Quick/Comparisons
87 | Single-Core Performance | 69 |
34 | Multi-Core Performance | 30 |
86 | Power Efficiency |
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74 | Integrated Graphics | 52 |
67 | QucikComparison Final Score | 55 |
| 8 | Cores | 12 |
| 20 W | TDP | 12-15 W (configurable) |
| 3 nm | Transistor size | 3 nm |
| 140 | Cinebench 2024 (Single) | 107 |
| 712 | Cinebench 2024 (Multi) | 515 |
| 3009 | Geekbench 6 (Single-Core) | 2450 |
| 11815 | Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core) | 10058 |
| 1260 MB/sec | File compression | 999.4 MB/sec |
| 94.7 Klines/sec | Clang compilation | 75.6 Klines/sec |
| 264.5 pages/sec | HTML 5 Browser | 267.7 pages/sec |
| 313.9 Mpixels/sec | PDF Renderer | 334.8 Mpixels/sec |
| 297 pages/sec | Text processing | 240.5 pages/sec |
| 50.2 images/sec | Background blur | 46.6 images/sec |
| 114.8 images/sec | Photo processing | 80.8 images/sec |
| 12.9 Mpixels/sec | Ray tracing | 12 Mpixels/sec |
| 4715 | Passmark CPU (Single-Core) | 3651 |
| 19095 | Passmark CPU (Multi-Core) | 17912 |
| 42.6 GOps/sec | Integer math | 65.5 GOps/sec |
| 48.4 GOps/sec | Floating point math | 45.9 GOps/sec |
| 232M Primes/sec | Find prime numbers | 64M Primes/sec |
| 27.3M Strings/sec | Random string sorting | 21.3M Strings/sec |
| 11.5 GBytes/sec | Data encryption | 12.3 GBytes/sec |
| 225.7 MBytes/sec | Data compression | 195.8 MBytes/sec |
| 1862 Frames/sec | Physics | 1156 Frames/sec |
| 10B Matrices/sec | Extended instructions | 10.8B Matrices/sec |
| 160.35 | Blender CPU | — |
| 35.6 PPW | Cinebench 2024 / Watt | 34.3 PPW |
| 590.8 PPW | Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt | 670.5 PPW |
| 954.8 PPW | Passmark CPU Mark / Watt | 1194.1 PPW |
| 8.02 PPW | Blender / Watt | — |
| — | [Performance Cores] | — |
| 4 | P-Cores | 2 |
| 4 | P-Threads | 4 |
| 4.05 GHz | Base Frequency (P) | 2.0 GHz |
| — | [Efficient Cores] | — |
| 4 | E-Cores | 10 |
| 4 | E-Threads | 10 |
| 2.75 GHz | Base Frequency (E) | 1.7 GHz |
| — | [Total] | — |
| 8 | Total Cores | 12 |
| 8 | Total Threads | 14 |
| 40x | Multiplier | 20x |
| 192K (per core) | L1 Cache | 112K (per core) |
| 16MB (shared) | L2 Cache | 2MB (per core) |
| No | Unlocked Multiplier | No |
| Apple M3 GPU | Integrated Graphics | Arc Graphics (4-Cores) |
| 1380 MHz | GPU Boost Clock | 2100 MHz |
| 1280 | Shading Units | 512 |
| 80 | TMUs | 32 |
| 40 | ROPs | 16 |
| 160 | Execution Units | 64 |
| 3.5 TFLOPS | iGPU FLOPS | 2.2 TFLOPS |
| - LPDDR5-6400 | Memory Types | - LPDDR5-8400 - LPDDR5x-8400 - DDR5-6400 |
| 24 GB | Max. Memory Size | 128 GB |
| 8 | Memory Channels | 2 |
| 102.4 GB/s | Max. Memory Bandwidth | — |
| No | ECC Support | No |
| Apple | Vendor | Intel |
| October 30, 2023 | Released | January 6, 2025 |
| Laptop | Type | Laptop |
| ARMv8 | Instruction Set | x86-64 |
| Apple M3 | Codename | Arrow Lake |
| — | Model number | 255U |
| Apple M3 GPU | Integrated GPU | Arc Graphics (4-Cores) |
| — | Qualcomm Equivalent | — |
| 25 billions | Transistors | — |
| 3 nm | Fabrication Process | 3 nm |
| 20 W | TDP (PL1) | 12-15 W (configurable) |
| Apple M-Socket | Socket | FCBGA-2049 |
| 100°C | Peak Temperature | 110°C |
