Apple M3 Max vs Intel Core i7 8559U

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Apple M3 Max

Intel Core i7 8559U

We compared two laptop CPUs: Apple M3 Max with 16 cores 4.05GHz and Intel Core i7 8559U with 4 cores 2.7GHz . 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 5 years and 6 months late

Higher specification of memory (6400 vs 2400)

Larger memory bandwidth (409.6GB/s vs 37.5GB/s)

Higher base frequency (4.05GHz vs 2.7GHz)

More modern manufacturing process (3nm vs 14nm)

Intel Core i7 8559U 's Advantages

Lower TDP (28W vs 40W)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Apple M3 Max +127%

3227

Intel Core i7 8559U

1416

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Apple M3 Max +334%

21173

Intel Core i7 8559U

4869

Blender

Apple M3 Max +501%

415

Intel Core i7 8559U

69

Apple M3 Max

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Intel Core i7 8559U

General Parameters

Oct 2023

Release Date

Apr 2018

Apple

Manufacturer

Intel

Laptop

Type

Laptop

ARMv8

Instruction Set

-

Apple M3

Core Architecture

Kaby Lake-R

Apple M-Socket

Socket

Intel BGA 1356

Apple M3 Max GPU (38-core)

Integrated Graphics

Iris Pro Plus

-

Generation

Core i7 (Kaby Lake-U Refresh)

Package

92 billions

Transistor Count

-

3 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

40 W

Power Consumption

28 W

100°C

Peak Operating Temperature

72 °C

-

Foundry

Intel

-

Die Size

123 mm²

CPU Performance

12

Performance Cores

-

12

Performance Core Threads

-

4.05 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.7 GHz

4.05 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.5 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

4

16

Total Thread Count

8

-

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

40x

Multiplier

27.0

192 K per core

L1 Cache

64 KB per core

32 MB shared

L2 Cache

256 KB per core

-

L3 Cache

8 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

-

SMP

1

Memory Parameters

LPDDR5-6400

Memory Types

DDR4-2400, LPDDR3-2133

128 GB

Max Memory Size

32 GB

8

Max Memory Channels

2

409.6 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

37.5 GB/s

No

ECC Memory Support

No

Graphics Card Parameters

true

Integrated Graphics

true

500 MHz

GPU Base Frequency

300 MHz

1600 MHz

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

1200 MHz

5120

Shader Units

-

320

Texture Units

-

160

Raster Operation Units

-

640

Execution Units

-

16.4 TFLOPS

Graphics Performance

-

Miscellaneous

-

Official Website

Intel Core i7 8559U

4.0

PCIe Version

-

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