Apple M3 Pro vs Intel Core 7 250U

VS

Apple M3 Pro

Intel Core 7 250U

We compared two laptop CPUs: Apple M3 Pro with 12 cores 4.05GHz and Intel Core 7 250U with 10 cores 1.9GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Apple M3 Pro 's Advantages

Integrated graphics card

Higher specification of memory (6400 vs 5200)

Larger memory bandwidth (153.6GB/s vs 83.2GB/s)

Higher base frequency (4.05GHz vs 1.9GHz)

More modern manufacturing process (3nm vs 10nm)

Intel Core 7 250U 's Advantages

Released 1 years late

Newer PCIe version (4 vs 4.0)

Lower TDP (15W vs 30W)

Score

Apple M3 Pro

VS

Intel Core 7 250U

General Parameters

Oct 2023

Release Date

Oct 2024

Apple

Manufacturer

Intel

Laptop

Type

Laptop

ARMv8

Instruction Set

-

Apple M3

Core Architecture

Raptor Lake-U

Apple M-Socket

Socket

Intel BGA 1744

Apple M3 Pro GPU (19-core)

Integrated Graphics

Iris Xe Graphics 96EU

-

Generation

Core 7 (Raptor Lake-U)

Package

37 billions

Transistor Count

-

3 nm

Manufacturing Process

10 nm

30 W

Power Consumption

15 W

100°C

Peak Operating Temperature

-

Foundry

Intel

CPU Performance

6

Performance Cores

2

6

Performance Core Threads

4

4.05 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

1.9 GHz

4.05 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

5.4 GHz

6

Efficiency Cores

8

6

Efficiency Core Threads

8

2.75 GHz

Efficiency Core Base Frequency

1300 MHz

2.57 GHz

Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency

4.1 GHz

12

Total Core Count

10

12

Total Thread Count

12

-

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

40x

Multiplier

16.0

192 K per core

L1 Cache

80 KB per core

16 MB shared

L2 Cache

1.25 MB per core

-

L3 Cache

12 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

-

SMP

1

Memory Parameters

LPDDR5-6400

Memory Types

DDR4-3200, DDR5-5200

36 GB

Max Memory Size

-

3

Max Memory Channels

2

153.6 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

83.2 GB/s

No

ECC Memory Support

No

Graphics Card Parameters

true

Integrated Graphics

-

500 MHz

GPU Base Frequency

-

1600 MHz

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

-

2304

Shader Units

-

144

Texture Units

-

72

Raster Operation Units

-

288

Execution Units

-

7.4 TFLOPS

Graphics Performance

-

Miscellaneous

4.0

PCIe Version

4

-

PCIe Lanes

8

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