Apple M3 vs Intel Core i9 12950HX

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Apple M3

Intel Core i9 12950HX

We compared two laptop CPUs: Apple M3 with 8 cores 4.05GHz and Intel Core i9 12950HX with 16 cores 2.3GHz . 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 5 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 2.3GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (64MB vs 30MB)

More modern manufacturing process (3nm vs 10nm)

Lower TDP (20W vs 55W)

Intel Core i9 12950HX 's Advantages

Newer PCIe version (5.0 vs 4.0)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

Apple M3

1920

Intel Core i9 12950HX +2%

1962

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

Apple M3

10448

Intel Core i9 12950HX +105%

21471

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Apple M3 +18%

3009

Intel Core i9 12950HX

2546

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Apple M3

11805

Intel Core i9 12950HX +20%

14260

Blender

Apple M3

168

Intel Core i9 12950HX +75%

294

Passmark CPU Single Core

Apple M3 +26%

4850

Intel Core i9 12950HX

3832

Passmark CPU Multi Core

Apple M3

19597

Intel Core i9 12950HX +65%

32506

Apple M3

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Intel Core i9 12950HX

General Parameters

Oct 2023

Release Date

May 2022

Apple

Manufacturer

Intel

Laptop

Type

Laptop

ARMv8

Instruction Set

x86-64

Apple M3

Core Architecture

Alder Lake

-

Processor Number

i9-12950HX

Apple M-Socket

Socket

BGA-1964

Apple M3 GPU

Integrated Graphics

UHD Graphics (32EU)

Package

25 billions

Transistor Count

-

3 nm

Manufacturing Process

10 nm

20 W

Power Consumption

45-55 W

-

Max Turbo Power Consumption

157 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

2.3 GHz

4.05 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

5 GHz

4

Efficiency Cores

8

4

Efficiency Core Threads

8

2.75 GHz

Efficiency Core Base Frequency

1.7 GHz

2.57 GHz

Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency

3.6 GHz

8

Total Core Count

16

8

Total Thread Count

24

-

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

40x

Multiplier

23x

192 K per core

L1 Cache

80 K per core

16 MB shared

L2 Cache

1280 K per core

64 MB shared

L3 Cache

30 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

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

1550 MHz

1280

Shader Units

256

80

Texture Units

16

40

Raster Operation Units

8

160

Execution Units

32

-

Power Consumption

45 W

4.1 TFLOPS

Graphics Performance

0.74 TFLOPS

Miscellaneous

-

Official Website

Intel Core i9 12950HX

4.0

PCIe Version

5.0

-

PCIe Lanes

20

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