Product Compare
Intel Core i9 7900X vs Apple M3
| CPU | CPU | |
|---|---|---|
| General Parameters | ||
| Release Date | May 2017 | Oct 2023 |
| Manufacturer | Intel | Apple |
| Type | Desktop | Laptop |
| Instruction Set | x86-64 | ARMv8 |
| Core Architecture | Skylake | Apple M3 |
| Processor Number | i9-7900X | |
| Integrated Graphics | N/A | Apple M3 GPU |
| Package | ||
| Manufacturing Process | 14 nm | 3 nm |
| Socket | LGA-2066 | Apple M-Socket |
| Power Consumption | 140 W | 20 W |
| Peak Operating Temperature | 95 °C | 100°C |
| Transistor Count | 25 billions | |
| CPU Performance | ||
| Performance Cores | 10 | 4 |
| Performance Core Threads | 20 | 4 |
| Performance Core Base Frequency | 3.3 GHz | 4.05 GHz |
| Performance Core Turbo Frequency | 4.3 GHz | 4.05 GHz |
| Total Core Count | 10 | 8 |
| Total Thread Count | 20 | 8 |
| Bus Frequency | 100 MHz | |
| Multiplier | 33x | 40x |
| L1 Cache | 64 K per core | 192 K per core |
| L2 Cache | 1 MB per core | 16 MB shared |
| L3 Cache | 14 MB shared | 64 MB shared |
| Unlocked Multiplier | Yes | No |
| Efficiency Cores | 4 | |
| Efficiency Core Threads | 4 | |
| 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 | 24 GB |
| Max Memory Channels | 4 | 2 |
| Max Memory Bandwidth | 79.47 GB/s | 102.4 GB/s |
| ECC Memory Support | No | No |
| Miscellaneous | ||
| Official Website | Official Link ↗ | |
| PCIe Version | 3.0 | 4.0 |
| PCIe Lanes | 44 | |
| Extended Instruction Set | SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2, AVX-512 | |
| 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 | |
| Benchmarks | ||
| Cinebench R23 Single Core | 1203 | 1920 |
| Cinebench R23 Multi Core | 14998 | 10448 |
| Geekbench 6 Single Core | 1323 | 3009 |
| Geekbench 6 Multi Core | 8536 | 11805 |
| Passmark CPU Single Core | 2556 | 4850 |
| Passmark CPU Multi Core | 20991 | 19597 |