Quick/Comparisons
87 | Single-Core Performance | 65 |
34 | Multi-Core Performance | 43 |
86 | Power Efficiency |
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74 | Integrated Graphics | 77 |
67 | QucikComparison Final Score | 60 |
| 8 | Cores | 12 |
| 20 W | TDP | 35 W |
| 3 nm | Transistor size | 4 nm |
| 140 | Cinebench 2024 (Single) | 107 |
| 712 | Cinebench 2024 (Multi) | 919 |
| 3009 | Geekbench 6 (Single-Core) | 2392 |
| 11815 | Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core) | 14045 |
| 1260 MB/sec | File compression | 1140 MB/sec |
| 94.7 Klines/sec | Clang compilation | 131.2 Klines/sec |
| 264.5 pages/sec | HTML 5 Browser | 351.4 pages/sec |
| 313.9 Mpixels/sec | PDF Renderer | 377.7 Mpixels/sec |
| 297 pages/sec | Text processing | 219.9 pages/sec |
| 50.2 images/sec | Background blur | 61.6 images/sec |
| 114.8 images/sec | Photo processing | 126.6 images/sec |
| 12.9 Mpixels/sec | Ray tracing | 20.8 Mpixels/sec |
| 4715 | Passmark CPU (Single-Core) | 3139 |
| 19095 | Passmark CPU (Multi-Core) | 22695 |
| 42.6 GOps/sec | Integer math | 64.4 GOps/sec |
| 48.4 GOps/sec | Floating point math | 97.3 GOps/sec |
| 232M Primes/sec | Find prime numbers | 300M Primes/sec |
| 27.3M Strings/sec | Random string sorting | 31.9M Strings/sec |
| 11.5 GBytes/sec | Data encryption | 14.6 GBytes/sec |
| 225.7 MBytes/sec | Data compression | 238 MBytes/sec |
| 1862 Frames/sec | Physics | 1560 Frames/sec |
| 10B Matrices/sec | Extended instructions | 15.1B Matrices/sec |
| 160.35 | Blender CPU | — |
| 35.6 PPW | Cinebench 2024 / Watt | 26.3 PPW |
| 590.8 PPW | Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt | 401.3 PPW |
| 954.8 PPW | Passmark CPU Mark / Watt | 648.4 PPW |
| 8.02 PPW | Blender / Watt | — |
| — | [Performance Cores] | — |
| 4 | P-Cores | 12 |
| 4 | P-Threads | 12 |
| 4.05 GHz | Base Frequency (P) | 3.4 GHz |
| — | [Efficient Cores] | — |
| 4 | E-Cores | — |
| 4 | E-Threads | — |
| 2.75 GHz | Base Frequency (E) | — |
| — | [Total] | — |
| 8 | Total Cores | 12 |
| 8 | Total Threads | 12 |
| 40x | Multiplier | 34x |
| 192K (per core) | L1 Cache | 96K (per core) |
| 16MB (shared) | L2 Cache | 12MB (shared) |
| No | Unlocked Multiplier | No |
| Apple M3 GPU | Integrated Graphics | Qualcomm Adreno X1-85 |
| 1380 MHz | GPU Boost Clock | 1250 MHz |
| 1280 | Shading Units | 1536 |
| 80 | TMUs | 96 |
| 40 | ROPs | 48 |
| 160 | Execution Units | 6 |
| 3.5 TFLOPS | iGPU FLOPS | 3.7-4.6 TFLOPS |
| - LPDDR5-6400 | Memory Types | - LPDDR5x-8448 |
| 24 GB | Max. Memory Size | 64 GB |
| 8 | Memory Channels | 8 |
| 102.4 GB/s | Max. Memory Bandwidth | 135 GB/s |
| No | ECC Support | No |
| Apple | Vendor | Qualcomm |
| October 30, 2023 | Released | October 24, 2023 |
| Laptop | Type | Laptop |
| ARMv8 | Instruction Set | ARMv8 |
| Apple M3 | Codename | Snapdragon X |
| — | Model number | X1E-78-100 |
| Apple M3 GPU | Integrated GPU | Qualcomm Adreno X1-85 |
| — | Qualcomm Equivalent | — |
| 25 billions | Transistors | — |
| 3 nm | Fabrication Process | 4 nm |
| 20 W | TDP (PL1) | 35 W |
| Apple M-Socket | Socket | Custom |
| 100°C | Peak Temperature | — |
