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Apple M4 vs Apple M4 10 Core — Specs & Performance Compared

Verdict: The Apple M4 10 Core leads on 5 of 6 shared benchmarks (3% in PassMark CPU Mark); the Apple M4 takes 1 (1% in Cinebench R23 single). On deepseek-r1:8b, the Apple M4 generates 78.0 tokens/s (per LLMCheck) against 20.0 for the Apple M4 10 Core (per LLMCheck), best community run on file for each.

Side-by-side CPU comparison of the Apple M4 and the Apple M4 10 Core. Specs, synthetic benchmarks, AI inference tok/s, and Amazon availability below; each column header links to that part's benchmark page.

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Synthetic benchmarks

Each row says whether a higher or a lower number is better (ranks and times are lower-is-better). Scores come from Notebookcheck, GSMArena, Geekbench Browser and PassMark; each row links its sources, and where they differ the cell shows their median. Empty cells mean we don't yet have that benchmark on file for the SKU.

BenchmarkApple M4Apple M4 10 Core
Cinebench 2024 multi (higher is better)
Source: Notebookcheck		 958 points958 points
Cinebench 2024 single (higher is better)
Source: Notebookcheck		 177 points177 points
Cinebench R23 multi (higher is better)
Source: Notebookcheck, GSMArena		 13,845 points13,857 points
Cinebench R23 single (higher is better)
Source: Notebookcheck, GSMArena		 2,269 points2,237 points
Geekbench 6 multi (higher is better)
Source: Notebookcheck, Geekbench Browser, GSMArena		 14,898 points15,013 points
Geekbench 6 single (higher is better)
Source: Notebookcheck, Geekbench Browser, GSMArena		 3,813 points3,833 points
PassMark CPU Mark (higher is better)
Source: PassMark		 22,923 pts23,655 points
PassMark CPU Mark single thread (higher is better)
Source: PassMark		 4,499 points—
PassMark CPU single thread (higher is better)
Source: PassMark		 —4,492 points
PassMark Single Thread (higher is better)
Source: PassMark		 4,489 pts4,500 points

AI inference (tokens/sec)

Top community-reported tokens-per-second results for popular LLMs whose weights fit the card's memory, each linked to its source. See the per-SKU benchmark page for the full set including quantization and prompt length.

Apple M4

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Apple M4 10 Core

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Quick answers

Which is faster, the Apple M4 or the Apple M4 10 Core?

The Apple M4 10 Core leads on 5 of 6 shared benchmarks (3% in PassMark CPU Mark); the Apple M4 takes 1 (1% in Cinebench R23 single).

Which is better for running local LLMs?

On deepseek-r1:8b, the Apple M4 generates 78.0 tokens/s (per LLMCheck) against 20.0 for the Apple M4 10 Core (per LLMCheck), best community run on file for each.

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