Apple M4 is a series of ARM-based system on a chip (SoC) designed by Apple Inc., part of the Apple silicon series, including a central processing unit (CPU), a graphics processing unit (GPU), a neural processing unit (NPU), and a digital signal processor (DSP).

May 7, 2024 · M4 has a new up-to-10-core CPU consisting of up to four performance cores and now six efficiency cores. The next-generation cores feature improved branch prediction, with wider decode and execution engines for the performance cores, and a deeper execution engine for the efficiency cores.

Oct 30, 2024 · The 14-core CPU of M4 Pro is up to 1.9x faster than the CPU of M1 Pro, and up to 2.1x faster than the latest AI PC chip. The 20-core GPU of M4 Pro delivers graphics performance that is 2x that of M4, and up to 2.4x faster than the latest AI PC chip.

Nov 27, 2024 · Where the previous Apple M3 chip was issued with four processor cores, the Apple M4 comes in three- and- four-core versions in the iPad Pro. The Apple M3 MacBook Pro and MacBook Air pair those...

May 14, 2024 · Apple M4 At a Glance (iPad Pro configuration) CPU with up to 4 performance cores, 6 efficiency cores, 28 billion transistors; 10-core GPU; 16-core Neural Engine (38 TOPS)

Nov 15, 2024 · The 10-core Apple M4 is an impressively fast ARM architecture processor (SoC) sporting 4 performance and 6 efficient CPU cores along with a 16-core neural engine and a 10-core GPU with...

Oct 30, 2024 · We’ve seen the M4 chip in three flavors: the standard M4 with either 8 or 10 CPU cores, the M4 Pro with up to 20 GPU cores and the M4 Max. All of these bring significant gains to graphics...

Mar 5, 2025 · While the M4 chip features notable enhancements over the M3, such as increased CPU and GPU performance and improved efficiency, the practical differences for users upgrading from an M3 system...

Testing conducted by Apple in January 2025 using preproduction 13-inch MacBook Air systems with Apple M4, 10-core CPU, and 8-core GPU, and preproduction 15-inch MacBook Air systems with Apple M4, 10-core CPU, and 10-core GPU, all configured with 16GB of RAM and 256GB SSD. Wireless web battery life tested by browsing 25 popular websites while ...

Nov 14, 2024 · The 9-core Apple M4 is a rather fast ARM architecture processor (SoC) that sports 9 CPU cores, a 16-core neural engine and a 10-core GPU with hardware RT support and other modern features....