Apple M3 Max vs Intel Core i7 11850H

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Apple M3 Max

Intel Core i7 11850H

We compared two laptop CPUs: Apple M3 Max with 16 cores 4.05GHz and Intel Core i7 11850H with 8 cores 2.1GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Apple M3 Max 's Advantages

Released 2 years and 5 months late

Better graphics card performance

Higher specification of memory (6400 vs 3200)

Larger memory bandwidth (409.6GB/s vs 51.2GB/s)

Higher base frequency (4.05GHz vs 2.5GHz)

More modern manufacturing process (3nm vs 10nm)

Lower TDP (40W vs 45W)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

Apple M3 Max +30%

1968

Intel Core i7 11850H

1509

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

Apple M3 Max +97%

24163

Intel Core i7 11850H

12233

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Apple M3 Max +65%

3227

Intel Core i7 11850H

1946

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Apple M3 Max +143%

21173

Intel Core i7 11850H

8699

Blender

Apple M3 Max +100%

415

Intel Core i7 11850H

207

Passmark CPU Single Core

Apple M3 Max +51%

4793

Intel Core i7 11850H

3160

Passmark CPU Multi Core

Apple M3 Max +92%

40041

Intel Core i7 11850H

20758

Apple M3 Max

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Intel Core i7 11850H

General Parameters

Oct 2023

Release Date

May 2021

Apple

Manufacturer

Intel

Laptop

Type

Laptop

ARMv8

Instruction Set

x86-64

Apple M3

Core Architecture

Tiger Lake H45

-

Processor Number

i7-11850H

Apple M-Socket

Socket

BGA-1787

Apple M3 Max GPU (38-core)

Integrated Graphics

UHD Graphics for 11th Gen (32 EU)

Package

92 billions

Transistor Count

-

3 nm

Manufacturing Process

10 nm

40 W

Power Consumption

35-45 W

100°C

Peak Operating Temperature

100 °C

CPU Performance

12

Performance Cores

8

12

Performance Core Threads

16

4.05 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.1-2.5 GHz

4.05 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.8 GHz

4

Efficiency Cores

-

4

Efficiency Core Threads

-

2.75 GHz

Efficiency Core Base Frequency

-

2.57 GHz

Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency

-

16

Total Core Count

8

16

Total Thread Count

16

-

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

40x

Multiplier

21-25x

192 K per core

L1 Cache

96 K per core

32 MB shared

L2 Cache

1280 K per core

-

L3 Cache

24 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

Memory Parameters

LPDDR5-6400

Memory Types

DDR4-3200

128 GB

Max Memory Size

128 GB

8

Max Memory Channels

2

409.6 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

51.2 GB/s

No

ECC Memory Support

No

Graphics Card Parameters

true

Integrated Graphics

true

500 MHz

GPU Base Frequency

350 MHz

1600 MHz

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

1450 MHz

5120

Shader Units

256

320

Texture Units

16

160

Raster Operation Units

8

640

Execution Units

32

-

Power Consumption

15 W

16.4 TFLOPS

Graphics Performance

0.742 TFLOPS

Miscellaneous

-

Official Website

Intel Core i7 11850H

4.0

PCIe Version

4.0

-

PCIe Lanes

20

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