Product Compare

Apple M3 Max vs Intel Core i3 6100

	CPU Apple M3 Max	CPU Intel Core i3 6100
General Parameters
Release Date	Oct 2023	Sep 2015
Manufacturer	Apple	Intel
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Instruction Set	ARMv8	x86-64
Core Architecture	Apple M3	Skylake
Integrated Graphics	Apple M3 Max GPU (38-core)	HD Graphics 530
Processor Number		i3-6100
Package
Transistor Count	92 billions
Manufacturing Process	3 nm	14 nm
Socket	Apple M-Socket	LGA-1151
Power Consumption	56 W	51 W
Peak Operating Temperature	100 °C
CPU Performance
Performance Cores	12	2
Performance Core Threads	12	4
Performance Core Base Frequency	4.05 GHz	3.7 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency	4.05 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	2
Total Thread Count	16	4
Multiplier	40	37x
L1 Cache	192 K per core	64 K per core
L2 Cache	32 MB shared	256 K per core
Unlocked Multiplier	No	No
Bus Frequency		100 MHz
L3 Cache		3 MB shared
Memory Parameters
Memory Types	LPDDR5-6400	DDR4-2133, DDR3L-1600
Max Memory Size	128 GB	64 GB
Max Memory Channels	8	2
Max Memory Bandwidth	409.6 GB/s	34.1 GB/s
ECC Memory Support	No	Yes
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics	true	true
GPU Base Frequency	500 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency	1600 MHz	1050 MHz
Shader Units	5120
Texture Units	320
Raster Operation Units	160
Execution Units	640
Power Consumption	60
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	1950	1003
Cinebench R23 Multi Core	24002	2565
Geekbench 6 Single Core	3227	1146
Geekbench 6 Multi Core	21164	2487
Blender	415	40
Passmark CPU Single Core	4790	2192
Passmark CPU Multi Core	41188	4140