Apple M3 vs Intel Core i7 10870H

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Apple M3

Intel Core i7 10870H

We compared two laptop CPUs: Apple M3 with 8 cores 4.05GHz and Intel Core i7 10870H with 8 cores 2.2GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Apple M3 's Advantages

Released 3 years and 1 months late

Better graphics card performance

Higher specification of memory (6400 vs 2933)

Larger memory bandwidth (102.4GB/s vs 45.8GB/s)

Newer PCIe version (4.0 vs 3.0)

Higher base frequency (4.05GHz vs 2.2GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (64MB vs 16MB)

More modern manufacturing process (3nm vs 14nm)

Lower TDP (20W vs 45W)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

Apple M3 +57%

1920

Intel Core i7 10870H

1221

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

Apple M3 +6%

10448

Intel Core i7 10870H

9824

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Apple M3 +100%

3009

Intel Core i7 10870H

1498

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Apple M3 +100%

11805

Intel Core i7 10870H

5895

Blender

Apple M3 +13%

168

Intel Core i7 10870H

148

Passmark CPU Single Core

Apple M3 +79%

4850

Intel Core i7 10870H

2699

Passmark CPU Multi Core

Apple M3 +33%

19597

Intel Core i7 10870H

14701

Apple M3

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Intel Core i7 10870H

General Parameters

Oct 2023

Release Date

Sep 2020

Apple

Manufacturer

Intel

Laptop

Type

Laptop

ARMv8

Instruction Set

x86-64

Apple M3

Core Architecture

Comet Lake

-

Processor Number

i7-10870H

Apple M-Socket

Socket

BGA-1440

Apple M3 GPU

Integrated Graphics

UHD Graphics 630

Package

25 billions

Transistor Count

-

3 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

20 W

Power Consumption

45 W

100°C

Peak Operating Temperature

100 °C

CPU Performance

4

Performance Cores

8

4

Performance Core Threads

16

4.05 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.2 GHz

4.05 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

5 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

8

Total Thread Count

16

-

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

40x

Multiplier

22x

192 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

16 MB shared

L2 Cache

256 K per core

64 MB shared

L3 Cache

16 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

Memory Parameters

LPDDR5-6400

Memory Types

DDR4-2933

24 GB

Max Memory Size

128 GB

2

Max Memory Channels

2

102.4 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

45.8 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

1200 MHz

1280

Shader Units

192

80

Texture Units

24

40

Raster Operation Units

3

160

Execution Units

24

-

Power Consumption

15 W

-

Max Resolution

4096x2304 - 60 Hz

4.1 TFLOPS

Graphics Performance

0.38 TFLOPS

Miscellaneous

-

Official Website

Intel Core i7 10870H

4.0

PCIe Version

3.0

-

PCIe Lanes

16

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