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The Apple M3 Max takes the lead in gaming due to its significantly higher iGPU score of 99, outperforming the Intel Core Ultra 5 235's 0 iGPU score.
The Intel Core Ultra 5 235 narrowly takes the lead in creative workloads, despite the Apple M3 Max's higher multi-core score, due to its slightly higher efficiency score of 74.
The Apple M3 Max leads in power efficiency thanks to its higher efficiency score of 80, showcasing its ability to balance performance and power consumption.
91 | Single-Core Performance | 83 |
72 | Multi-Core Performance | 58 |
80 | Power Efficiency | 74 |
99 | Integrated Graphics | — |
84 | QucikComparison Final Score | 72 |
| 16 | Cores | 14 |
| 56 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 3 nm | Transistor size | 3 nm |
| 142 | Cinebench 2024 (Single) | 127 |
| 1698 | Cinebench 2024 (Multi) | 1228 |
| 3227 | Geekbench 6 (Single-Core) | 2967 |
| 21167 | Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core) | 17838 |
| 2190 MB/sec | File compression | 1370 MB/sec |
| 198.5 Klines/sec | Clang compilation | 144.6 Klines/sec |
| 557.3 pages/sec | HTML 5 Browser | 421.5 pages/sec |
| 648.9 Mpixels/sec | PDF Renderer | 487.4 Mpixels/sec |
| 309.1 pages/sec | Text processing | 332.5 pages/sec |
| 68.9 images/sec | Background blur | 84.8 images/sec |
| 183.5 images/sec | Photo processing | 153.9 images/sec |
| 30.6 Mpixels/sec | Ray tracing | 29.6 Mpixels/sec |
| 4790 | Passmark CPU (Single-Core) | 4513 |
| 41259 | Passmark CPU (Multi-Core) | 39993 |
| 91.3 GOps/sec | Integer math | 93.6 GOps/sec |
| 131.7 GOps/sec | Floating point math | 124.9 GOps/sec |
| 574M Primes/sec | Find prime numbers | 384M Primes/sec |
| 61.8M Strings/sec | Random string sorting | 50M Strings/sec |
| 24.8 GBytes/sec | Data encryption | 31.2 GBytes/sec |
| 532.1 MBytes/sec | Data compression | 417.5 MBytes/sec |
| 4316 Frames/sec | Physics | 2677 Frames/sec |
| 24.2B Matrices/sec | Extended instructions | 34.9B Matrices/sec |
| 403.83 | Blender CPU | 295.21 |
| 30.3 PPW | Cinebench 2024 / Watt | 18.9 PPW |
| 378 PPW | Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt | 274.4 PPW |
| 736.8 PPW | Passmark CPU Mark / Watt | 615.3 PPW |
| 7.21 PPW | Blender / Watt | 4.54 PPW |
| — | [Performance Cores] | — |
| 12 | P-Cores | 6 |
| 12 | P-Threads | 6 |
| 4.05 GHz | Base Frequency (P) | 3.4 GHz |
| — | [Efficient Cores] | — |
| 4 | E-Cores | 8 |
| 4 | E-Threads | 8 |
| 2.75 GHz | Base Frequency (E) | 2.9 GHz |
| — | [Total] | — |
| 16 | Total Cores | 14 |
| 16 | Total Threads | 14 |
| 40x | Multiplier | 34x |
| 192K (per core) | L1 Cache | 192K (per core) |
| 32MB (shared) | L2 Cache | 3MB (per core) |
| No | Unlocked Multiplier | No |
| Apple M3 Max GPU (40-core) | Integrated Graphics | Intel Arc Graphics |
| 1380 MHz | GPU Boost Clock | 2000 MHz |
| 5120 | Shading Units | — |
| 320 | TMUs | — |
| 160 | ROPs | — |
| 640 | Execution Units | — |
| 14.1 TFLOPS | iGPU FLOPS | — |
| - LPDDR5-6400 | Memory Types | - DDR5-6400 |
| 128 GB | Max. Memory Size | 256 GB |
| 32 | Memory Channels | 2 |
| 409.6 GB/s | Max. Memory Bandwidth | — |
| No | ECC Support | No |
| Apple | Vendor | Intel |
| October 30, 2023 | Released | December 18, 2024 |
| Laptop | Type | Desktop |
| ARMv8 | Instruction Set | x86-64 |
| Apple M3 | Codename | Arrow Lake |
| — | Model number | 235 |
| Apple M3 Max GPU (40-core) | Integrated GPU | Arc Graphics |
| — | Qualcomm Equivalent | — |
| 92 billions | Transistors | — |
| 3 nm | Fabrication Process | 3 nm |
| 56 W | TDP (PL1) | 65 W |
| Apple M-Socket | Socket | FCLGA-1851 |
| 100°C | Peak Temperature | 105°C |
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