Apple M3 vs Intel Core Ultra 7 164U

VS

Apple M3

Intel Core Ultra 7 164U

We compared two laptop CPUs: Apple M3 with 8 cores 4.05GHz and Intel Core Ultra 7 164U with 12 cores 1.1GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Apple M3 's Advantages

Integrated graphics card

Higher base frequency (4.05GHz vs 1.1GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (64MB vs 12MB)

More modern manufacturing process (3nm vs 7nm)

Intel Core Ultra 7 164U 's Advantages

Higher specification of memory (6400 vs 6400)

Newer PCIe version (4 vs 4.0)

Lower TDP (9W vs 20W)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Apple M3 +38%

3009

Intel Core Ultra 7 164U

2172

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Apple M3 +38%

11805

Intel Core Ultra 7 164U

8552

Apple M3

VS

Intel Core Ultra 7 164U

General Parameters

Oct 2023

Release Date

Dec 2023

Apple

Manufacturer

Intel

Laptop

Type

Laptop

ARMv8

Instruction Set

-

Apple M3

Core Architecture

Meteor Lake

Apple M-Socket

Socket

Intel BGA 2551

Apple M3 GPU

Integrated Graphics

Arc Xe-LPG 64EU

-

Generation

Ultra 7 (Meteor Lake)

Package

25 billions

Transistor Count

-

3 nm

Manufacturing Process

7 nm

20 W

Power Consumption

9 W

100°C

Peak Operating Temperature

-

Foundry

Intel

CPU Performance

4

Performance Cores

2

4

Performance Core Threads

4

4.05 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

1.1 GHz

4.05 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.8 GHz

4

Efficiency Cores

10

4

Efficiency Core Threads

10

2.75 GHz

Efficiency Core Base Frequency

700 MHz

2.57 GHz

Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency

3.8 GHz

8

Total Core Count

12

8

Total Thread Count

14

-

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

40x

Multiplier

11.0

192 K per core

L1 Cache

112 KB per core

16 MB shared

L2 Cache

2 MB per core

64 MB shared

L3 Cache

12 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

-

SMP

1

Memory Parameters

LPDDR5-6400

Memory Types

LPDDR5X-6400

24 GB

Max Memory Size

-

2

Max Memory Channels

2

102.4 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

102.4 GB/s

No

ECC Memory Support

No

Graphics Card Parameters

true

Integrated Graphics

-

500 MHz

GPU Base Frequency

-

1600 MHz

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

-

1280

Shader Units

-

80

Texture Units

-

40

Raster Operation Units

-

160

Execution Units

-

4.1 TFLOPS

Graphics Performance

-

Miscellaneous

-

Official Website

Intel Core Ultra 7 164U

4.0

PCIe Version

4

-

PCIe Lanes

8

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