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Apple M4 (10-core)
Debuting in the iPad Pro, the base M4 makes entry-level Macs feel anything but entry-level, with the fastest single-core performance of its generation.
Pros
- Outstanding single-core speed
- Excellent battery efficiency, fanless-capable
- Base Macs now ship with 16GB unified memory
- Hardware ray tracing and AV1 decode
- Strong media engine for its class
Cons
- Modest multi-core versus H-class x86 chips
- 32GB memory ceiling
- 120GB/s bandwidth trails Pro and Max
- Thunderbolt 4, not Thunderbolt 5
Good
Computed from specs & benchmarks via our public methodology.
Full specifications
Everything we track for the Apple M4 (10-core)
General
- Announced
- 2024
- Process
- 3 nm
Cores & Clocks
- Cores
- 10
- Performance cores
- 4
- Efficiency cores
- 6
- Threads
- 10
- Boost clock
- 4.4 GHz
Integrated GPU
- iGPU
- Apple 10-core GPU
Memory
- Memory support
- LPDDR5X-7500
- Max memory
- 32 GB
Benchmarks
- Geekbench 6 (single)
- 3,810Top 10%
- Geekbench 6 (multi)
- 14,900Top 27%
- Cinebench R23 (single)
- 2,180Top 10%
- Cinebench R23 (multi)
- 13,900Top 43%
- PassMark
- 23,582Top 39%
Quick answers
Is the Apple M4 (10-core) good in 2026?
The Apple M4 (10-core) earns an Inno Score of 65.2/100 (“Good”) based on its specs and benchmark results. Debuting in the iPad Pro, the base M4 makes entry-level Macs feel anything but entry-level, with the fastest single-core performance of its generation.
Does the Apple M4 (10-core) count as "Core i7 or equivalent"?
Its PassMark CPU Mark average is 23,582 (cpubenchmark.net, retrieved Sep 26, 2026), which puts it in Tier A of our CPU tier checker: current Core i7 H / Core Ultra 7 / Ryzen 7 class and above. It is an Arm-based chip, so a requirement that asks specifically for an Intel or AMD (x86-64) processor excludes it. Requirement pages word this differently, so check the exact wording with your department.
What are the key specs of the Apple M4 (10-core)?
Cores: 10 · Threads: 10 · Boost clock: 4.4 GHz
What are the closest alternatives to the Apple M4 (10-core)?
Its closest rivals on InnoReviews are Intel Core Ultra 7 255H, AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX, AMD Ryzen AI 9 365 — open the comparison pages for a spec-by-spec breakdown.
