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Intel Core i7 12650H vs Apple M4 (10-Core)

50 out of 100
Intel Core i7 12650H
VS
76 out of 100
Apple M4 (10-Core)
Intel Core i7 12650H
Apple M4 (10-Core)

We compared two 10-core laptop CPUs: the 2.3 GHz Intel Core i7 12650H against the 4.46 GHz Apple M4 (10-Core). On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Performance
  4. Specs
  5. Comments

Review

General overview and comparison of the processors
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Multi-Core Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Power Efficiency
The efficiency score of power consumption
Integrated Graphics
iGPU capabilities for gaming and 3D-intensive tasks
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Key Differences

What are the key differences between (10-Core) and 12650H
Advantages of Intel Core i7 12650H
  • Supports up to 64 GB DDR5-4800 RAM
Advantages of Apple M4 (10-Core)
  • More modern manufacturing process – 3 versus 10 nanometers
  • More powerful Apple M4 GPU (10-core) integrated graphics: 3.8 vs 1.4 TFLOPS
  • Newer - released 2 years and 4 months later
  • 65% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 3777 vs 2293 points

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core i7 12650H
vs
M4 (10-Core)

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) - 3211
Cinebench Scores (#158th place)
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GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Core i7 12650H
2293
M4 (10-Core) +65%
3777
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Core i7 12650H
10434
M4 (10-Core) +42%
14818
File compression 786 MB/sec 1500 MB/sec
Clang compilation 76 Klines/sec 120.2 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 237.9 pages/sec 329.3 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 302.7 Mpixels/sec 362.1 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 234.7 pages/sec 352.1 pages/sec
Background blur 47.2 images/sec 69.8 images/sec
Photo processing 88.5 images/sec 114.4 images/sec
Ray tracing 17.3 Mpixels/sec 18.1 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 1022 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Core i7 12650H
3474
M4 (10-Core) +30%
4499
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core i7 12650H
21281
M4 (10-Core) +11%
23603
Integer math 71.9 GOps/sec 54.2 GOps/sec
Floating point math 53.5 GOps/sec 49.6 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 88M Primes/sec 263M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 26M Strings/sec 34.3M Strings/sec
Data encryption 13.6 GBytes/sec 15.1 GBytes/sec
Data compression 241.9 MBytes/sec 280.5 MBytes/sec
Physics 1374 Frames/sec 2527 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 15B Matrices/sec 13.6B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 4012 & 2752 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core i7 12650H
158.32
M4 (10-Core) +45%
229.85

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 16 PPW 40.9 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 231.9 PPW 617.4 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 472.9 PPW 983.5 PPW
Blender / Watt 3.52 PPW 9.58 PPW
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Intel Core i7 12650H
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Apple M4 (10-Core)
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-13 (doannguuyenmfs)Geekbench 6 CPU3703 / 15450
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-18 (Avacada)Geekbench 6 CPU3906 / 15577
πŸ“˜ 2026-03-05 (Dovlet)Geekbench 6 CPU3916 / 15202
πŸ“˜ 2025-12-31 (gmamorim)Geekbench 6 CPU3730 / 15258
πŸ“˜ 2025-12-28 (LC)Cinebench 2024174 / 993
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i7 12650H and Apple M4 (10-Core)

General

Vendor Intel Apple
Released January 4, 2022 May 7, 2024
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 ARMv9
Codename Alder Lake Apple M4
Model number i7-12650H APL1206
Integrated GPU UHD Graphics (64EU) Apple M4 GPU (10-core)
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 7 6800H - Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100)
Successor - - Apple M5 (10-Core)
Intel CPU rating (#156th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 6 4
P-Threads 12 4
Base Frequency (P) 2.3 GHz 4.46 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.7 GHz -
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 4 6
E-Threads 4 6
Base Frequency (E) 1.7 GHz 2.89 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.5 GHz -
Total
Total Cores 10 10
Total Threads 16 10
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 23x 44x
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 192K (per core)
L2 Cache 1280K (per core) 16MB (shared)
L3 Cache 24MB (shared) -
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Transistors - 28 billions
Fabrication Process 10 nm 3 nm
TDP (PL1) 35-45 W (configurable) 24 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 115 W -
Socket BGA-1744 Apple M-Socket
Peak Temperature 100Β°C 100Β°C
Die Size - 169.4 mmΒ²

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel UHD Graphics (64EU) Apple M4 GPU (10-core)
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 500 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1400 MHz 1470 MHz
Shading Units 512 1280
TMUs 32 80
ROPs 16 40
Execution Units 64 160
TGP 15 W 18 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core i7 12650H
1.4 TFLOPS
M4 (10-Core) +171%
3.8 TFLOPS
More info: Apple M4 GPU (10-Core) compared to UHD Graphics (64 EU)

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-4800
- DDR4-3200
- LPDDR5-5200
- LPDDR4x-4267		 - LPDDR5X-7500
Max. Memory Size 64 GB 32 GB
Memory Channels 2 8
Max. Memory Bandwidth - 120 GB/s
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i7 12650H official page -
PCI Express Version 4.0 -
PCI Express Lanes 28 -
Further details
Notes on M4 (10-Core):
    - SoC is designed using ARMv9.4-A architecture.

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Comments

So which CPU will you choose: Apple M4 (10-Core) or Intel Core i7 12650H?
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