Quick/Comparisons
87 | Single-Core Performance | 99 |
34 | Multi-Core Performance | 100 |
86 | Power Efficiency |
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74 | Integrated Graphics | 51 |
67 | QucikComparison Final Score | 98 |
| 8 | Cores | 24 |
| 20 W | TDP | 125 W |
| 3 nm | Transistor size | 3 nm |
| 140 | Cinebench 2024 (Single) | 145 |
| 712 | Cinebench 2024 (Multi) | 2482 |
| 3009 | Geekbench 6 (Single-Core) | 3750 |
| 11815 | Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core) | 27406 |
| 1260 MB/sec | File compression | 2000 MB/sec |
| 94.7 Klines/sec | Clang compilation | 297.3 Klines/sec |
| 264.5 pages/sec | HTML 5 Browser | 635.2 pages/sec |
| 313.9 Mpixels/sec | PDF Renderer | 716 Mpixels/sec |
| 297 pages/sec | Text processing | 447.5 pages/sec |
| 50.2 images/sec | Background blur | 116 images/sec |
| 114.8 images/sec | Photo processing | 210.5 images/sec |
| 12.9 Mpixels/sec | Ray tracing | 59 Mpixels/sec |
| 4715 | Passmark CPU (Single-Core) | 5023 |
| 19095 | Passmark CPU (Multi-Core) | 68208 |
| 42.6 GOps/sec | Integer math | 174.7 GOps/sec |
| 48.4 GOps/sec | Floating point math | 226.9 GOps/sec |
| 232M Primes/sec | Find prime numbers | 612M Primes/sec |
| 27.3M Strings/sec | Random string sorting | 95.7M Strings/sec |
| 11.5 GBytes/sec | Data encryption | 58.4 GBytes/sec |
| 225.7 MBytes/sec | Data compression | 790.6 MBytes/sec |
| 1862 Frames/sec | Physics | 4259 Frames/sec |
| 10B Matrices/sec | Extended instructions | 63B Matrices/sec |
| 160.35 | Blender CPU | 615.2 |
| 35.6 PPW | Cinebench 2024 / Watt | 19.9 PPW |
| 590.8 PPW | Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt | 219.2 PPW |
| 954.8 PPW | Passmark CPU Mark / Watt | 545.7 PPW |
| 8.02 PPW | Blender / Watt | 4.92 PPW |
| — | [Performance Cores] | — |
| 4 | P-Cores | 8 |
| 4 | P-Threads | 8 |
| 4.05 GHz | Base Frequency (P) | 3.7 GHz |
| — | [Efficient Cores] | — |
| 4 | E-Cores | 16 |
| 4 | E-Threads | 16 |
| 2.75 GHz | Base Frequency (E) | 3.2 GHz |
| — | [Total] | — |
| 8 | Total Cores | 24 |
| 8 | Total Threads | 24 |
| 40x | Multiplier | 37x |
| 192K (per core) | L1 Cache | 192K (per core) |
| 16MB (shared) | L2 Cache | 3MB (per core) |
| No | Unlocked Multiplier | Yes |
| Apple M3 GPU | Integrated Graphics | Intel Arc iGPU (4-Cores) |
| 1380 MHz | GPU Boost Clock | 2000 MHz |
| 1280 | Shading Units | 512 |
| 80 | TMUs | 32 |
| 40 | ROPs | 16 |
| 160 | Execution Units | 64 |
| 3.5 TFLOPS | iGPU FLOPS | 2 TFLOPS |
| - LPDDR5-6400 | Memory Types | - DDR5-7200 |
| 24 GB | Max. Memory Size | 256 GB |
| 8 | Memory Channels | 2 |
| 102.4 GB/s | Max. Memory Bandwidth | 115.2 GB/s |
| No | ECC Support | Yes |
| Apple | Vendor | Intel |
| October 30, 2023 | Released | March 12, 2026 |
| Laptop | Type | Desktop |
| ARMv8 | Instruction Set | x86-64 |
| Apple M3 | Codename | Arrow Lake |
| — | Model number | 270K+ |
| Apple M3 GPU | Integrated GPU | Arc iGPU (4-Cores) |
| — | Qualcomm Equivalent | — |
| 25 billions | Transistors | 17.8 billions |
| 3 nm | Fabrication Process | 3 nm |
| 20 W | TDP (PL1) | 125 W |
| Apple M-Socket | Socket | FCLGA-1851 |
| 100°C | Peak Temperature | 105°C |
