Product Compare

Apple M3 Max vs Intel Core i3 12100

	CPU Apple M3 Max	CPU Intel Core i3 12100
General Parameters
Release Date	Oct 2023	Jan 2022
Manufacturer	Apple	Intel
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Instruction Set	ARMv8	x86-64
Core Architecture	Apple M3	Alder Lake
Integrated Graphics	Apple M3 Max GPU (38-core)	UHD Graphics 730
Processor Number		i3-12100
Package
Transistor Count	92 billions
Manufacturing Process	3 nm	10 nm
Socket	Apple M-Socket	LGA-1700
Power Consumption	56 W	60 W
Peak Operating Temperature	100 °C	100 °C
Max Turbo Power Consumption		89 W
CPU Performance
Performance Cores	12	4
Performance Core Threads	12	8
Performance Core Base Frequency	4.05 GHz	3.3 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency	4.05 GHz	4.3 GHz
Efficiency Cores	4
Efficiency Core Threads	4
Efficiency Core Base Frequency	2.75 GHz
Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency	2.57 GHz
Total Core Count	16	4
Total Thread Count	16	8
Multiplier	40	33x
L1 Cache	192 K per core	80 K per core
L2 Cache	32 MB shared	1280 K per core
Unlocked Multiplier	No	No
Bus Frequency		100 MHz
L3 Cache		12 MB shared
Memory Parameters
Memory Types	LPDDR5-6400	DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200
Max Memory Size	128 GB	128 GB
Max Memory Channels	8	2
Max Memory Bandwidth	409.6 GB/s	76.8 GB/s
ECC Memory Support	No	No
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics	true	true
GPU Base Frequency	500 MHz	300 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency	1600 MHz	1400 MHz
Shader Units	5120	192
Texture Units	320	48
Raster Operation Units	160	24
Execution Units	640	24
Power Consumption	60	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	1950	1662
Cinebench R23 Multi Core	24002	7985
Geekbench 6 Single Core	3227	2214
Geekbench 6 Multi Core	21164	7431
Blender	415	103
Passmark CPU Single Core	4790	3433
Passmark CPU Multi Core	41188	13580