Apple M3 Pro vs Intel Core i3 7100U

VS

Apple M3 Pro

Intel Core i3 7100U

We compared two laptop CPUs: Apple M3 Pro with 12 cores 4.05GHz and Intel Core i3 7100U with 2 cores 2.4GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Apple M3 Pro 's Advantages

Released 7 years and 2 months late

Better graphics card performance

Higher specification of memory (6400 vs 2133)

Larger memory bandwidth (153.6GB/s vs 34.1GB/s)

Newer PCIe version (4.0 vs 3.0)

Higher base frequency (4.05GHz vs 2.4GHz)

More modern manufacturing process (3nm vs 14nm)

Intel Core i3 7100U 's Advantages

Lower TDP (15W vs 30W)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

Apple M3 Pro +254%

1992

Intel Core i3 7100U

562

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

Apple M3 Pro +1190%

15139

Intel Core i3 7100U

1173

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Apple M3 Pro +299%

3155

Intel Core i3 7100U

790

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Apple M3 Pro +844%

15057

Intel Core i3 7100U

1595

Blender

Apple M3 Pro +873%

253

Intel Core i3 7100U

26

Passmark CPU Single Core

Apple M3 Pro +248%

4790

Intel Core i3 7100U

1376

Passmark CPU Multi Core

Apple M3 Pro +898%

26949

Intel Core i3 7100U

2698

Apple M3 Pro

VS

Intel Core i3 7100U

General Parameters

Oct 2023

Release Date

Aug 2016

Apple

Manufacturer

Intel

Laptop

Type

Laptop

ARMv8

Instruction Set

x86-64

Apple M3

Core Architecture

Kaby Lake

-

Processor Number

i3-7100U

Apple M-Socket

Socket

BGA-1356

Apple M3 Pro GPU (19-core)

Integrated Graphics

HD Graphics 620

Package

37 billions

Transistor Count

-

3 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

30 W

Power Consumption

15 W

100°C

Peak Operating Temperature

100 °C

CPU Performance

6

Performance Cores

2

6

Performance Core Threads

4

4.05 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.4 GHz

4.05 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

-

6

Efficiency Cores

-

6

Efficiency Core Threads

-

2.75 GHz

Efficiency Core Base Frequency

-

2.57 GHz

Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency

-

12

Total Core Count

2

12

Total Thread Count

4

40x

Multiplier

24x

192 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

16 MB shared

L2 Cache

256 K per core

-

L3 Cache

3 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

Memory Parameters

LPDDR5-6400

Memory Types

DDR4-2133, LPDDR3-1866, DDR3L-1600

36 GB

Max Memory Size

32 GB

3

Max Memory Channels

2

153.6 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

34.1 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

1000 MHz

2304

Shader Units

192

144

Texture Units

24

72

Raster Operation Units

3

288

Execution Units

24

-

Power Consumption

15 W

-

Max Resolution

4096x2304 - 60 Hz

7.4 TFLOPS

Graphics Performance

0.4 TFLOPS

Miscellaneous

-

Official Website

Intel Core i3 7100U

4.0

PCIe Version

3.0

-

PCIe Lanes

12

-

Extended Instruction Set

SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2

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