The M4 chip in the iPad Pro was a surprise, especially since only six months have passed since the presentation of the M3 chip. Even though it always seems that You will have to wait a few months to see them on Macthe first benchmarks of the M4 chip in the iPad leave us speechless.
The M4 chip uses second-generation three-nanometer technology. A more efficient manufacturing process, with more transistors and more economical for Apple. A complete win-win that makes us dream about what the M4 Pro and M4 Max can become.
The three nanometers of the 2nd generation of the M4 chip are very visible
To understand the progress the M4 chip has made and why Apple decided to release it now, we need to understand what’s behind it. The predecessor Chip M3 was the first processor with three-nanometer technology worldwide for personal computers. Apple wanted to have this honor and that’s why they went with the first generation.
This first generation is only used by Apple, while the second generation of the three-nanometer process will also be used by more manufacturers. Because? Because It is cheaper to manufacture and the process has been corrected and optimized from the first. For this reason, Apple wanted to move to the second generation of three nanometers as quickly as possible. For economies of scale, and yes, also for performance.
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M1 chip |
5 nanometers (1st generation) |
16 billion transistors |
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M2 CHIP |
5 nanometers (2nd generation) |
20 billion transistors |
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ChipM3 |
3 nanometers (1st generation) |
25 billion transistors |
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M4 chip |
3 nanometers (2nd generation) |
28 billion transistors |
As you can see, the number of millions of transistors in the history of M Chip has increased. This means better performance and lower power consumption. The M4 chip is so mature that its data impressed us. In fact, it even seems that Apple didn’t squeeze all the juice it could out of the Let Loose Keynote so as not to damage the M3 chip too much.
M4 Chip Geekbench results make it the fastest processor in the world
As disclosed by the popular processor testing program Geekbench, the M4 chip has peak single-core power. In fact, andIt is the fastest processor for personal computers around the world.
If we compare it with the latest Intel processor, the M4 chip has a score of 3810 and the i9-14900 has a score of 3300. So tand we leave the table with all the scores of the benchmark carried out on the M4 Chip in single-core and multi-core. They are impressive!
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m4 reference chip |
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|---|---|
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Single-core processor |
3,810 |
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Multi-core CPU |
14,541 |
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GPU |
53,792 |
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Machine learning |
9.234 |
M4 chip is faster than Mac’s M3 Pro chip, an unprecedented advancement
We are talking about The M4 chip represents a big step forward compared to the previous generation. For you to understand the progress, we compared the M4 chip with all its previous generations so that you have it as a reference.
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m4 |
M3 Pro |
M3 |
M2 Pro |
M2 |
M1 Pro |
M1 |
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Single-core processor |
3,810 |
3.155 |
3,087 |
2,641 |
2,630 |
2.413 |
2.315 |
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Multi-core CPU |
14,541 |
14,266 |
11,590 |
11,855 |
10.136 |
10,833 |
7,895 |
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GPU |
53,792 |
68,300 |
47,816 |
51,951 |
47,684 |
38,287 |
27,230 |
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Machine learning |
9.234 |
10,476 |
8,079 |
8,811 |
7,414 |
7,963 |
6,894 |
What is most surprising about this benchmark compared to its previous processors is the jump that has been made in single-core. It must be taken into account that The iPad Pro has no active cooling and has nine or ten cores. Can you imagine an M4 processor in a Mac with more cores? Apple would launch the most powerful processor ever created by them.
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