Apple M3 vs Intel Core 5 315
CPU Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Oct 2023
Apr 2026
Manufacturer
Apple
Intel
Type
Laptop
Laptop
Instruction Set
ARMv8
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Core Architecture
Apple M3
Wildcat Lake
Integrated Graphics
Apple M3 GPU
Intel Xe3 Graphics (2 Xe)
Generation
-
Core 5 (Wildcat Lake)
Package
Transistor Count
25 billions
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Manufacturing Process
3 nm
3 nm
Socket
Apple M-Socket
Intel BGA 1516
Power Consumption
20 W
15 W
Peak Operating Temperature
100°C
100°C
Foundry
-
Intel
Package
-
FC-BGA
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
4
2
Performance Core Threads
4
4
Performance Core Base Frequency
4.05 GHz
1.5 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4.05 GHz
4.4 GHz
Efficiency Cores
4
4
Efficiency Core Threads
4
4
Efficiency Core Base Frequency
2.75 GHz
1400 MHz
Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency
2.57 GHz
3.3 GHz
Total Core Count
8
6
Total Thread Count
8
6
Multiplier
40x
15.0
L1 Cache
192 K per core
192 KB
L2 Cache
16 MB shared
2.5 MB
L3 Cache
64 MB shared
6 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
No
No
Bus Frequency
-
100 MHz
SMP
-
1
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
LPDDR5-6400
DDR5-6400, LPDDR5-6400X-7467
Max Memory Size
24 GB
64 GB
Max Memory Channels
2
1
Max Memory Bandwidth
102.4 GB/s
59.7 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
No
No
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
1280
-
Texture Units
80
-
Raster Operation Units
40
-
Execution Units
160
-
Miscellaneous
AI Accelerator
Theoretical performance
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15 TOPS
📊 Benchmark
Cinebench R23
1,920
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Cinebench R23
10,448
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Geekbench 6
3,009
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Geekbench 6
11,805
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Cinebench 2024
140
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Cinebench 2024
707
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Blender
168
-
Passmark CPU
4,850
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Passmark CPU
19,597
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