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Intel Core Ultra 5 250K Plus vs Apple M3

	CPU Intel Core Ultra 5 250K Plus	CPU Apple M3
General Parameters
Release Date	Mar 2026	Oct 2023
Manufacturer	Intel	Apple
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Instruction Set	x86-64	ARMv8
Core Architecture	Arrow Lake	Apple M3
Processor Number	250K+
Integrated Graphics	Arc iGPU (4-Cores)	Apple M3 GPU
Package
Transistor Count	17.8 billions	25 billions
Manufacturing Process	3 nm	3 nm
Socket	FCLGA-1851	Apple M-Socket
Power Consumption	125 W	20 W
Max Turbo Power Consumption	159 W
Peak Operating Temperature	105 °C	100°C
CPU Performance
Performance Cores	6	4
Performance Core Threads	6	4
Performance Core Base Frequency	4.2 GHz	4.05 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency	5.3 GHz	4.05 GHz
Efficiency Cores	12	4
Efficiency Core Threads	12	4
Efficiency Core Base Frequency	3.3 GHz	2.75 GHz
Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency	4.6 GHz	2.57 GHz
Total Core Count	18	8
Total Thread Count	18	8
Bus Frequency	100 MHz
Multiplier	42	40x
L1 Cache	192 K per core	192 K per core
L2 Cache	3 MB per core	16 MB shared
L3 Cache	30 MB shared	64 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier	Yes	No
Memory Parameters
Memory Types	DDR5-7200	LPDDR5-6400
Max Memory Bandwidth	115.2 GB/s	102.4 GB/s
ECC Memory Support	Yes	No
Max Memory Size		24 GB
Max Memory Channels		2
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics	true	true
GPU Base Frequency	300 MHz	500 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency	1900 MHz	1600 MHz
Shader Units	512	1280
Texture Units	32	80
Raster Operation Units	16	40
Execution Units	64	160
Power Consumption	14
Miscellaneous
Official Website	Official Link ↗
PCIe Version	5.0	4.0
PCIe Lanes	24
Benchmarks
Cinebench R23 Single Core	2319	1920
Cinebench R23 Multi Core	28965	10448
Geekbench 6 Single Core	3231	3009
Geekbench 6 Multi Core	21067	11805
Cinebench 2024 Single Core	141	140
Cinebench 2024 Multi Core	1680	707
Passmark CPU Single Core	4904	4850
Passmark CPU Multi Core	52031	19597