Apple M3 – laptop processor produced by Apple for socket Apple M-Socket that has 8 cores and 8 threads. The base clock frequency of the CPU is 4050 MHz. Please note that this chip has integrated graphics Apple M3 GPU.
Apple M3
Cores:
8
L3 cache:
TDP:
20 W
Transistor size:
3 mm
Review
Single-Core Performance
84%
Multi-Core Performance
33%
Power Efficiency
87%
Integrated Graphics
81%
Quick Comparisons Final Score
66%
Test in Benchmarks
Performance test of Apple M3 in benchmarks
Cinebench
Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
1904
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
10453
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
140
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
712
Cinebench Scores –
GeekBench v6
The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
3009
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
11815
File compression
1260 MB/sec
Clang compilation
94.7 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser
264.5 pages/sec
PDF Renderer
313.9 Mpixels/sec
Text processing
297 pages/sec
Background blur
50.2 images/sec
Photo processing
114.8 images/sec
Ray tracing
12.9 Mpixels/sec
PassMark
Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
4717
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
19100
Integer math
42.6 GOps/sec
Floating point math
48.4 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers
232M Primes/sec
Random string sorting
27.3M Strings/sec
Data encryption
11.5 GBytes/sec
Data compression
225.8 MBytes/sec
Physics
1861 Frames/sec
Extended instructions
10B Matrices/sec
Blender
3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
160.35
Performance Per Watt
Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt
35.6 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt
590.8 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt
955 PPW
Blender / Watt
8.02 PPW
Specifications
Apple M3 technical specifications
General
Vendor
Apple
Released
October 30, 2023
Type
Laptop
Instruction Set
ARMv8
Codename
Apple M3
Integrated GPU
Apple M3 GPU
CPU
Performance Cores
P-Cores
4
P-Threads
4
Base Frequency (P)
4.05 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores
4
E-Threads
4
Base Frequency (E)
2.75 GHz
Total
Total Cores
8
Total Threads
8
Multiplier
40x
L1 Cache
192K (per core)
L2 Cache
16MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier
No
Package
Transistors
25 billions
Fabrication Process
3 nm
TDP (PL1)
20 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2)
Socket
Apple M-Socket
Peak Temperature
100°C
iGPU
Integrated Graphics
81
GPU Base Clock
500 MHz
GPU Boost Clock
1600 MHz
Shading Units
1280
TMUs
80
ROPs
40
Execution Units
160
TGP
15 W
iGPU FLOPS
4.1 TFLOPS
Memory Support
Memory Types
– LPDDR5-6400
Max. Memory Size
24 GB
Memory Channels
2
Max. Memory Bandwidth
102.4 GB/s
ECC Support
No
Misc
Official Site
PCI Express Version
4.0
PCI Express Lanes
Technologies