Apple M4 Pro (12-Core) vs Apple A18 Pro (MacBook)

Compared 2 processors: Apple M4 Pro (12-Core), vs Apple A18 Pro (MacBook). Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Apple M4 Pro (12-Core) and Apple A18 Pro (MacBook)
Single-Thread Perf.
Single-Core Benchmark Score
Multi-Thread Perf.
Multi-Core Benchmark Score
Energy Efficiency
Chip Power Efficiency
Integrated Graphics
iGPU Performance in Games & 3D
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
Cinebench R23
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
Apple M4 Pro (12-Core)
2172
Apple A18 Pro (MacBook)
n/a
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
Apple M4 Pro (12-Core)
18569
Apple A18 Pro (MacBook)
n/a
Cinebench 2024
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
Apple M4 Pro (12-Core)
170
Apple A18 Pro (MacBook)
169
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
Apple M4 Pro (12-Core)
1419
Apple A18 Pro (MacBook)
702
PassMark
PassMark CPU (Single-Core)
Apple M4 Pro (12-Core)
4620
Apple A18 Pro (MacBook)
n/a
PassMark CPU (Multi-Core)
Apple M4 Pro (12-Core)
33142
Apple A18 Pro (MacBook)
n/a
Integer Math71.7 GOps/sn/a
Floating-Point Math72.3 GOps/sn/a
Prime Number Search465 M primes/sn/a
Random String Sort47.2 M strings/sn/a
Data Encryption19.8 GB/sn/a
Data Compression415.7 MB/sn/a
Physics4826 frames/sn/a
Extended Instructions222 M matrices/sn/a
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Apple M4 Pro (12-Core)
3864
Apple A18 Pro (MacBook)
n/a
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Apple M4 Pro (12-Core)
20499
Apple A18 Pro (MacBook)
n/a
File Compression2120 MB/s1050 MB/s
Clang Compilation165.8 KLines/s58.1 KLines/s
HTML5 Browser484.7 pages/s201.6 pages/s
PDF Rendering486.8 MP/sec214.8 MP/sec
Text Processing368.5 pages/s318.8 pages/s
Background Blur84.2 frames/s41 frames/s
Photo Processing189.3 frames/s91.5 frames/s
Ray Tracing25.9 MP/sec9.18 MP/sec

Performance/Watt

Points per watt of PL1 TDP
Geekbench 6 Multi / W 539.4 PPW 922.5 PPW
PassMark CPU / W 872.2 PPW n/a
Cinebench 2024 / W 37.3 PPW 70.2 PPW

General Info

Manufacturer Apple Apple
Announced October, 29, 2024 September, 9, 2024
Type Laptop use Laptop use
Architecture ARMv9 ARMv9
Codename Apple M4 Apple M4
Model number n/a APL1V07
Integrated GPU Apple M4 Pro GPU (16-core) Apple A18 Pro GPU

Processor

Performance cores
Cores 8 2
Threads 8 2
Frequency 4.52 GHz 2 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo) n/a 4.05 GHz
Efficiency cores
Cores44
Threads44
Frequency2.59 GHzn/a
Max Frequency (Turbo)n/a2.42 GHz
General
Cores count126
Threads count126
Multiplier45x40x
L1 cache192 KB/core192 KB/core
L2 cache16 KB/core16 KB/core
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Package

Process tech. 3 nm 3 nm
Power (TDP) 38 W 10 W
Socket Apple M-Socket Custom
Critical temp. 100 °C n/a

Memory Support

Memory Type LPDDR5X-8533 LPDDR5x-7500
Max Size 64 GB 8 GB
Channels 4 4
ECC support No No
Max memory bandwidth 273 GB 60 GB

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Apple M4 Pro (12-Core) the clear winner in this comparison.

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