Product Compare

Apple M3 vs Intel Core i7 11700K

	CPU Apple M3	CPU Intel Core i7 11700K
General Parameters
Release Date	Oct 2023	Mar 2021
Manufacturer	Apple	Intel
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Instruction Set	ARMv8	x86-64
Core Architecture	Apple M3	Rocket Lake
Integrated Graphics	Apple M3 GPU	UHD Graphics 750
Processor Number		i7-11700K
Package
Transistor Count	25 billions
Manufacturing Process	3 nm	14 nm
Socket	Apple M-Socket	LGA-1200
Power Consumption	20 W	125 W
Peak Operating Temperature	100°C	100°C
CPU Performance
Performance Cores	4	8
Performance Core Threads	4	16
Performance Core Base Frequency	4.05 GHz	3.6 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency	4.05 GHz	5 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	16
Multiplier	40x	36x
L1 Cache	192 K per core	64 K per core
L2 Cache	16 MB shared	512 K per core
L3 Cache	64 MB shared	16 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier	No	Yes
Bus Frequency		100 MHz
Memory Parameters
Memory Types	LPDDR5-6400	DDR4-3200
Max Memory Size	24 GB	128 GB
Max Memory Channels	2	2
Max Memory Bandwidth	102.4 GB/s	50 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	1300 MHz
Shader Units	1280	256
Texture Units	80	64
Raster Operation Units	40	32
Execution Units	160	32
Power Consumption		15 W
Max Resolution		3840x2160 - 60 Hz
Miscellaneous
PCIe Version	4.0	4.0
Official Website		Official Link ↗
PCIe Lanes		20
Benchmarks
Cinebench R23 Single Core	1920	1595
Cinebench R23 Multi Core	10448	15011
Geekbench 6 Single Core	3009	2371
Geekbench 6 Multi Core	11805	10622
Cinebench 2024 Single Core	140	91
Cinebench 2024 Multi Core	707	806
Blender	168	215
Passmark CPU Single Core	4850	3412
Passmark CPU Multi Core	19597	24667