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Intel Core i5 9600K vs Apple M3 Pro

	CPU Intel Core i5 9600K	CPU Apple M3 Pro
General Parameters
Release Date	Oct 2018	Oct 2023
Manufacturer	Intel	Apple
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Instruction Set	x86-64	ARMv8
Core Architecture	Coffee Lake	Apple M3
Processor Number	i5-9600K
Integrated Graphics	UHD Graphics 630	Apple M3 Pro GPU (19-core)
Package
Manufacturing Process	14 nm	3 nm
Socket	LGA-1151	Apple M-Socket
Power Consumption	95 W	30 W
Peak Operating Temperature	100 °C	100 °C
Transistor Count		37 billions
CPU Performance
Performance Cores	6	6
Performance Core Threads	6	6
Performance Core Base Frequency	3.7 GHz	4.05 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency	4.6 GHz	4.05 GHz
Total Core Count	6	12
Total Thread Count	6	12
Bus Frequency	100 MHz
Multiplier	37x	40
L1 Cache	64 K per core	192 K per core
L2 Cache	256 K per core	16 MB shared
L3 Cache	9 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier	Yes	No
Efficiency Cores		6
Efficiency Core Threads		6
Efficiency Core Base Frequency		2.75 GHz
Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency		2.57 GHz
Memory Parameters
Memory Types	DDR4-2666	LPDDR5-6400
Max Memory Size	128 GB	36 GB
Max Memory Channels	2	3
Max Memory Bandwidth	41.6 GB/s	153.6 GB/s
ECC Memory Support	No	No
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics	true	true
GPU Base Frequency	350 MHz	500 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency	1150 MHz	1600 MHz
Shader Units	192	2304
Texture Units	24	144
Raster Operation Units	3	72
Execution Units	24	288
Power Consumption	15 W	30
Max Resolution	4096x2304 - 60 Hz
Miscellaneous
Official Website	Official Link ↗
PCIe Version	3.0	4.0
PCIe Lanes	16
Extended Instruction Set	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2
Benchmarks
Cinebench R23 Single Core	1185	1978
Cinebench R23 Multi Core	6590	15098
Geekbench 6 Single Core	1566	3160
Geekbench 6 Multi Core	6338	15083
Passmark CPU Single Core	2738	4401
Passmark CPU Multi Core	10716	25201