Quick/Comparisons
87 | Single-Core Performance | 75 |
34 | Multi-Core Performance | 32 |
86 | Power Efficiency |
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74 | Integrated Graphics | 80 |
67 | QucikComparison Final Score | 59 |
| 8 | Cores | 8 |
| 20 W | TDP | 17-37 W (configurable) |
| 3 nm | Transistor size | 3 nm |
| 140 | Cinebench 2024 (Single) | 117 |
| 712 | Cinebench 2024 (Multi) | 586 |
| 3009 | Geekbench 6 (Single-Core) | 2811 |
| 11815 | Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core) | 10904 |
| 1260 MB/sec | File compression | 990.8 MB/sec |
| 94.7 Klines/sec | Clang compilation | 67.7 Klines/sec |
| 264.5 pages/sec | HTML 5 Browser | 264.1 pages/sec |
| 313.9 Mpixels/sec | PDF Renderer | 290.2 Mpixels/sec |
| 297 pages/sec | Text processing | 310.4 pages/sec |
| 50.2 images/sec | Background blur | 50.8 images/sec |
| 114.8 images/sec | Photo processing | 110.3 images/sec |
| 12.9 Mpixels/sec | Ray tracing | 14 Mpixels/sec |
| 4715 | Passmark CPU (Single-Core) | — |
| 19095 | Passmark CPU (Multi-Core) | — |
| 42.6 GOps/sec | Integer math | — |
| 48.4 GOps/sec | Floating point math | — |
| 232M Primes/sec | Find prime numbers | — |
| 27.3M Strings/sec | Random string sorting | — |
| 11.5 GBytes/sec | Data encryption | — |
| 225.7 MBytes/sec | Data compression | — |
| 1862 Frames/sec | Physics | — |
| 10B Matrices/sec | Extended instructions | — |
| 160.35 | Blender CPU | — |
| 35.6 PPW | Cinebench 2024 / Watt | 15.8 PPW |
| 590.8 PPW | Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt | 294.7 PPW |
| 954.8 PPW | Passmark CPU Mark / Watt | — |
| 8.02 PPW | Blender / Watt | — |
| — | [Performance Cores] | — |
| 4 | P-Cores | 4 |
| 4 | P-Threads | 4 |
| 4.05 GHz | Base Frequency (P) | 2.2 GHz |
| — | [Efficient Cores] | — |
| 4 | E-Cores | 4 |
| 4 | E-Threads | 4 |
| 2.75 GHz | Base Frequency (E) | 2.2 GHz |
| — | [Total] | — |
| 8 | Total Cores | 8 |
| 8 | Total Threads | 8 |
| 40x | Multiplier | 22x |
| 192K (per core) | L1 Cache | 192K (per core) |
| 16MB (shared) | L2 Cache | 2560K (per core) |
| No | Unlocked Multiplier | No |
| Apple M3 GPU | Integrated Graphics | Intel Arc Graphics 140V |
| 1380 MHz | GPU Boost Clock | 2000 MHz |
| 1280 | Shading Units | 1024 |
| 80 | TMUs | — |
| 40 | ROPs | — |
| 160 | Execution Units | — |
| 3.5 TFLOPS | iGPU FLOPS | 4.1 TFLOPS |
| - LPDDR5-6400 | Memory Types | - LPDDR5X-8533 |
| 24 GB | Max. Memory Size | 16 GB |
| 8 | Memory Channels | 2 |
| 102.4 GB/s | Max. Memory Bandwidth | — |
| No | ECC Support | No |
| Apple | Vendor | Intel |
| October 30, 2023 | Released | September 4, 2024 |
| Laptop | Type | Laptop |
| ARMv8 | Instruction Set | x86-64 |
| Apple M3 | Codename | Lunar Lake |
| — | Model number | 266V |
| Apple M3 GPU | Integrated GPU | Arc Graphics 140V |
| — | Qualcomm Equivalent | — |
| 25 billions | Transistors | — |
| 3 nm | Fabrication Process | 3 nm |
| 20 W | TDP (PL1) | 17-37 W (configurable) |
| Apple M-Socket | Socket | FCBGA-2833 |
| 100°C | Peak Temperature | 100°C |
