Quick/Comparisons
87 | Single-Core Performance | 60 |
34 | Multi-Core Performance | 26 |
86 | Power Efficiency |
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74 | Integrated Graphics | 48 |
67 | QucikComparison Final Score | 47 |
| 8 | Cores | 12 |
| 20 W | TDP | 20-28 W (configurable) |
| 3 nm | Transistor size | 10 nm |
| 140 | Cinebench 2024 (Single) | 95 |
| 712 | Cinebench 2024 (Multi) | 533 |
| 3009 | Geekbench 6 (Single-Core) | 2102 |
| 11815 | Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core) | 9265 |
| 1260 MB/sec | File compression | 968.3 MB/sec |
| 94.7 Klines/sec | Clang compilation | 64.2 Klines/sec |
| 264.5 pages/sec | HTML 5 Browser | 245.9 pages/sec |
| 313.9 Mpixels/sec | PDF Renderer | 284.5 Mpixels/sec |
| 297 pages/sec | Text processing | 200.2 pages/sec |
| 50.2 images/sec | Background blur | 41.6 images/sec |
| 114.8 images/sec | Photo processing | 68.8 images/sec |
| 12.9 Mpixels/sec | Ray tracing | 11.6 Mpixels/sec |
| 4715 | Passmark CPU (Single-Core) | 3286 |
| 19095 | Passmark CPU (Multi-Core) | 16365 |
| 42.6 GOps/sec | Integer math | 60.8 GOps/sec |
| 48.4 GOps/sec | Floating point math | 41.4 GOps/sec |
| 232M Primes/sec | Find prime numbers | 64M Primes/sec |
| 27.3M Strings/sec | Random string sorting | 19.8M Strings/sec |
| 11.5 GBytes/sec | Data encryption | 10.9 GBytes/sec |
| 225.7 MBytes/sec | Data compression | 178.2 MBytes/sec |
| 1862 Frames/sec | Physics | 1087 Frames/sec |
| 10B Matrices/sec | Extended instructions | 10.2B Matrices/sec |
| 160.35 | Blender CPU | 105.62 |
| 35.6 PPW | Cinebench 2024 / Watt | 19 PPW |
| 590.8 PPW | Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt | 330.9 PPW |
| 954.8 PPW | Passmark CPU Mark / Watt | 584.5 PPW |
| 8.02 PPW | Blender / Watt | 3.77 PPW |
| — | [Performance Cores] | — |
| 4 | P-Cores | 4 |
| 4 | P-Threads | 8 |
| 4.05 GHz | Base Frequency (P) | 2.2 GHz |
| — | [Efficient Cores] | — |
| 4 | E-Cores | 8 |
| 4 | E-Threads | 8 |
| 2.75 GHz | Base Frequency (E) | 1.6 GHz |
| — | [Total] | — |
| 8 | Total Cores | 12 |
| 8 | Total Threads | 16 |
| 40x | Multiplier | 22x |
| 192K (per core) | L1 Cache | 80K (per core) |
| 16MB (shared) | L2 Cache | 1280K (per core) |
| No | Unlocked Multiplier | No |
| Apple M3 GPU | Integrated Graphics | Intel Iris Xe Graphics (96EU) |
| 1380 MHz | GPU Boost Clock | 1400 MHz |
| 1280 | Shading Units | 768 |
| 80 | TMUs | 48 |
| 40 | ROPs | 24 |
| 160 | Execution Units | 96 |
| 3.5 TFLOPS | iGPU FLOPS | 2.2 TFLOPS |
| - LPDDR5-6400 | Memory Types | - DDR5-4800 - DDR4-3200 - LPDDR5-5200 - LPDDR4x-4267 |
| 24 GB | Max. Memory Size | 64 GB |
| 8 | Memory Channels | 2 |
| 102.4 GB/s | Max. Memory Bandwidth | — |
| No | ECC Support | No |
| Apple | Vendor | Intel |
| October 30, 2023 | Released | February 23, 2022 |
| Laptop | Type | Laptop |
| ARMv8 | Instruction Set | x86-64 |
| Apple M3 | Codename | Alder Lake |
| — | Model number | i7-1270P |
| Apple M3 GPU | Integrated GPU | Iris Xe Graphics (96EU) |
| — | Qualcomm Equivalent | — |
| 25 billions | Transistors | — |
| 3 nm | Fabrication Process | 10 nm |
| 20 W | TDP (PL1) | 20-28 W (configurable) |
| Apple M-Socket | Socket | BGA-1744 |
| 100°C | Peak Temperature | 100°C |
