Quick/Comparisons
87 | Single-Core Performance | 80 |
34 | Multi-Core Performance | 54 |
86 | Power Efficiency |
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74 | Integrated Graphics | — |
67 | QucikComparison Final Score | 70 |
| 8 | Cores | 16 |
| 20 W | TDP | 15-25 W (configurable) |
| 3 nm | Transistor size | 2 nm |
| 140 | Cinebench 2024 (Single) | 125 |
| 712 | Cinebench 2024 (Multi) | 1268 |
| 3009 | Geekbench 6 (Single-Core) | 2838 |
| 11815 | Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core) | 16705 |
| 1260 MB/sec | File compression | 1420 MB/sec |
| 94.7 Klines/sec | Clang compilation | 118.2 Klines/sec |
| 264.5 pages/sec | HTML 5 Browser | 426.1 pages/sec |
| 313.9 Mpixels/sec | PDF Renderer | 483.8 Mpixels/sec |
| 297 pages/sec | Text processing | 286.3 pages/sec |
| 50.2 images/sec | Background blur | 65.7 images/sec |
| 114.8 images/sec | Photo processing | 157.6 images/sec |
| 12.9 Mpixels/sec | Ray tracing | 24.3 Mpixels/sec |
| 4715 | Passmark CPU (Single-Core) | 4279 |
| 19095 | Passmark CPU (Multi-Core) | 35270 |
| 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 | 244.11 |
| 35.6 PPW | Cinebench 2024 / Watt | 50.7 PPW |
| 590.8 PPW | Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt | 668.2 PPW |
| 954.8 PPW | Passmark CPU Mark / Watt | 1410.8 PPW |
| 8.02 PPW | Blender / Watt | 9.76 PPW |
| — | [Performance Cores] | — |
| 4 | P-Cores | 4 |
| 4 | P-Threads | 4 |
| 4.05 GHz | Base Frequency (P) | 2.1 GHz |
| — | [Efficient Cores] | — |
| 4 | E-Cores | 12 |
| 4 | E-Threads | 12 |
| 2.75 GHz | Base Frequency (E) | 1.6 GHz |
| — | [Total] | — |
| 8 | Total Cores | 16 |
| 8 | Total Threads | 16 |
| 40x | Multiplier | 20x |
| 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 Xe3 Graphics |
| 1380 MHz | GPU Boost Clock | 2500 MHz |
| 1280 | Shading Units | — |
| 80 | TMUs | — |
| 40 | ROPs | — |
| 160 | Execution Units | 4 |
| 3.5 TFLOPS | iGPU FLOPS | — |
| - LPDDR5-6400 | Memory Types | - LPDDR5X-8533 - DDR5-7200 |
| 24 GB | Max. Memory Size | 128 GB |
| 8 | Memory Channels | 2 |
| 102.4 GB/s | Max. Memory Bandwidth | 115.2 GB/s |
| No | ECC Support | No |
| Apple | Vendor | Intel |
| October 30, 2023 | Released | January 5, 2026 |
| Laptop | Type | Laptop |
| ARMv8 | Instruction Set | x86-64 |
| Apple M3 | Codename | Panther Lake |
| — | Model number | 386H |
| Apple M3 GPU | Integrated GPU | Xe3 Graphics |
| — | Qualcomm Equivalent | — |
| 25 billions | Transistors | — |
| 3 nm | Fabrication Process | 2 nm |
| 20 W | TDP (PL1) | 15-25 W (configurable) |
| Apple M-Socket | Socket | FCBGA2540 |
| 100°C | Peak Temperature | 100°C |
