Quick/Comparisons
91 | Single-Core Performance | 76 |
72 | Multi-Core Performance | 62 |
80 | Power Efficiency |
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99 | Integrated Graphics | — |
84 | QucikComparison Final Score | 69 |
| 16 | Cores | 16 |
| 56 W | TDP | 125 W |
| 3 nm | Transistor size | 10 nm |
| 142 | Cinebench 2024 (Single) | 115 |
| 1698 | Cinebench 2024 (Multi) | 1463 |
| 3227 | Geekbench 6 (Single-Core) | 2686 |
| 21167 | Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core) | 16140 |
| 2190 MB/sec | File compression | 1150 MB/sec |
| 198.5 Klines/sec | Clang compilation | 141 Klines/sec |
| 557.3 pages/sec | HTML 5 Browser | 363.2 pages/sec |
| 648.9 Mpixels/sec | PDF Renderer | 475.6 Mpixels/sec |
| 309.1 pages/sec | Text processing | 274.8 pages/sec |
| 68.9 images/sec | Background blur | 66.8 images/sec |
| 183.5 images/sec | Photo processing | 138.5 images/sec |
| 30.6 Mpixels/sec | Ray tracing | 33.9 Mpixels/sec |
| 4790 | Passmark CPU (Single-Core) | 4132 |
| 41259 | Passmark CPU (Multi-Core) | 40732 |
| 91.3 GOps/sec | Integer math | 138.8 GOps/sec |
| 131.7 GOps/sec | Floating point math | 105.3 GOps/sec |
| 574M Primes/sec | Find prime numbers | 140M Primes/sec |
| 61.8M Strings/sec | Random string sorting | 56.9M Strings/sec |
| 24.8 GBytes/sec | Data encryption | 29.4 GBytes/sec |
| 532.1 MBytes/sec | Data compression | 535.2 MBytes/sec |
| 4316 Frames/sec | Physics | 2077 Frames/sec |
| 24.2B Matrices/sec | Extended instructions | 33.6B Matrices/sec |
| 403.83 | Blender CPU | 365.61 |
| 30.3 PPW | Cinebench 2024 / Watt | 11.7 PPW |
| 378 PPW | Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt | 129.1 PPW |
| 736.8 PPW | Passmark CPU Mark / Watt | 325.9 PPW |
| 7.21 PPW | Blender / Watt | 2.92 PPW |
| — | [Performance Cores] | — |
| 12 | P-Cores | 8 |
| 12 | P-Threads | 16 |
| 4.05 GHz | Base Frequency (P) | 3.2 GHz |
| — | [Efficient Cores] | — |
| 4 | E-Cores | 8 |
| 4 | E-Threads | 8 |
| 2.75 GHz | Base Frequency (E) | 2.4 GHz |
| — | [Total] | — |
| 16 | Total Cores | 16 |
| 16 | Total Threads | 24 |
| 40x | Multiplier | 32x |
| 192K (per core) | L1 Cache | 64K (per core) |
| 32MB (shared) | L2 Cache | 14MB (shared) |
| No | Unlocked Multiplier | Yes |
| Apple M3 Max GPU (40-core) | Integrated Graphics | — |
| 1380 MHz | GPU Boost Clock | — |
| 5120 | Shading Units | — |
| 320 | TMUs | — |
| 160 | ROPs | — |
| 640 | Execution Units | — |
| 14.1 TFLOPS | iGPU FLOPS | — |
| - LPDDR5-6400 | Memory Types | - DDR5-4800 - DDR4-3200 |
| 128 GB | Max. Memory Size | 128 GB |
| 32 | Memory Channels | 2 |
| 409.6 GB/s | Max. Memory Bandwidth | 76.8 GB/s |
| No | ECC Support | Yes |
| Apple | Vendor | Intel |
| October 30, 2023 | Released | October 27, 2021 |
| Laptop | Type | Desktop |
| ARMv8 | Instruction Set | x86-64 |
| Apple M3 | Codename | Alder Lake |
| — | Model number | i9-12900KF |
| Apple M3 Max GPU (40-core) | Integrated GPU | No |
| — | Qualcomm Equivalent | — |
| 92 billions | Transistors | — |
| 3 nm | Fabrication Process | 10 nm |
| 56 W | TDP (PL1) | 125 W |
| Apple M-Socket | Socket | LGA-1700 |
| 100°C | Peak Temperature | 100°C |
