Product Compare

Intel Core i7 1260P vs Apple M3

	CPU Intel Core i7 1260P	CPU Apple M3
General Parameters
Release Date	Feb 2022	Oct 2023
Manufacturer	Intel	Apple
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Instruction Set	x86-64	ARMv8
Core Architecture	Alder Lake-P	Apple M3
Processor Number	i7-1260P
Integrated Graphics	Iris Xe Graphics G7 (96EU)	Apple M3 GPU
Package
Manufacturing Process	10 nm	3 nm
Socket	BGA-1744	Apple M-Socket
Power Consumption	28 W	20 W
Peak Operating Temperature	100 °C	100°C
Transistor Count		25 billions
CPU Performance
Performance Cores	4	4
Performance Core Base Frequency	2.1 GHz	4.05 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency	4.7 GHz	4.05 GHz
Efficiency Cores	8	4
Total Core Count	12	8
Total Thread Count	16	8
Bus Frequency	100 MHz
Multiplier	21x	40x
L1 Cache	80 K per core	192 K per core
L2 Cache	1280 K per core	16 MB shared
L3 Cache	18 MB shared	64 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier	No	No
Performance Core Threads		4
Efficiency Core Threads		4
Efficiency Core Base Frequency		2.75 GHz
Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency		2.57 GHz
Memory Parameters
Memory Types	DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200, LPDDR5-5200, LPDDR4x-4267	LPDDR5-6400
Max Memory Size	64 GB	24 GB
Max Memory Channels	2	2
Max Memory Bandwidth	76.8 GB/s	102.4 GB/s
ECC Memory Support	No	No
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics	true	true
GPU Base Frequency	300 MHz	500 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency	1400 MHz	1600 MHz
Shader Units	768	1280
Texture Units	48	80
Raster Operation Units	24	40
Execution Units	96	160
Power Consumption	15 W
Miscellaneous
Official Website	Official Link ↗
PCIe Version	4.0	4.0
PCIe Lanes	20
Benchmarks
Cinebench R23 Single Core	1750	1920
Cinebench R23 Multi Core	9675	10448
Geekbench 6 Single Core	1519	3009
Geekbench 6 Multi Core	3229	11805
Blender	149	168
Passmark CPU Single Core	3325	4850
Passmark CPU Multi Core	17171	19597