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Apple M1 vs Intel Core i3 6100

	CPU Apple M1	CPU Intel Core i3 6100
General Parameters
Release Date	Nov 2020	Sep 2015
Manufacturer	Apple	Intel
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Instruction Set	ARMv8	x86-64
Core Architecture	Icestorm and Firestorm	Skylake
Integrated Graphics	Apple M1 GPU	HD Graphics 530
Processor Number		i3-6100
Package
Transistor Count	16 billions
Manufacturing Process	5 nm	14 nm
Socket	Apple M-Socket	LGA-1151
Power Consumption	14 W	51 W
CPU Performance
Performance Cores	8	2
Performance Core Threads	8	4
Performance Core Base Frequency	2.1 GHz	3.7 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency	3.2 GHz
Total Core Count	8	2
Total Thread Count	8	4
L1 Cache	192 K per core	64 K per core
L2 Cache	12 MB shared	256 K per core
Unlocked Multiplier	No	No
Bus Frequency		100 MHz
Multiplier		37x
L3 Cache		3 MB shared
Memory Parameters
Memory Types	LPDDR4X-4266	DDR4-2133, DDR3L-1600
Max Memory Size	16 GB	64 GB
Max Memory Channels	2	2
Max Memory Bandwidth	68.25 GB/s	34.1 GB/s
ECC Memory Support	No	Yes
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics	true	true
GPU Base Frequency	450 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency	1278 MHz	1050 MHz
Shader Units	1024
Texture Units	64
Raster Operation Units	32
Execution Units	128
Power Consumption	15 W
Max Resolution	6016x3384 - 60 Hz
Miscellaneous
PCIe Version	4.0	3.0
Official Website		Official Link ↗
PCIe Lanes		16
Extended Instruction Set		SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2
Benchmarks
Cinebench R23 Single Core	1513	1003
Cinebench R23 Multi Core	7782	2565
Geekbench 6 Single Core	2231	1146
Geekbench 5 Single Core	1757	924
Geekbench 6 Multi Core	8035	2487
Geekbench 5 Multi Core	7742	2023
Blender	130	40
Passmark CPU Single Core	3717	2192
Passmark CPU Multi Core	14218	4140