Apple M3 vs Intel Core i5 12600

VS

Apple M3

Intel Core i5 12600

We compared the laptop Apple M3 with 8 cores 4.05GHz and the desktop Intel Core i5 12600 with 6 cores 3.3GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Apple M3 's Advantages

Released 1 years and 9 months late

Better graphics card performance

Higher specification of memory (6400 vs 4800)

Larger memory bandwidth (102.4GB/s vs 76.8GB/s)

Higher base frequency (4.05GHz vs 3.3GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (64MB vs 18MB)

More modern manufacturing process (3nm vs 10nm)

Lower TDP (20W vs 65W)

Intel Core i5 12600 's Advantages

Newer PCIe version (5.0 vs 4.0)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

Apple M3 +3%

1920

Intel Core i5 12600

1853

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

Apple M3

10448

Intel Core i5 12600 +27%

13367

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Apple M3 +18%

3009

Intel Core i5 12600

2536

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Apple M3 +12%

11805

Intel Core i5 12600

10456

Blender

Apple M3

168

Intel Core i5 12600 +7%

180

Passmark CPU Single Core

Apple M3 +27%

4850

Intel Core i5 12600

3814

Passmark CPU Multi Core

Apple M3

19597

Intel Core i5 12600 +8%

21246

Apple M3

VS

Intel Core i5 12600

General Parameters

Oct 2023

Release Date

Jan 2022

Apple

Manufacturer

Intel

Laptop

Type

Desktop

ARMv8

Instruction Set

x86-64

Apple M3

Core Architecture

Alder Lake

-

Processor Number

i5-12600

Apple M-Socket

Socket

LGA-1700

Apple M3 GPU

Integrated Graphics

UHD Graphics 770

Package

25 billions

Transistor Count

-

3 nm

Manufacturing Process

10 nm

20 W

Power Consumption

65 W

-

Max Turbo Power Consumption

117 W

100°C

Peak Operating Temperature

100°C

CPU Performance

4

Performance Cores

6

4

Performance Core Threads

6

4.05 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.3 GHz

4.05 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.8 GHz

4

Efficiency Cores

-

4

Efficiency Core Threads

-

2.75 GHz

Efficiency Core Base Frequency

-

2.57 GHz

Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency

-

8

Total Core Count

6

8

Total Thread Count

12

-

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

40x

Multiplier

33x

192 K per core

L1 Cache

80 K per core

16 MB shared

L2 Cache

1280 K per core

64 MB shared

L3 Cache

18 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

Memory Parameters

LPDDR5-6400

Memory Types

DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200

24 GB

Max Memory Size

128 GB

2

Max Memory Channels

2

102.4 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

76.8 GB/s

No

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Graphics Card Parameters

true

Integrated Graphics

true

500 MHz

GPU Base Frequency

300 MHz

1600 MHz

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

1450 MHz

1280

Shader Units

256

80

Texture Units

16

40

Raster Operation Units

8

160

Execution Units

32

-

Power Consumption

15 W

4.1 TFLOPS

Graphics Performance

0.78 TFLOPS

Miscellaneous

-

Official Website

Intel Core i5 12600

4.0

PCIe Version

5.0

-

PCIe Lanes

20

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