cores and Intel Core Ultra 9 185H processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.

Advantages

Apple M4 Max 14 Cores

Higher Technology: Second-generation 3 nm (Second-generation 3 nm vs 7 nm (intel 4))
Newer Launch Date: October 2024 (October 2024 vs December 2023)

Intel Core Ultra 9 185H

More Total Cores: 16 (14 vs 16)
Higher Performance-core Max Turbo Frequency: 5.1 GHz (4.5 GHz vs 5.1 GHz)

Basic

Apple

Label Name

Intel

October 2024

Launch Date

December 2023

Laptop

Platform

Laptop

Apple custom ARM architecture

CPU Architecture

Apple M4 Max

CPU Name

Apple M4 Max 14-Core

Model Name

Core Ultra 9 185H

Code Name

Meteor Lake

TSMC

Foundry

M4 Max

Generation

CPU Specifications

Total Cores

Cores is a hardware term that describes the number of independent central processing units in a single computing component (die or chip).

Total Threads

Performance-cores

Efficient-cores

Low Power Efficient-cores

4.5 GHz

Max Turbo Frequency

Performance-core Base Frequency

2.3 GHz

Efficient-core Base Frequency

1.8 GHz

2.6 GHz

Efficient-core Max Turbo Frequency

4.5 GHz

Performance-core Max Turbo Frequency

5.1 GHz

L1 Cache

112 KB per P-core, 96 KB per E/LP E-core

L2 Cache

2 MB per P-core; 2 MB per cluster of 4 E-cores or 2 LP E-cores.

L3 Cache

24 MB

CPU Socket

The socket is the component that provides the mechanical and electrical connections between the processor and motherboard.

Intel BGA 2049

Second-generation 3 nm

Technology

Lithography refers to the semiconductor technology used to manufacture an integrated circuit, and is reported in nanometer (nm), indicative of the size of features built on the semiconductor.

7 nm (intel 4)

TDP

45 W

Maximum Turbo Power

115 W

Memory Specifications

LPDDR5X unified memory

Memory Type

DDR5-5600, LPDDR5-7467, LPDDR5x-7467

36 GB

Max Memory Size

Max memory size refers to the maximum memory capacity supported by the processor.

96 GB (DDR5), 64 GB (LPDDR5/LPDDR5x)

Memory Channels

The number of memory channels refers to the bandwidth operation for real world application.

410 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

Max Memory bandwidth is the maximum rate at which data can be read from or stored into a semiconductor memory by the processor (in GB/s).

8533 MT/s

Maximum Memory Speed

GPU Specifications

Thunderbolt / DisplayPort over USB-C; HDMI

External Display Standard

Apple M4 Max 32-core GPU

GPU Name

Supported

Hardware-accelerated ray tracing

Up to four external displays: three 6K at 60Hz over Thunderbolt and one 4K at 144Hz over HDMI; or up to three external displays with one 8K at 60Hz or 4K at 240Hz over HDMI

Max External Display Resolution

H.264, HEVC, ProRes, ProRes RAW, AV1; hardware-accelerated; frame rate not disclosed

Video Decode

H.264, HEVC, ProRes, ProRes RAW; hardware-accelerated; frame rate not disclosed

Video Encode

Integrated Graphics Model

An integrated GPU refers to the graphics core that is integrated into the CPU processor. Leveraging the processor's powerful computational capabilities and intelligent power efficiency management, it delivers outstanding graphics performance and a smooth application experience at a lower power consumption.

Intel® Arc™ graphics

Graphics Core Count

Up to 8K at 60Hz or 4K at 240Hz

Max Resolution

Metal

GPU APIs

Hardware-accelerated H.264, HEVC, ProRes and ProRes RAW; AV1 decode

Media Engine

Video Decode Engines

Video Encode Engines

ProRes Encode/Decode Engines