Product Compare

Apple M3 vs Apple M1

	CPU Apple M3	CPU Apple M1
General Parameters
Release Date	Oct 2023	Nov 2020
Manufacturer	Apple	Apple
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Instruction Set	ARMv8	ARMv8
Core Architecture	Apple M3	Icestorm and Firestorm
Integrated Graphics	Apple M3 GPU	Apple M1 GPU
Package
Transistor Count	25 billions	16 billions
Manufacturing Process	3 nm	5 nm
Socket	Apple M-Socket	Apple M-Socket
Power Consumption	20 W	14 W
Peak Operating Temperature	100°C
CPU Performance
Performance Cores	4	8
Performance Core Threads	4	8
Performance Core Base Frequency	4.05 GHz	2.1 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency	4.05 GHz	3.2 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	8	8
Total Thread Count	8	8
Multiplier	40x
L1 Cache	192 K per core	192 K per core
L2 Cache	16 MB shared	12 MB shared
L3 Cache	64 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier	No	No
Memory Parameters
Memory Types	LPDDR5-6400	LPDDR4X-4266
Max Memory Size	24 GB	16 GB
Max Memory Channels	2	2
Max Memory Bandwidth	102.4 GB/s	68.25 GB/s
ECC Memory Support	No	No
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics	true	true
GPU Base Frequency	500 MHz	450 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency	1600 MHz	1278 MHz
Shader Units	1280	1024
Texture Units	80	64
Raster Operation Units	40	32
Execution Units	160	128
Power Consumption		15 W
Max Resolution		6016x3384 - 60 Hz
Miscellaneous
PCIe Version	4.0	4.0
Benchmarks
Cinebench R23 Single Core	1920	1513
Cinebench R23 Multi Core	10448	7782
Geekbench 6 Single Core	3009	2231
Geekbench 6 Multi Core	11805	8035
Cinebench 2024 Single Core	140	113
Cinebench 2024 Multi Core	707	509
Blender	168	130
Passmark CPU Single Core	4850	3717
Passmark CPU Multi Core	19597	14218