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The Apple M3 Ultra takes the lead in gaming due to its strong iGPU performance, scoring 99 in this category.
The Apple M3 Ultra excels in creative workloads thanks to its 24 P-cores and 8 E-cores hybrid design, resulting in a perfect score of 100.
Both CPUs demonstrate great power efficiency, with the Apple M3 Ultra's 85 score and Intel Core Ultra 7 255HX's 75 score being very close.
89 | Single-Core Performance | 85 |
100 | Multi-Core Performance | 69 |
85 | Power Efficiency | 75 |
99 | Integrated Graphics | 51 |
94 | QucikComparison Final Score | 76 |
| 32 | Cores | 20 |
| 140 W | TDP | 45-55 W (configurable) |
| 3 nm | Transistor size | 3 nm |
| 133 | Cinebench 2024 (Single) | 131 |
| 2753 | Cinebench 2024 (Multi) | 1820 |
| 3247 | Geekbench 6 (Single-Core) | 2989 |
| 28128 | Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core) | 15924 |
| 2690 MB/sec | File compression | 1140 MB/sec |
| 319.2 Klines/sec | Clang compilation | 149.8 Klines/sec |
| 819.6 pages/sec | HTML 5 Browser | 312.2 pages/sec |
| 701.5 Mpixels/sec | PDF Renderer | 423.9 Mpixels/sec |
| 327.5 pages/sec | Text processing | 335.6 pages/sec |
| 63.2 images/sec | Background blur | 64.1 images/sec |
| 190.9 images/sec | Photo processing | 111.8 images/sec |
| 61.5 Mpixels/sec | Ray tracing | 31.1 Mpixels/sec |
| 5048 | Passmark CPU (Single-Core) | 4582 |
| 72769 | Passmark CPU (Multi-Core) | 49000 |
| 181.1 GOps/sec | Integer math | 128.6 GOps/sec |
| 187.7 GOps/sec | Floating point math | 163.3 GOps/sec |
| 1055M Primes/sec | Find prime numbers | 404M Primes/sec |
| 122.7M Strings/sec | Random string sorting | 63.8M Strings/sec |
| 49.2 GBytes/sec | Data encryption | 40.2 GBytes/sec |
| 1073.7 MBytes/sec | Data compression | 524.6 MBytes/sec |
| 8805 Frames/sec | Physics | 2996 Frames/sec |
| 54.5B Matrices/sec | Extended instructions | 42.1B Matrices/sec |
| 717.7 | Blender CPU | 391.12 |
| 19.7 PPW | Cinebench 2024 / Watt | 33.1 PPW |
| 200.9 PPW | Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt | 289.5 PPW |
| 519.8 PPW | Passmark CPU Mark / Watt | 890.9 PPW |
| 5.13 PPW | Blender / Watt | 7.11 PPW |
| — | [Performance Cores] | — |
| 24 | P-Cores | 8 |
| 24 | P-Threads | 8 |
| 4.05 GHz | Base Frequency (P) | 2.4 GHz |
| — | [Efficient Cores] | — |
| 8 | E-Cores | 12 |
| 8 | E-Threads | 12 |
| 2.75 GHz | Base Frequency (E) | 1.8 GHz |
| — | [Total] | — |
| 32 | Total Cores | 20 |
| 32 | Total Threads | 20 |
| 40x | Multiplier | 24x |
| 192K (per core) | L1 Cache | 192K (per core) |
| 64MB (shared) | L2 Cache | 2MB (per core) |
| No | Unlocked Multiplier | Yes |
| Apple M3 Ultra GPU (80-core) | Integrated Graphics | Arc Graphics (4-Cores) |
| 1380 MHz | GPU Boost Clock | 1850 MHz |
| 10240 | Shading Units | 512 |
| 640 | TMUs | 32 |
| 320 | ROPs | 16 |
| 1280 | Execution Units | 64 |
| 28.3 TFLOPS | iGPU FLOPS | 1.9 TFLOPS |
| - LPDDR5-6400 | Memory Types | - DDR5-6400 |
| 512 GB | Max. Memory Size | 256 GB |
| 64 | Memory Channels | 2 |
| 819.3 GB/s | Max. Memory Bandwidth | — |
| No | ECC Support | Yes |
| Apple | Vendor | Intel |
| March 5, 2025 | Released | January 6, 2025 |
| Desktop | Type | Laptop |
| ARMv8 | Instruction Set | x86-64 |
| Apple M3 | Codename | Arrow Lake |
| — | Model number | 255HX |
| Apple M3 Ultra GPU (80-core) | Integrated GPU | Arc Graphics (4-Cores) |
| — | Qualcomm Equivalent | — |
| 184 billions | Transistors | — |
| 3 nm | Fabrication Process | 3 nm |
| 140 W | TDP (PL1) | 45-55 W (configurable) |
| Apple M-Socket | Socket | FCBGA-2114 |
| 100°C | Peak Temperature | 105°C |
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