The Apple M4 Pro 16-core GPU is an integrated graphics card developed by Apple and integrated into the 12-core Apple M4 Pro SoC. It has 16 of the 20 graphics cores and, depending on the configuration, has access to at least 24 GB of fast 273 GB/s LPDDR5x on-package RAM (unified memory). As is typical for graphics cards from 2024, it has hardware support for ray tracing, mesh shading and other modern technologies. It also supports external displays with resolutions up to 8K and can decode some common video codecs such as h.264, h.265 and AV1 HW.
Performance
Its gaming performance is highly dependent on the game and if it is using emulation or if it is optimized for Apple silicon. In Baldur's Gate 3, for example, the iGPU is similar to a GeForce RTX 4050 in Windows 11. In synthetic benchmarks, the performance looks much better and can compete with an RTX 4060. The old M3 Pro 18-core GPU can easily be beaten despite the higher core count.
Power consumption
Under heavy CPU and GPU load, the iGPU part of the 12-core M4 Pro consumes approx. 25 W (Unigine Valley, max) according to the monitoring software "powermetrics".
Just like the rest of the Apple M4 Pro chip, the integrated graphics card is manufactured in a "second generation 3 nm" TSMC process, which will still be modern at the end of 2024.
Apple M4 Series
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| Pipelines | 16 - unified | ||||||||||||||||||
| Memory Type | LPDDR5x-8533 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Shared Memory | yes | ||||||||||||||||||
| Memory Bandwidth | 273 GB/s | ||||||||||||||||||
| technology | 3 nm | ||||||||||||||||||
| Date of Announcement | 30.10.2024 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Predecessor | M3 Pro 14-Core GPU | ||||||||||||||||||
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- Average benchmark valuesThe following benchmarks stem from our benchmarks of review laptops. The performance depends on the used graphics memory, clock rate, processor, system settings, drivers, and operating systems. So the results don't have to be representative for all laptops with this GPU. For detailed information on the benchmark results, click on the fps number.
| low | med. | high | ultra | QHD | 4K | |
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| Civilization 7 | 145 | 95.9 | 47.8 | |||
| Total War Pharaoh | 64.8 | 53.5 | 49.3 | 51 | 46 | 23 |
| Cyberpunk 2077 2.2 Phantom Liberty | 54 | 48 | 41 | 35 | ||
| Baldur's Gate 3 | 84 | 71 | 53 | 51 | 36 | 18 |
| Borderlands 3 | 92.9 | 70.2 | 53.8 | 39.9 | 31.6 | 17.6 |
| Total War: Three Kingdoms | 316.8 | 103.4 | 66.9 | 49.6 | 31.5 | |
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 192 | 94 | 88 | 77 | 51 | 26 |
| low | med. | high | ultra | QHD | 4K | < 30 fps < 60 fps < 120 fps ≥ 120 fps | 1 3 2 | 2 4 | 4 2 1 | 5 1 | 5 1 | 4 1 |
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