Apple M3 vs Intel Core i9 9960X
CPU Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Oct 2023
Oct 2018
Manufacturer
Apple
Intel
Type
Laptop
Desktop
Instruction Set
ARMv8
x86-64
Core Architecture
Apple M3
Skylake
Integrated Graphics
Apple M3 GPU
N/A
Processor Number
-
i9-9960X
Package
Transistor Count
25 billions
-
Manufacturing Process
3 nm
14 nm
Socket
Apple M-Socket
LGA-2066
Power Consumption
20 W
165 W
Peak Operating Temperature
100°C
85 °C
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
4
16
Performance Core Threads
4
32
Performance Core Base Frequency
4.05 GHz
3.1 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4.05 GHz
4.4 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
16
Total Thread Count
8
32
Multiplier
40x
-
L1 Cache
192 K per core
32 K per core
L2 Cache
16 MB shared
1 MB per core
L3 Cache
64 MB shared
22 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
No
Yes
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
LPDDR5-6400
DDR4-2666
Max Memory Size
24 GB
128 GB
Max Memory Channels
2
4
Max Memory Bandwidth
102.4 GB/s
85 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
No
No
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics
true
-
GPU Base Frequency
500 MHz
-
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
1600 MHz
-
Shader Units
1280
-
Texture Units
80
-
Raster Operation Units
40
-
Execution Units
160
-
Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
4.0
3.0
PCIe Lanes
-
44
Extended Instruction Set
-
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2, AVX-512
📊 Benchmark
Cinebench R23
1,920
1,075
Cinebench R23
10,448
17,953
Geekbench 6
3,009
1,432
Geekbench 6
11,805
10,707
Cinebench 2024
140
-
Cinebench 2024
707
-
Blender
168
-
Passmark CPU
4,850
2,608
Passmark CPU
19,597
30,525