Intel Core Ultra X7 358H vs Apple M4 (10-Core)

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 1.9 GHz Intel Core Ultra X7 358H with 16-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 358H
Advantages of Intel Core Ultra X7 358H
  • Newer - released 1 year and 9 months later
  • Supports up to 96 GB LPDDR5X-9600 RAM
  • More powerful Intel Arc B390 integrated graphics: 7.7 vs 3.8 TFLOPS
  • Has 6 more physical cores
  • More modern manufacturing process – 2 versus 3 nanometers
  • Around 33.6 GB/s (28%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
Advantages of Apple M4 (10-Core)
  • 33% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 3777 vs 2839 points

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 (Single) 502 -
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 4689 3211
Cinebench Scores (126th and 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)
17062
14818
File compression 1210 MB/sec 1500 MB/sec
Clang compilation 98.2 Klines/sec 120.2 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 371.3 pages/sec 329.3 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 368 Mpixels/sec 362.1 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 293 pages/sec 352.1 pages/sec
Background blur 59.2 images/sec 69.8 images/sec
Photo processing 118.3 images/sec 114.4 images/sec
Ray tracing 19.7 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)
33673
23603
Integer math 82.8 GOps/sec 54.2 GOps/sec
Floating point math 103.3 GOps/sec 49.6 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 336M Primes/sec 263M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 40.2M Strings/sec 34.3M Strings/sec
Data encryption 25.9 GBytes/sec 15.1 GBytes/sec
Data compression 331.3 MBytes/sec 280.5 MBytes/sec
Physics 3011 Frames/sec 2527 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 27.2B Matrices/sec 13.6B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 334 & 2752 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
281.68
229.85

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 44.6 PPW 40.9 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 682.5 PPW 617.4 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 1346.9 PPW 983.5 PPW
Blender / Watt 11.27 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 X7 358H
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-05 -> asterismxGeekbench 6 CPU2910 / 17150
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-05 -> asterismxCinebench 2024126 / 1182
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-05 -> asterismxCinebench 20260 / 4753
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

Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core Ultra X7 358H and Apple M4 (10-Core)

General

Vendor Intel Apple
Released January 5, 2026 May 7, 2024
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 ARMv9
Codename Panther Lake Apple M4
Model number 358H APL1206
Integrated GPU Arc B390 Apple M4 GPU (10-core)
Rival Equivalent - - Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100)
Successor - - Apple M5 (10-Core)
Intel CPU rating (#38th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 4 4
P-Threads 4 4
Base Frequency (P) 1.9 GHz 4.46 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.8 GHz -
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 12 6
E-Threads 12 6
Base Frequency (E) 1.5 GHz 2.89 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.5 GHz -
Total
Total Cores 16 10
Total Threads 16 10
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 19x 44x
L1 Cache 192K (per core) 192K (per core)
L2 Cache 3MB (per core) 16MB (shared)
L3 Cache 18MB (shared) -
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Transistors - 28 billions
Fabrication Process 2 nm 3 nm
TDP (PL1) 15-25 W (configurable) 24 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 80 W -
Socket FCBGA2540 Apple M-Socket
Peak Temperature 100Β°C 100Β°C
Die Size - 169.4 mmΒ²
Laptop processors ranking (46th and 28th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel Arc B390 Apple M4 GPU (10-core)
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 500 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 2500 MHz 1470 MHz
Shading Units 1536 1280
TMUs 48 80
ROPs 24 40
Execution Units 12 160
TGP 30 W 18 W
iGPU FLOPS
7.7 TFLOPS
3.8 TFLOPS

Memory Support

Memory Types - LPDDR5X-9600 - LPDDR5X-7500
Max. Memory Size 96 GB 32 GB
Memory Channels 2 8
Max. Memory Bandwidth 153.6 GB/s 120 GB/s
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core Ultra X7 358H official page -
PCI Express Version 5.0 -
PCI Express Lanes 12 -
Further details
Notes on M4 (10-Core):
    - SoC is designed using ARMv9.4-A architecture.

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