Apple M4 Pro
Apple · Oct 2024
Price not listed
55 / 100 spec score
Higher overall- Home
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- Apple M4 Pro vs Core Ultra 9 285K
Apple M4 Pro vs Core Ultra 9 285K
Apple M4 Pro scores higher overall and wins 1 of 5 areas, but Core Ultra 9 285K still wins 2.
Core Ultra 9 285K
Intel · Oct 2024
Price not listed
50 / 100 spec score
Area by area
Apple M4 ProCore Ultra 9 285K
Multi-core potentialCore Ultra 9 285K leads
Single-core potentialCore Ultra 9 285K leads
Cache
Efficiency
AI accelerationApple M4 Pro leads
Why pick Apple M4 Pro
- NPU: 38 TOPS vs 13 TOPS
Up to 14 CPU cores
Why pick Core Ultra 9 285K
- Cores: 24 vs 14
- Threads: 24 vs 14
- Max boost: 5.7 GHz vs 4.5 GHz
24 cores
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Your pick
Apple M4 Pro
Scores 53 vs 50 on your weighting.
- Apple M4 Pro53
- Core Ultra 9 285K50
If AI acceleration mattered less to you, Core Ultra 9 285K would draw level.
Full specifications
| Apple M4 Pro | Core Ultra 9 285K | |
|---|---|---|
| Segment | Laptop / desktop | Desktop |
| Architecture | Apple silicon | Arrow Lake-S |
| Socket | SoC | LGA 1851 |
| Process | TSMC N3E | TSMC N3B |
| Apple M4 Pro | Core Ultra 9 285K | |
|---|---|---|
| Cores | 14 | 24 |
| Threads | 14 | 24 |
| Core layout | 10 performance + 4 efficiency | 8 P-cores + 16 E-cores |
| Base clock | — | 3.7 GHz |
| Max boost | 4.5 GHz | 5.7 GHz |
| Apple M4 Pro | Core Ultra 9 285K | |
|---|---|---|
| L3 / shared cache | — | 36 MB |
| Memory support | LPDDR5X unified, up to 64 GB | DDR5-6400 |
| Apple M4 Pro | Core Ultra 9 285K | |
|---|---|---|
| Base power (TDP) | — | 125 W |
| Integrated graphics | Apple GPU, up to 20 cores | Intel Graphics (4 Xe cores) |
| NPU | 38 TOPS | 13 TOPS |
Green marks the better value where “better” is clear. Specs from each maker’s published pages.