M4

Base-tier member of the M4 family

4 variants

Spec	M4 10c CPU / 10c GPU	M4 9c CPU / 10c GPU	M4 8c CPU / 9c GPU	M4 8c CPU / 8c GPU
Current Devices	iMac	–	iPad Air 13″ iPad Air 11″	iMac
CPU
CPU Cores	10	9	8	8
Performance Cores	4	3	3	4
Performance Core Speed (GHz)	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4
Efficiency Cores	6	6	5	4
Efficiency Core Speed (GHz)	2.85	2.85	2.85	2.85
SLC Cache (MB)	20	20	20	20
GPU
GPU cores	10	10	9	8
Execution Units	160	160	144	128
ALU Count	1280	1280	1152	1024
GPU Frequency (GHz)	1470	1470	1470	1470
TFLOPS	4.26	4.26	3.84	3.41
Ray Tracing	✓	✓	✓	✓
GPU Vendor	8th-gen Apple	8th-gen Apple	8th-gen Apple	8th-gen Apple
NPU
Neural Engine cores	16	16	16	16
Neural Engine TOPS	38	38	38	38
Memory
Memory bandwidth (GB/s)	120	120	120	120
Memory bus width (bits)	128	128	128	128
Memory channels	2	2	2	2
Memory channel width (bits)	64	64	64	–
Memory type	LPDDR5X-7500	LPDDR5X-7500	LPDDR5X-7500	LPDDR5X-7500
Memory options (GB)	8 16 24 32	8 16 24 32	12	8 16 24 32
Media Engine
Hardware Acceleration	H264 HEVC ProRes ProRes RAW	H264 HEVC ProRes ProRes RAW	H264 HEVC ProRes ProRes RAW	H264 HEVC ProRes ProRes RAW
Video Decode	1	1	1	1
Video Encode	1	1	1	1
ProRes Engines	1	1	1	1
AV1 Decode	1	1	1	1
Semiconductor Tech
Process node (nm)	–	–	3	–
Release date	2024-05-15	2024-05-15	2026-03-02	2024-05-15

All Devices, Including Discontinued