Apple M4 Max (16-Core) vs Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus

[ VERDICT ] Winner: Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus (98/100)

Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus leads overall with a score of 98/100 compared to Apple M4 Max (16-Core) (93/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Why choose Apple M4 Max (16-Core):
  • + Higher Efficiency score (87 vs 76)
Apple M4 Max (16-Core)
Apple

Apple M4 Max (16-Core)

93/100
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[ WINNER ]
Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Intel

Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus

98/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Apple M4 Max (16-Core) Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Efficiency 87.0 Very Good WINNER 76.0 Good
Performance 99.0 Excellent 99.0 Excellent

Detailed Technical Specifications

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 Max (16-Core) Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Base Frequency (E) 2.59 GHz 3.2 GHz
Base Frequency (P) 4.51 GHz 3.7 GHz
E-Cores 4 16
E-Threads 4 16
L1 Cache 192K (per core) 192K (per core)
L2 Cache 32MB (shared) 3MB (per core)
Multiplier 45x 37x
P-Cores 12 8
P-Threads 12 8
Total Cores 16 24
Total Threads 16 24
Unlocked Multiplier No Yes
Bus Frequency — 100 MHz
L3 Cache — 36MB (shared)
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) — 4.7 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) — 5.4 GHz

GeekBench v6

GeekBench v6 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 Max (16-Core) Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Background blur 92.2 images/sec 116 images/sec
Clang compilation 219.7 Klines/sec 297.3 Klines/sec
File compression 2680 MB/sec 2000 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 699.3 pages/sec 635.2 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 771.1 Mpixels/sec 716 Mpixels/sec
Photo processing 236.2 images/sec 210.5 images/sec
Ray tracing 36.1 Mpixels/sec 59 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 381.1 pages/sec 447.5 pages/sec

General

General specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 Max (16-Core) Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Codename Apple M4 Arrow Lake
Instruction Set ARMv9 x86-64
Integrated GPU Apple M4 Max GPU (40-core) Arc iGPU (4-Cores)
Released October 30, 2024 March 12, 2026
Successor -Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) —
Type Laptop Desktop
Vendor Apple Intel
AMD Equivalent — -AMD Ryzen 9 9950X
Model number — 270K+

Memory Support

Memory Support specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 Max (16-Core) Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
ECC Support No Yes
Max. Memory Bandwidth 546 GB/s 115.2 GB/s
Max. Memory Size 128 GB 256 GB
Memory Channels 32 2
Memory Types - LPDDR5X-8533 - DDR5-7200

Package

Package specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 Max (16-Core) Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Fabrication Process 3 nm 3 nm
Peak Temperature 100°C 105°C
Socket Apple M-Socket FCLGA-1851
TDP (PL1) 70 W 125 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) — 250 W
Transistors — 17.8 billions

PassMark

PassMark specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 Max (16-Core) Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Data compression 572.9 MBytes/sec 803 MBytes/sec
Data encryption 27 GBytes/sec 59 GBytes/sec
Extended instructions 30.3B Matrices/sec 63.4B Matrices/sec
Find prime numbers 627M Primes/sec 612M Primes/sec
Floating point math 101.4 GOps/sec 229.2 GOps/sec
Integer math 98.9 GOps/sec 175.8 GOps/sec
Physics 6614 Frames/sec 4038 Frames/sec
Random string sorting 64.5M Strings/sec 96.8M Strings/sec

Performance Per Watt

Performance Per Watt specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 Max (16-Core) Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Blender / Watt 6.79 PPW 4.92 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 29.2 PPW 19.9 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 374.1 PPW 219.2 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 627.2 PPW 547.7 PPW

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 Max (16-Core) Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Date Benchmark Benchmark
📘 2024-11-12(Jason C) Cinebench 2024 —
📘 2025-02-17(MM) Cinebench 2024 —
📘 2025-04-02(BigJake) Cinebench 2024 —
📘 2025-07-10(thomas) GeekBench —
📘 2025-07-20(Rahul) Cinebench 2024 —
📘 2026-04-07(IdiotStick) — Cinebench 2026
📘 2026-04-11(Daniel Comeau) — Cinebench 2026
📘 2026-06-13(sparehobos) — Cinebench 2024
📘 2026-06-25(Adnan) — Cinebench 2024
📘 2026-08-12(coolguy) — Cinebench 2026

iGPU

iGPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 Max (16-Core) Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Execution Units 640 64
GPU Base Clock 500 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1578 MHz 2000 MHz
Integrated Graphics Apple M4 Max GPU (40-core) Intel Arc iGPU (4-Cores)
ROPs 160 16
Shading Units 5120 512
TGP 50 W 14 W
TMUs 320 32

Cinebench

Cinebench specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 Max (16-Core) Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) — 9722
Cinebench 2026 (Single) — 595

Misc

Misc specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 Max (16-Core) Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Official Site — Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus official page
PCI Express Lanes — 24
PCI Express Version — 5.0

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