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Apple M4 vs Apple M4 Pro — Specs & Performance Compared

Side-by-side comparison of 2 CPU parts: Apple M4 vs Apple M4 Pro. All released in 2024. Specs, synthetic benchmarks, AI inference tok/s, and Amazon availability — click into any column header for the per-SKU benchmark page.

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Where to buy

Current in-stock pricing for each part on Amazon.

Synthetic benchmarks

Higher is better. Per-row scores come from public benchmark databases (PassMark, TechPowerUp, Geekbench, Cinebench). Empty cells mean we don't yet have that benchmark on file for the SKU.

BenchmarkApple M4Apple M4 Pro
Cinebench 2024 multi —1,729 points
Cinebench R23 multi 13,845 points23,435 points
Cinebench R23 Multi —23,435 pts
Cinebench R23 single 2,269 points2,213 points
Geekbench 6 multi 14,724 points22,669 points
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core —22,522 pts
Geekbench 6 single 3,788 points3,925 points
Geekbench 6 Single-Core —3,878 pts
PassMark CPU Mark 23,643 points38,018 points
PassMark CPU Mark single thread 4,499 points—
PassMark Single Thread 4,501 points4,557 pts
PassMark single-thread —4,548 points

AI inference (tokens/sec)

Top community-reported tokens-per-second results for popular LLMs. See the per-SKU benchmark page for the full set including quantization, prompt length, and source citations.

Apple M4

  • qwen3:30b: 850.0 tok/s
  • deepseekr1:8b: 845.0 tok/s
  • qwen3:0.6b: 658.0 tok/s

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Apple M4 Pro

  • llama3:8b: 440.0 tok/s
  • deepseekr1:32b: 100.0 tok/s
  • mistral:7b: 98.0 tok/s

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