Apple M4 Ultra vs M1 Pro
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We compared two CPUs: the 4.52 GHz Apple M4 Ultra (desktop) with 32-cores against the 3.2 GHz M1 Pro (laptop) with 10-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.
Please note that the tests on the Apple M4 Ultra are done on an engineering sample provided by our insiders. The data will be more accurate after the final version of this CPU is available.
Key Differences
Advantages of Apple M4 Ultra
- More powerful Apple M4 Ultra GPU (80-core) integrated graphics: 32.3 vs 5.3 TFLOPS
- Supports up to 192 GB LPDDR5X-8533 RAM
- Around 847.2 GB/s (414%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
- Newer - released 3 years and 7 months later
- Has 22 more physical cores
- More modern manufacturing process β 3 versus 5 nanometers
- 74% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 4062 vs 2328 points
Test in Benchmarks
Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasksCinebench
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
| Cinebench 2026 (Single) | - | 444 |
| Cinebench 2026 (Multi) | - | 3334 |
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
| File compression | - | 1230 MB/sec |
| Clang compilation | - | 82.4 Klines/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | - | 249.1 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | - | 271.3 Mpixels/sec |
| Text processing | - | 246.4 pages/sec |
| Background blur | - | 36.9 images/sec |
| Photo processing | - | 102.5 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | - | 10.7 Mpixels/sec |
PassMark
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
| Integer math | - | 45.6 GOps/sec |
| Floating point math | - | 64 GOps/sec |
| Find prime numbers | - | 272M Primes/sec |
| Random string sorting | - | 32.5M Strings/sec |
| Data encryption | - | 12.2 GBytes/sec |
| Data compression | - | 272.2 MBytes/sec |
| Physics | - | 2696 Frames/sec |
| Extended instructions | - | 12.6B Matrices/sec |
Blender
Blender CPU
Performance Per Watt
| Cinebench 2024 / Watt | - | 26.5 PPW |
| Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt | - | 343.5 PPW |
| Passmark CPU Mark / Watt | - | 731.1 PPW |
| Blender / Watt | - | 6.23 PPW |
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.
Recent User Tests
Apple M4 Ultra
No benchmark results yet
Apple M1 Pro
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-03-27 (bbffx) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 2450 / 12944 |
| π 2026-03-27 (bbffx) | Cinebench 2026 | 444 / 3334 |
| π 2026-03-27 (bbffx) | Cinebench 2024 | 115 / 857 |
| π 2025-02-23 (anon121434) | Cinebench 2024 | 99 / 682 |
| π 2025-02-19 (serhii) | Cinebench 2024 | 109 / 796 |
Specifications
Full technical specification of Apple M4 Ultra and M1 ProGeneral
| Vendor | Apple | Apple |
| Released | May 1, 2025 | October 18, 2021 |
| Type | Desktop | Laptop |
| Instruction Set | ARMv9 | ARMv8 |
| Codename | Apple M4 | Apple M1 |
| Integrated GPU | Apple M4 Ultra GPU (80-core) | Apple M1 Pro GPU (16-core) |
| Successor | - | - Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) |
CPU
| P-Cores | 24 | 8 |
| P-Threads | 24 | 8 |
| Base Frequency (P) | 4.52 GHz | 3.2 GHz |
| E-Cores | 8 | 2 |
| E-Threads | 8 | 2 |
| Base Frequency (E) | 2.89 GHz | 2.1 GHz |
| Total Cores | 32 | 10 |
| Total Threads | 32 | 10 |
| Multiplier | 45x | - |
| L1 Cache | - | 192K (per core) |
| L2 Cache | - | 24MB (shared) |
| Unlocked Multiplier | No | No |
Package
| Transistors | - | 33.7 billions |
| Fabrication Process | 3 nm | 5 nm |
| TDP (PL1) | - | 30 W |
| Socket | Apple M-Socket | Apple M-Socket |
| Peak Temperature | 100Β°C | - |
Laptop processors ranking (#124th place)
iGPU
| Integrated Graphics | Apple M4 Ultra GPU (80-core) | Apple M1 Pro GPU (16-core) |
| GPU Base Clock | 500 MHz | 450 MHz |
| GPU Boost Clock | 1578 MHz | 1296 MHz |
| Shading Units | 10240 | 2048 |
| TMUs | 640 | 128 |
| ROPs | 320 | 64 |
| Execution Units | 1280 | 256 |
| TGP | 120 W | 30 W |
iGPU FLOPS
Memory Support
| Memory Types | - LPDDR5X-8533 | - LPDDR5-6400 |
| Max. Memory Size | 192 GB | 32 GB |
| Memory Channels | 64 | 2 |
| Max. Memory Bandwidth | 1052 GB/s | 204.8 GB/s |
| ECC Support | No | No |
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