Quick/Comparisons
91 | Single-Core Performance | 90 |
72 | Multi-Core Performance | 79 |
80 | Power Efficiency |
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99 | Integrated Graphics | 51 |
84 | QucikComparison Final Score | 84 |
| 16 | Cores | 18 |
| 56 W | TDP | 125 W |
| 3 nm | Transistor size | 3 nm |
| 142 | Cinebench 2024 (Single) | 139 |
| 1698 | Cinebench 2024 (Multi) | 1853 |
| 3227 | Geekbench 6 (Single-Core) | 3225 |
| 21167 | Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core) | 21397 |
| 2190 MB/sec | File compression | 1600 MB/sec |
| 198.5 Klines/sec | Clang compilation | 211.6 Klines/sec |
| 557.3 pages/sec | HTML 5 Browser | 485.7 pages/sec |
| 648.9 Mpixels/sec | PDF Renderer | 588 Mpixels/sec |
| 309.1 pages/sec | Text processing | 400 pages/sec |
| 68.9 images/sec | Background blur | 95.2 images/sec |
| 183.5 images/sec | Photo processing | 170.8 images/sec |
| 30.6 Mpixels/sec | Ray tracing | 39.7 Mpixels/sec |
| 4790 | Passmark CPU (Single-Core) | 5017 |
| 41259 | Passmark CPU (Multi-Core) | 53687 |
| 91.3 GOps/sec | Integer math | 131.4 GOps/sec |
| 131.7 GOps/sec | Floating point math | 172.6 GOps/sec |
| 574M Primes/sec | Find prime numbers | 434M Primes/sec |
| 61.8M Strings/sec | Random string sorting | 72.4M Strings/sec |
| 24.8 GBytes/sec | Data encryption | 44.3 GBytes/sec |
| 532.1 MBytes/sec | Data compression | 590.9 MBytes/sec |
| 4316 Frames/sec | Physics | 3237 Frames/sec |
| 24.2B Matrices/sec | Extended instructions | 46.4B Matrices/sec |
| 403.83 | Blender CPU | 432.15 |
| 30.3 PPW | Cinebench 2024 / Watt | 14.8 PPW |
| 378 PPW | Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt | 171.2 PPW |
| 736.8 PPW | Passmark CPU Mark / Watt | 429.5 PPW |
| 7.21 PPW | Blender / Watt | 3.46 PPW |
| — | [Performance Cores] | — |
| 12 | P-Cores | 6 |
| 12 | P-Threads | 6 |
| 4.05 GHz | Base Frequency (P) | 4.2 GHz |
| — | [Efficient Cores] | — |
| 4 | E-Cores | 12 |
| 4 | E-Threads | 12 |
| 2.75 GHz | Base Frequency (E) | 3.3 GHz |
| — | [Total] | — |
| 16 | Total Cores | 18 |
| 16 | Total Threads | 18 |
| 40x | Multiplier | 42x |
| 192K (per core) | L1 Cache | 192K (per core) |
| 32MB (shared) | L2 Cache | 3MB (per core) |
| No | Unlocked Multiplier | Yes |
| Apple M3 Max GPU (40-core) | Integrated Graphics | Intel Arc iGPU (4-Cores) |
| 1380 MHz | GPU Boost Clock | 1900 MHz |
| 5120 | Shading Units | 512 |
| 320 | TMUs | 32 |
| 160 | ROPs | 16 |
| 640 | Execution Units | 64 |
| 14.1 TFLOPS | iGPU FLOPS | 1.9 TFLOPS |
| - LPDDR5-6400 | Memory Types | - DDR5-7200 |
| 128 GB | Max. Memory Size | 256 GB |
| 32 | Memory Channels | 2 |
| 409.6 GB/s | Max. Memory Bandwidth | 115.2 GB/s |
| No | ECC Support | Yes |
| Apple | Vendor | Intel |
| October 30, 2023 | Released | March 12, 2026 |
| Laptop | Type | Desktop |
| ARMv8 | Instruction Set | x86-64 |
| Apple M3 | Codename | Arrow Lake |
| — | Model number | 250K+ |
| Apple M3 Max GPU (40-core) | Integrated GPU | Arc iGPU (4-Cores) |
| — | Qualcomm Equivalent | — |
| 92 billions | Transistors | 17.8 billions |
| 3 nm | Fabrication Process | 3 nm |
| 56 W | TDP (PL1) | 125 W |
| Apple M-Socket | Socket | FCLGA-1851 |
| 100°C | Peak Temperature | 105°C |
