Apple M4 Ultra vs Apple M1 Pro

n/a out 100
Apple M4 Ultra
VS
58 out 100
Apple M1 Pro

Compared 2 processors: Apple M4 Ultra, vs Apple M1 Pro. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Apple M4 Ultra and Apple M1 Pro
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
Processors:
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Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
Cinebench R23
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
Apple M4 Ultra
2199
Apple M1 Pro
1529
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
Apple M4 Ultra
44781
Apple M1 Pro
12108
Cinebench 2024
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
Apple M4 Ultra
n/a
Apple M1 Pro
106
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
Apple M4 Ultra
n/a
Apple M1 Pro
775
PassMark
PassMark CPU (Single-Core)
Apple M4 Ultra
n/a
Apple M1 Pro
3800
PassMark CPU (Multi-Core)
Apple M4 Ultra
n/a
Apple M1 Pro
21899
Integer Mathn/a45.9 GOps/s
Floating-Point Mathn/a64.3 GOps/s
Prime Number Searchn/a273 M primes/s
Random String Sortn/a32.6 M strings/s
Data Encryptionn/a12.2 GB/s
Data Compressionn/a273.4 MB/s
Physicsn/a2671 frames/s
Extended Instructionsn/a122 M matrices/s
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Apple M4 Ultra
4062
Apple M1 Pro
2328
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Apple M4 Ultra
32871
Apple M1 Pro
10305
File Compressionn/a1230 MB/s
Clang Compilationn/a82.4 KLines/s
HTML5 Browsern/a249.1 pages/s
PDF Renderingn/a271.3 MP/sec
Text Processingn/a246.4 pages/s
Background Blurn/a36.9 frames/s
Photo Processingn/a102.5 frames/s
Ray Tracingn/a10.7 MP/sec

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender CPU
Apple M4 Ultra
n/a
Apple M1 Pro
186.87

Performance/Watt

Points per watt of PL1 TDP
Geekbench 6 Multi / W n/a 343.5 PPW
PassMark CPU / W n/a 730 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / W n/a 25.8 PPW
Blender / W n/a 6.23 PPW

General Info

Manufacturer Apple Apple
Announced May, 1, 2025 October, 18, 2021
Type PC use Laptop use
Architecture ARMv9 ARMv8
Codename Apple M4 Apple M1
Integrated GPU Apple M4 Ultra GPU (80-core) Apple M1 Pro GPU (16-core)

Processor

Performance cores
Cores 24 8
Threads 24 8
Frequency 4.52 GHz 3.2 GHz
Efficiency cores
Cores82
Threads82
Frequency2.89 GHz2.1 GHz
General
Cores count3210
Threads count3210
Multiplier45xn/a
L1 cachen/a192 KB/core
L2 cachen/a24 KB/core
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Package

Transistor count n/a 33.7 billion
Process tech. 3 nm 5 nm
Power (TDP) n/a 30 W
Socket Apple M-Socket Apple M-Socket
Critical temp. 100 °C n/a

Memory Support

Memory Type LPDDR5X-8533 LPDDR5-6400
Max Size 192 GB 32 GB
Channels 8 4
ECC support No No
Max memory bandwidth n/a 204.8 GB

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Apple M1 Pro the clear winner in this comparison.

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