Apple M3 Pro vs Intel Core i5 11260H

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Apple M3 Pro Intel Core i5 11260H

We compared two laptop CPUs: Apple M3 Pro with 12 cores 4.05GHz and Intel Core i5 11260H with 6 cores 2.1GHz . 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 2 years and 5 months late

Better graphics card performance

Higher specification of memory (LPDDR5-6400 vs DDR4-3200)

Larger memory bandwidth (153.6GB/s vs 51.2GB/s)

Higher base frequency (4.05GHz vs 2.6GHz)

Lower TDP (30W vs 35W)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

Apple M3 Pro +43%

1992

Intel Core i5 11260H

1385

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

Apple M3 Pro +68%

15139

Intel Core i5 11260H

8973

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Apple M3 Pro +89%

3155

Intel Core i5 11260H

1667

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Apple M3 Pro +216%

15057

Intel Core i5 11260H

4752

Blender

Apple M3 Pro +166%

261

Intel Core i5 11260H

98

Passmark CPU Single Core

Apple M3 Pro +63%

4790

Intel Core i5 11260H

2926

Passmark CPU Multi Core

Apple M3 Pro +72%

26949

Intel Core i5 11260H

15621

Apple M3 Pro

VS

Intel Core i5 11260H

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

i5-11260H

Apple M-Socket

Socket

BGA-1787

Apple M3 Pro GPU (19-core)

Integrated Graphics

UHD Graphics for 11th Gen (16 EU)

Package

37 billions

Transistor Count

-

3 nm

Manufacturing Process

10 nm

Apple M-Socket

Socket

BGA-1787

30 W

Power Consumption

35-45 W

100°C

Peak Operating Temperature

100 °C

CPU Performance

6

Performance Cores

6

Performance Core Threads

12

4.05 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.1-2.6 GHz

4.05 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.4 GHz

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

6

12

Total Thread Count

12

-

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

40x

Multiplier

21-26x

192 K per core

L1 Cache

96 K per core

16 MB shared

L2 Cache

1280 K per core

-

L3 Cache

12 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

Memory Parameters

LPDDR5-6400

Memory Types

DDR4-3200

36 GB

Max Memory Size

128 GB

3

Max Memory Channels

2

153.6 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

1400 MHz

2304

Shader Units

128

144

Texture Units

16

72

Raster Operation Units

8

288

Execution Units

16

-

Power Consumption

15 W

7.4 TFLOPS

Graphics Performance

0.382 TFLOPS

Miscellaneous

-

Official Website

Intel Core i5 11260H

4.0

PCIe Version

4.0

-

PCIe Lanes

20

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