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Intel Core i9 14900K vs Apple M4 Ultra

86 out of 100
Intel Core i9 14900K
VS
100 out of 100
Apple M4 Ultra
Intel Core i9 14900K
Apple M4 Ultra

We compared two desktop CPUs: the 3.2 GHz Intel Core i9 14900K with 24-cores against the 4.52 GHz Apple M4 Ultra with 32-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.
  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Performance
  4. Specs
  5. Comments

Key Differences

What are the key differences between Ultra and 14900K
Advantages of Intel Core i9 14900K
  • Unlocked multiplier
Advantages of Apple M4 Ultra
  • More powerful Apple M4 Ultra GPU (80-core) integrated graphics: 32.3 vs 0.8 TFLOPS
  • Around 962.4 GB/s (1074%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
  • More modern manufacturing process – 3 versus 10 nanometers
  • Newer - released 1 year and 6 months later
  • Has 8 more physical cores
  • 28% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 4062 vs 3171 points

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core i9 14900K
vs
M4 Ultra

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Core i9 14900K
129
M4 Ultra +33%
171
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Core i9 14900K
2086
M4 Ultra +50%
3139
Cinebench Scores (#17th 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 i9 14900K
3171
M4 Ultra +28%
4062
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Core i9 14900K
22629
M4 Ultra +45%
32871
File compression 1940 MB/sec -
Clang compilation 194.6 Klines/sec -
HTML 5 Browser 589.2 pages/sec -
PDF Renderer 638.4 Mpixels/sec -
Text processing 318.7 pages/sec -
Background blur 71.7 images/sec -
Photo processing 191.6 images/sec -
Ray tracing 41.7 Mpixels/sec -
Sources: GeekBench [1] – 644 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Integer math 209.3 GOps/sec -
Floating point math 152.1 GOps/sec -
Find prime numbers 228M Primes/sec -
Random string sorting 86.6M Strings/sec -
Data encryption 46.5 GBytes/sec -
Data compression 785.8 MBytes/sec -
Physics 3098 Frames/sec -
Extended instructions 44.7B Matrices/sec -
Sources: PassMark [3] – 13248 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 16.7 PPW -
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 181 PPW -
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 466 PPW -
Blender / Watt 4.1 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 i9 14900K
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-06 (Devansh)Geekbench 6 CPU2993 / 18135
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-06 (Devansh)Geekbench 7 CPU2611 / 21934
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-06 (Devansh)Cinebench 2026543 / 8307
πŸ“˜ 2026-02-24 (Tanvir)Cinebench 2024129 / 2086
πŸ“˜ 2026-01-31 (Kreuz)Cinebench 2024128 / 1976
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i9 14900K and Apple M4 Ultra

General

Vendor Intel Apple
Released October 16, 2023 May 1, 2025
Type Desktop Desktop
Instruction Set x86-64 ARMv9
Codename Raptor Lake Refresh Apple M4
Model number i9-14900K -
Integrated GPU UHD Graphics 770 Apple M4 Ultra GPU (80-core)
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 9 7900X -
Successor - Intel Core Ultra 9 285K -
Intel CPU rating (#7th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 8 24
P-Threads 16 24
Base Frequency (P) 3.2 GHz 4.52 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 6 GHz -
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 16 8
E-Threads 16 8
Base Frequency (E) 2.4 GHz 2.89 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 4.4 GHz -
Total
Total Cores 24 32
Total Threads 32 32
Bus Frequency 100 MHz -
Multiplier 32x 45x
L1 Cache 80K (per core) -
L2 Cache 2MB (per core) -
L3 Cache 36MB (shared) -
Unlocked Multiplier Yes No

Package

Fabrication Process 10 nm 3 nm
TDP (PL1) 125 W -
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 253 W -
Socket LGA-1700 Apple M-Socket
Peak Temperature 100Β°C 100Β°C
Desktop CPU ranking (#13th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel UHD Graphics 770 Apple M4 Ultra GPU (80-core)
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 500 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1650 MHz 1578 MHz
Shading Units 256 10240
TMUs 16 640
ROPs 8 320
Execution Units 32 1280
TGP 15 W 120 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core i9 14900K
0.8 TFLOPS
M4 Ultra +3937%
32.3 TFLOPS
More info: Apple M4 Ultra GPU (80-core) compared to UHD Graphics 770

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-5600
- DDR4-3200		 - LPDDR5X-8533
Max. Memory Size 192 GB 192 GB
Memory Channels 2 64
Max. Memory Bandwidth 89.6 GB/s 1052 GB/s
ECC Support Yes No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i9 14900K official page -
PCI Express Version 5.0 -
PCI Express Lanes 20 -

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Comments

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