Apple M3 Pro vs Intel Core i7 8559U

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Apple M3 Pro

Intel Core i7 8559U

We compared two laptop CPUs: Apple M3 Pro with 12 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 Pro 's Advantages

Released 5 years and 6 months late

Higher specification of memory (6400 vs 2400)

Larger memory bandwidth (153.6GB/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 30W)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Apple M3 Pro +122%

3155

Intel Core i7 8559U

1416

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Apple M3 Pro +209%

15057

Intel Core i7 8559U

4869

Blender

Apple M3 Pro +266%

253

Intel Core i7 8559U

69

Apple M3 Pro

VS

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 Pro GPU (19-core)

Integrated Graphics

Iris Pro Plus

-

Generation

Core i7 (Kaby Lake-U Refresh)

Package

37 billions

Transistor Count

-

3 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

30 W

Power Consumption

28 W

100°C

Peak Operating Temperature

72 °C

-

Foundry

Intel

-

Die Size

123 mm²

CPU Performance

6

Performance Cores

-

6

Performance Core Threads

-

4.05 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.7 GHz

4.05 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.5 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

4

12

Total Thread Count

8

-

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

40x

Multiplier

27.0

192 K per core

L1 Cache

64 KB per core

16 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

36 GB

Max Memory Size

32 GB

3

Max Memory Channels

2

153.6 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

2304

Shader Units

-

144

Texture Units

-

72

Raster Operation Units

-

288

Execution Units

-

7.4 TFLOPS

Graphics Performance

-

Miscellaneous

-

Official Website

Intel Core i7 8559U

4.0

PCIe Version

-

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