Intel Core Ultra 7 256V vs Apple M4 (10-Core)

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 2.2 GHz Intel Core Ultra 7 256V with 8-cores against the 4.46 GHz Apple M4 (10-Core) with 10-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

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 256V
Advantages of Apple M4 (10-Core)
  • Supports up to 32 GB LPDDR5X-7500 RAM
  • 41% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 3777 vs 2676 points
  • Has 2 more physical cores

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks

Cinebench

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

GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
14818
File compression 974.9 MB/sec 1500 MB/sec
Clang compilation 67.7 Klines/sec 120.2 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 260.1 pages/sec 329.3 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 282.1 Mpixels/sec 362.1 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 298.1 pages/sec 352.1 pages/sec
Background blur 50.8 images/sec 69.8 images/sec
Photo processing 105.2 images/sec 114.4 images/sec
Ray tracing 14 Mpixels/sec 18.1 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2]

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
23603
Integer math 43.2 GOps/sec 54.2 GOps/sec
Floating point math 58.4 GOps/sec 49.6 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 191M Primes/sec 263M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 22.4M Strings/sec 34.3M Strings/sec
Data encryption 14 GBytes/sec 15.1 GBytes/sec
Data compression 184.5 MBytes/sec 280.5 MBytes/sec
Physics 1590 Frames/sec 2527 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 15.6B Matrices/sec 13.6B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] โ€“ 672 & 2752 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
M4 (10-Core) +164%
229.85

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 15.7 PPW 40.9 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 290.1 PPW 617.4 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 526.3 PPW 983.5 PPW
Blender / Watt 2.35 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 Ultra 7 256V
No benchmark results yet
Apple M4 (10-Core)
DateBenchmarkResult
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-06-13 (doannguuyenmfs)Geekbench 6 CPU3703 / 15450
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-04-18 (Avacada)Geekbench 6 CPU3906 / 15577
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-03-05 (Dovlet)Geekbench 6 CPU3916 / 15202
๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-12-31 (gmamorim)Geekbench 6 CPU3730 / 15258
๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-12-28 (LC)Cinebench 2024174 / 993

Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core Ultra 7 256V and Apple M4 (10-Core)

General

Vendor Intel Apple
Released September 4, 2024 May 7, 2024
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 ARMv9
Codename Lunar Lake Apple M4
Model number 256V APL1206
Integrated GPU Arc Graphics 140V Apple M4 GPU (10-core)
Rival Equivalent - - Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100)
Successor - - Apple M5 (10-Core)
Intel CPU rating (#94th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 4 4
P-Threads 4 4
Base Frequency (P) 2.2 GHz 4.46 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.8 GHz -
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 4 6
E-Threads 4 6
Base Frequency (E) 2.2 GHz 2.89 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.7 GHz -
Total
Total Cores 8 10
Total Threads 8 10
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 22x 44x
L1 Cache 192K (per core) 192K (per core)
L2 Cache 2560K (per core) 16MB (shared)
L3 Cache 12MB (shared) -
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Transistors - 28 billions
Fabrication Process 3 nm 3 nm
TDP (PL1) 17-37 W (configurable) 24 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 37 W -
Socket FCBGA-2833 Apple M-Socket
Peak Temperature 100ยฐC 100ยฐC
Die Size - 169.4 mmยฒ
Laptop processors ranking (119th and 28th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel Arc Graphics 140V Apple M4 GPU (10-core)
GPU Base Clock 600 MHz 500 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1950 MHz 1470 MHz
Shading Units 1024 1280
TMUs - 80
ROPs - 40
Execution Units - 160
TGP 30 W 18 W
iGPU FLOPS
4 TFLOPS
3.8 TFLOPS

Memory Support

Memory Types - LPDDR5X-8533 - LPDDR5X-7500
Max. Memory Size 16 GB 32 GB
Memory Channels 2 8
Max. Memory Bandwidth - 120 GB/s
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core Ultra 7 256V official page -
PCI Express Version 5.0 -
PCI Express Lanes 8 -
Further details
Notes on M4 (10-Core):
    - SoC is designed using ARMv9.4-A architecture.

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