Product Compare

Apple M2 Ultra vs Intel Core i3 12100

	CPU Apple M2 Ultra	CPU Intel Core i3 12100
General Parameters
Release Date	May 2023	Jan 2022
Manufacturer	Apple	Intel
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Instruction Set	ARMv8	x86-64
Core Architecture	Apple M2	Alder Lake
Integrated Graphics	Apple M2 Max GPU (76-core)	UHD Graphics 730
Processor Number		i3-12100
Package
Transistor Count	134 billions
Manufacturing Process	5 nm	10 nm
Socket	Apple M-Socket	LGA-1700
Power Consumption	60 W	60 W
Peak Operating Temperature	100°C	100 °C
Max Turbo Power Consumption		89 W
CPU Performance
Performance Cores	16	4
Performance Core Threads	16	8
Performance Core Base Frequency	3.5 GHz	3.3 GHz
Efficiency Cores	8
Efficiency Core Threads	8
Efficiency Core Base Frequency	2.4 GHz
Total Core Count	24	4
Total Thread Count	24	8
Multiplier	35x	33x
L1 Cache	192 K per core	80 K per core
L2 Cache	64 MB shared	1280 K per core
Unlocked Multiplier	No	No
Performance Core Turbo Frequency		4.3 GHz
Bus Frequency		100 MHz
L3 Cache		12 MB shared
Memory Parameters
Memory Types	LPDDR5-6400	DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200
Max Memory Size	192 GB	128 GB
Max Memory Channels	16	2
Max Memory Bandwidth	800 GB/s	76.8 GB/s
ECC Memory Support	No	No
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics	true	true
GPU Base Frequency		300 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency		1400 MHz
Shader Units		192
Texture Units		48
Raster Operation Units		24
Execution Units		24
Power Consumption		15 W
Max Resolution		3840x2160 - 60 Hz
Miscellaneous
PCIe Version	4.0	5.0
Official Website		Official Link ↗
PCIe Lanes		20
Benchmarks
Cinebench R23 Single Core	1729	1662
Cinebench R23 Multi Core	28910	7985
Geekbench 6 Single Core	2790	2214
Geekbench 5 Single Core	1956	1697
Geekbench 6 Multi Core	21217	7431
Geekbench 5 Multi Core	27945	6276
Blender	505	103
Passmark CPU Single Core	4137	3433
Passmark CPU Multi Core	48776	13580