Apple M3 Pro vs Intel Xeon 6980E+
CPU Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Oct 2023
May 2026
Manufacturer
Apple
Intel
Type
Laptop
Server
Instruction Set
ARMv8
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Core Architecture
Apple M3
Clearwater Forest
Integrated Graphics
Apple M3 Pro GPU (19-core)
N/A
Generation
-
Xeon 6+ (Clearwater Forest-SP)
Package
Transistor Count
37 billions
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Manufacturing Process
3 nm
3 nm
Socket
Apple M-Socket
Intel Socket 7529
Power Consumption
30 W
400 W
Peak Operating Temperature
100 °C
99°C
Foundry
-
Intel
I/O Process Size
-
10 nm
I/O Die Size
-
2x 241
Package
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FC-LGA18N
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
6
-
Performance Core Threads
6
-
Performance Core Base Frequency
4.05 GHz
2.1 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4.05 GHz
3.2 GHz
Efficiency Cores
6
-
Efficiency Core Threads
6
-
Efficiency Core Base Frequency
2.75 GHz
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Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency
2.57 GHz
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Total Core Count
12
264
Total Thread Count
12
264
Multiplier
40
21.0
L1 Cache
192 K per core
96 KB per core
L2 Cache
16 MB shared
4 MB per module
Unlocked Multiplier
No
No
Bus Frequency
-
100 MHz
L3 Cache
-
528 MB shared
SMP
-
2
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
LPDDR5-6400
DDR5-8000
Max Memory Size
36 GB
1.5 TB
Max Memory Channels
3
12
Max Memory Bandwidth
153.6 GB/s
768.0 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
No
Yes
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics
true
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GPU Base Frequency
500 MHz
-
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
1600 MHz
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Shader Units
2304
-
Texture Units
144
-
Raster Operation Units
72
-
Execution Units
288
-
Power Consumption
30
-
Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
4.0
5
PCIe Lanes
-
96
📊 Benchmark
Cinebench R23
1,978
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Cinebench R23
15,098
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Geekbench 6
3,160
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Geekbench 6
15,083
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Cinebench 2024
143
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Cinebench 2024
1,058
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Passmark CPU
4,401
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Passmark CPU
25,201
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