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The Apple M3 Max takes the lead in gaming due to its significantly higher iGPU score of 99, which is crucial for smooth gaming performance.
The Apple M3 Max outperforms the Intel Core Ultra 9 386H in creative workloads, thanks to its higher multi-core score of 72, which is essential for tasks like video editing and 3D modeling.
The Intel Core Ultra 9 386H takes the lead in power efficiency, boasting an impressive score of 84, which is slightly higher than the Apple M3 Max's score of 80.
91 | Single-Core Performance | 80 |
72 | Multi-Core Performance | 54 |
80 | Power Efficiency | 84 |
99 | Integrated Graphics | — |
84 | QucikComparison Final Score | 70 |
| 16 | Cores | 16 |
| 56 W | TDP | 15-25 W (configurable) |
| 3 nm | Transistor size | 2 nm |
| 142 | Cinebench 2024 (Single) | 125 |
| 1698 | Cinebench 2024 (Multi) | 1268 |
| 3227 | Geekbench 6 (Single-Core) | 2838 |
| 21167 | Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core) | 16705 |
| 2190 MB/sec | File compression | 1420 MB/sec |
| 198.5 Klines/sec | Clang compilation | 118.2 Klines/sec |
| 557.3 pages/sec | HTML 5 Browser | 426.1 pages/sec |
| 648.9 Mpixels/sec | PDF Renderer | 483.8 Mpixels/sec |
| 309.1 pages/sec | Text processing | 286.3 pages/sec |
| 68.9 images/sec | Background blur | 65.7 images/sec |
| 183.5 images/sec | Photo processing | 157.6 images/sec |
| 30.6 Mpixels/sec | Ray tracing | 24.3 Mpixels/sec |
| 4790 | Passmark CPU (Single-Core) | 4279 |
| 41259 | Passmark CPU (Multi-Core) | 35270 |
| 91.3 GOps/sec | Integer math | — |
| 131.7 GOps/sec | Floating point math | — |
| 574M Primes/sec | Find prime numbers | — |
| 61.8M Strings/sec | Random string sorting | — |
| 24.8 GBytes/sec | Data encryption | — |
| 532.1 MBytes/sec | Data compression | — |
| 4316 Frames/sec | Physics | — |
| 24.2B Matrices/sec | Extended instructions | — |
| 403.83 | Blender CPU | 244.11 |
| 30.3 PPW | Cinebench 2024 / Watt | 50.7 PPW |
| 378 PPW | Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt | 668.2 PPW |
| 736.8 PPW | Passmark CPU Mark / Watt | 1410.8 PPW |
| 7.21 PPW | Blender / Watt | 9.76 PPW |
| — | [Performance Cores] | — |
| 12 | P-Cores | 4 |
| 12 | P-Threads | 4 |
| 4.05 GHz | Base Frequency (P) | 2.1 GHz |
| — | [Efficient Cores] | — |
| 4 | E-Cores | 12 |
| 4 | E-Threads | 12 |
| 2.75 GHz | Base Frequency (E) | 1.6 GHz |
| — | [Total] | — |
| 16 | Total Cores | 16 |
| 16 | Total Threads | 16 |
| 40x | Multiplier | 20x |
| 192K (per core) | L1 Cache | 192K (per core) |
| 32MB (shared) | L2 Cache | 2560K (per core) |
| No | Unlocked Multiplier | No |
| Apple M3 Max GPU (40-core) | Integrated Graphics | Intel Xe3 Graphics |
| 1380 MHz | GPU Boost Clock | 2500 MHz |
| 5120 | Shading Units | — |
| 320 | TMUs | — |
| 160 | ROPs | — |
| 640 | Execution Units | 4 |
| 14.1 TFLOPS | iGPU FLOPS | — |
| - LPDDR5-6400 | Memory Types | - LPDDR5X-8533 - DDR5-7200 |
| 128 GB | Max. Memory Size | 128 GB |
| 32 | Memory Channels | 2 |
| 409.6 GB/s | Max. Memory Bandwidth | 115.2 GB/s |
| No | ECC Support | No |
| Apple | Vendor | Intel |
| October 30, 2023 | Released | January 5, 2026 |
| Laptop | Type | Laptop |
| ARMv8 | Instruction Set | x86-64 |
| Apple M3 | Codename | Panther Lake |
| — | Model number | 386H |
| Apple M3 Max GPU (40-core) | Integrated GPU | Xe3 Graphics |
| — | Qualcomm Equivalent | — |
| 92 billions | Transistors | — |
| 3 nm | Fabrication Process | 2 nm |
| 56 W | TDP (PL1) | 15-25 W (configurable) |
| Apple M-Socket | Socket | FCBGA2540 |
| 100°C | Peak Temperature | 100°C |
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