Apple M3 vs Intel Core i9 12900T
CPU Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Oct 2023
Jan 2022
Manufacturer
Apple
Intel
Type
Laptop
Desktop
Instruction Set
ARMv8
-
Core Architecture
Apple M3
Alder Lake-S
Integrated Graphics
Apple M3 GPU
UHD Graphics 770
Generation
-
Core i9 (Alder Lake-S)
Package
Transistor Count
25 billions
-
Manufacturing Process
3 nm
10 nm
Socket
Apple M-Socket
Intel Socket 1700
Power Consumption
20 W
35 W
Peak Operating Temperature
100°C
72 °C
Foundry
-
Intel
Die Size
-
215 mm²
Package
-
FC-LGA16A
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
4
8
Performance Core Threads
4
16
Performance Core Base Frequency
4.05 GHz
1.4 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4.05 GHz
4.9 GHz
Efficiency Cores
4
8
Efficiency Core Threads
4
8
Efficiency Core Base Frequency
2.75 GHz
1000 MHz
Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency
2.57 GHz
3.6 GHz
Total Core Count
8
16
Total Thread Count
8
24
Multiplier
40x
14.0
L1 Cache
192 K per core
80 KB per core
L2 Cache
16 MB shared
1.25 MB per core
L3 Cache
64 MB shared
30 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
No
Yes
Bus Frequency
-
100 MHz
SMP
-
1
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
LPDDR5-6400
DDR4-3200, DDR5-4800
Max Memory Size
24 GB
-
Max Memory Channels
2
2
Max Memory Bandwidth
102.4 GB/s
76.8 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
1550 MHz
Shader Units
1280
-
Texture Units
80
-
Raster Operation Units
40
-
Execution Units
160
32
Miscellaneous
📊 Benchmark
Cinebench R23
1,920
1,865
Cinebench R23
10,448
22,804
Geekbench 6
3,009
2,362
Geekbench 6
11,805
12,384
Cinebench 2024
140
-
Cinebench 2024
707
-
Blender
168
153
Passmark CPU
4,850
-
Passmark CPU
19,597
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