Quick/Comparisons
87 | Single-Core Performance | 73 |
34 | Multi-Core Performance | 53 |
86 | Power Efficiency |
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74 | Integrated Graphics | 31 |
67 | QucikComparison Final Score | 64 |
| 8 | Cores | 12 |
| 20 W | TDP | 125 W |
| 3 nm | Transistor size | 10 nm |
| 140 | Cinebench 2024 (Single) | 111 |
| 712 | Cinebench 2024 (Multi) | 1203 |
| 3009 | Geekbench 6 (Single-Core) | 2627 |
| 11815 | Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core) | 14714 |
| 1260 MB/sec | File compression | 1230 MB/sec |
| 94.7 Klines/sec | Clang compilation | 122.3 Klines/sec |
| 264.5 pages/sec | HTML 5 Browser | 382.6 pages/sec |
| 313.9 Mpixels/sec | PDF Renderer | 374.5 Mpixels/sec |
| 297 pages/sec | Text processing | 267.6 pages/sec |
| 50.2 images/sec | Background blur | 55.9 images/sec |
| 114.8 images/sec | Photo processing | 98.2 images/sec |
| 12.9 Mpixels/sec | Ray tracing | 29.6 Mpixels/sec |
| 4715 | Passmark CPU (Single-Core) | 4005 |
| 19095 | Passmark CPU (Multi-Core) | 34299 |
| 42.6 GOps/sec | Integer math | 114.3 GOps/sec |
| 48.4 GOps/sec | Floating point math | 87.9 GOps/sec |
| 232M Primes/sec | Find prime numbers | 112M Primes/sec |
| 27.3M Strings/sec | Random string sorting | 45.8M Strings/sec |
| 11.5 GBytes/sec | Data encryption | 23.4 GBytes/sec |
| 225.7 MBytes/sec | Data compression | 445.7 MBytes/sec |
| 1862 Frames/sec | Physics | 1776 Frames/sec |
| 10B Matrices/sec | Extended instructions | 28.8B Matrices/sec |
| 160.35 | Blender CPU | 309.16 |
| 35.6 PPW | Cinebench 2024 / Watt | 9.6 PPW |
| 590.8 PPW | Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt | 117.7 PPW |
| 954.8 PPW | Passmark CPU Mark / Watt | 274.4 PPW |
| 8.02 PPW | Blender / Watt | 2.47 PPW |
| — | [Performance Cores] | — |
| 4 | P-Cores | 8 |
| 4 | P-Threads | 16 |
| 4.05 GHz | Base Frequency (P) | 3.6 GHz |
| — | [Efficient Cores] | — |
| 4 | E-Cores | 4 |
| 4 | E-Threads | 4 |
| 2.75 GHz | Base Frequency (E) | 2.7 GHz |
| — | [Total] | — |
| 8 | Total Cores | 12 |
| 8 | Total Threads | 20 |
| 40x | Multiplier | 36x |
| 192K (per core) | L1 Cache | 80K (per core) |
| 16MB (shared) | L2 Cache | 12MB (shared) |
| No | Unlocked Multiplier | Yes |
| Apple M3 GPU | Integrated Graphics | Intel UHD Graphics 770 |
| 1380 MHz | GPU Boost Clock | 1500 MHz |
| 1280 | Shading Units | 256 |
| 80 | TMUs | 16 |
| 40 | ROPs | 8 |
| 160 | Execution Units | 32 |
| 3.5 TFLOPS | iGPU FLOPS | 0.8 TFLOPS |
| - LPDDR5-6400 | Memory Types | - DDR5-4800 - DDR4-3200 |
| 24 GB | Max. Memory Size | 128 GB |
| 8 | Memory Channels | 2 |
| 102.4 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 | i7-12700K |
| Apple M3 GPU | Integrated GPU | UHD Graphics 770 |
| — | Qualcomm Equivalent | — |
| 25 billions | Transistors | — |
| 3 nm | Fabrication Process | 10 nm |
| 20 W | TDP (PL1) | 125 W |
| Apple M-Socket | Socket | LGA-1700 |
| 100°C | Peak Temperature | 100°C |
