Apple M3 Pro vs Intel Core i7 1255U

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Apple M3 Pro

Intel Core i7 1255U

We compared two laptop CPUs: Apple M3 Pro with 12 cores 4.05GHz and Intel Core i7 1255U with 10 cores 1.7GHz . 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 1 years and 8 months late

Better graphics card performance

Higher specification of memory (6400 vs 5200)

Larger memory bandwidth (153.6GB/s vs 76.8GB/s)

Higher base frequency (4.05GHz vs 1.7GHz)

More modern manufacturing process (3nm vs 10nm)

Intel Core i7 1255U 's Advantages

Lower TDP (15W vs 30W)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

Apple M3 Pro +17%

1992

Intel Core i7 1255U

1701

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

Apple M3 Pro +83%

15139

Intel Core i7 1255U

8233

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Apple M3 Pro +40%

3155

Intel Core i7 1255U

2248

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Apple M3 Pro +110%

15057

Intel Core i7 1255U

7162

Blender

Apple M3 Pro +102%

253

Intel Core i7 1255U

125

Passmark CPU Single Core

Apple M3 Pro +44%

4790

Intel Core i7 1255U

3308

Passmark CPU Multi Core

Apple M3 Pro +95%

26949

Intel Core i7 1255U

13792

Apple M3 Pro

VS

Intel Core i7 1255U

General Parameters

Oct 2023

Release Date

Feb 2022

Apple

Manufacturer

Intel

Laptop

Type

Laptop

ARMv8

Instruction Set

x86-64

Apple M3

Core Architecture

Alder Lake

-

Processor Number

i7-1255U

Apple M-Socket

Socket

BGA-1744

Apple M3 Pro GPU (19-core)

Integrated Graphics

Iris Xe Graphics (96EU)

Package

37 billions

Transistor Count

-

3 nm

Manufacturing Process

10 nm

30 W

Power Consumption

12-15 W

-

Max Turbo Power Consumption

55 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

1.7 GHz

4.05 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.7 GHz

6

Efficiency Cores

8

6

Efficiency Core Threads

8

2.75 GHz

Efficiency Core Base Frequency

1.2 GHz

2.57 GHz

Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency

3.5 GHz

12

Total Core Count

10

12

Total Thread Count

12

-

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

40x

Multiplier

17x

192 K per core

L1 Cache

80 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

DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200, LPDDR5-5200, LPDDR4x-4267

36 GB

Max Memory Size

64 GB

3

Max Memory Channels

2

153.6 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

76.8 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

1250 MHz

2304

Shader Units

768

144

Texture Units

48

72

Raster Operation Units

24

288

Execution Units

96

-

Power Consumption

15 W

7.4 TFLOPS

Graphics Performance

1.69 TFLOPS

Miscellaneous

-

Official Website

Intel Core i7 1255U

4.0

PCIe Version

4.0

-

PCIe Lanes

20

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