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A high-end Apple M3 processor with strong single-core performance (87/100), excellent power efficiency. Suited for demanding workloads.
| Single-Core Performance | 87 /100 |
| Multi-Core Performance | 34 /100 |
| Power Efficiency | 86 /100 |
| Integrated Graphics |
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Compare Apple M3 →| QucikComparison Final Score | 67 /100 |
| Cores | 8 |
| TDP | 20 W |
| Transistor size | 3 nm |
| Cinebench 2024 (Single) | 140 |
| Cinebench 2024 (Multi) | 712 |
| Geekbench 6 (Single-Core) | 3009 |
| Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core) | 11815 |
| File compression | 1260 MB/sec |
| Clang compilation | 94.7 Klines/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | 264.5 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | 313.9 Mpixels/sec |
| Text processing | 297 pages/sec |
| Background blur | 50.2 images/sec |
| Photo processing | 114.8 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | 12.9 Mpixels/sec |
| Passmark CPU (Single-Core) | 4715 |
| Passmark CPU (Multi-Core) | 19095 |
| Integer math | 42.6 GOps/sec |
| Floating point math | 48.4 GOps/sec |
| Find prime numbers | 232M Primes/sec |
| Random string sorting | 27.3M Strings/sec |
| Data encryption | 11.5 GBytes/sec |
| Data compression | 225.7 MBytes/sec |
| Physics | 1862 Frames/sec |
| Extended instructions | 10B Matrices/sec |
| Blender CPU | 160.35 |
| Cinebench 2024 / Watt | 35.6 PPW |
| Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt | 590.8 PPW |
| Passmark CPU Mark / Watt | 954.8 PPW |
| Blender / Watt | 8.02 PPW |
| [Performance Cores] | — |
| P-Cores | 4 |
| P-Threads | 4 |
| Base Frequency (P) | 4.05 GHz |
| [Efficient Cores] | — |
| E-Cores | 4 |
| E-Threads | 4 |
| Base Frequency (E) | 2.75 GHz |
| [Total] | — |
| Total Cores | 8 |
| Total Threads | 8 |
| Multiplier | 40x |
| L1 Cache | 192K (per core) |
| L2 Cache | 16MB (shared) |
| Unlocked Multiplier | No |
| Integrated Graphics | Apple M3 GPU |
| GPU Boost Clock | 1380 MHz |
| Shading Units | 1280 |
| TMUs | 80 |
| ROPs | 40 |
| Execution Units | 160 |
| iGPU FLOPS | 3.5 TFLOPS |
| Memory Types | - LPDDR5-6400 |
| Max. Memory Size | 24 GB |
| Memory Channels | 8 |
| Max. Memory Bandwidth | 102.4 GB/s |
| ECC Support | No |
| Vendor | Apple |
| Released | October 30, 2023 |
| Type | Laptop |
| Instruction Set | ARMv8 |
| Codename | Apple M3 |
| Model number | — |
| Integrated GPU | Apple M3 GPU |
| Qualcomm Equivalent | — |
| Transistors | 25 billions |
| Fabrication Process | 3 nm |
| TDP (PL1) | 20 W |
| Socket | Apple M-Socket |
| Peak Temperature | 100°C |
Apple M5 Max (32-сore GPU)
96/100
