Apple M3 vs Intel Core Ultra 7 258V

VS

Apple M3

Intel Core Ultra 7 258V

We compared two laptop CPUs: Apple M3 with 8 cores 4.05GHz and Intel Core Ultra 7 258V 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

Better graphics card performance

Higher base frequency (4.05GHz vs 2.2GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (64MB vs 12MB)

Lower TDP (20W vs 37W)

Intel Core Ultra 7 258V 's Advantages

Released 11 months late

Higher specification of memory (8533 vs 6400)

Larger memory bandwidth (136GB/s vs 102.4GB/s)

Newer PCIe version (5.0 vs 4.0)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

Apple M3

1920

Intel Core Ultra 7 258V +3%

1991

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

Apple M3

10448

Intel Core Ultra 7 258V +17%

12310

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Apple M3 +14%

3009

Intel Core Ultra 7 258V

2619

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Apple M3 +12%

11805

Intel Core Ultra 7 258V

10510

Cinebench 2024 Single Core

Apple M3 +16%

140

Intel Core Ultra 7 258V

120

Cinebench 2024 Multi Core

Apple M3 +7%

707

Intel Core Ultra 7 258V

657

Blender

Apple M3 +25%

168

Intel Core Ultra 7 258V

134

Apple M3

VS

Intel Core Ultra 7 258V

General Parameters

Oct 2023

Release Date

Sep 2024

Apple

Manufacturer

Intel

Laptop

Type

Laptop

ARMv8

Instruction Set

x86-64

Apple M3

Core Architecture

Lunar Lake

-

Processor Number

258V

Apple M-Socket

Socket

FCBGA-2833

Apple M3 GPU

Integrated Graphics

Arc Graphics 140V

-

Generation

Ultra 7 (Lunar Lake)

Package

25 billions

Transistor Count

-

3 nm

Manufacturing Process

3 nm

20 W

Power Consumption

17-37 W

100°C

Peak Operating Temperature

100 °C

-

Foundry

TSMC

CPU Performance

4

Performance Cores

4

Performance Core Threads

4

4.05 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.2 GHz

4.05 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.8 GHz

4

Efficiency Cores

4

Efficiency Core Threads

4

2.75 GHz

Efficiency Core Base Frequency

2.2 GHz

2.57 GHz

Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency

3.7 GHz

8

Total Core Count

8

Total Thread Count

8

-

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

40x

Multiplier

22

-

L0 Cache

48 KB per core

192 K per core

L1 Cache

192 KB per core

16 MB shared

L2 Cache

14 MB

64 MB shared

L3 Cache

12 MB

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

-

SMP

1

Memory Parameters

LPDDR5-6400

Memory Types

LPDDR5X-8533

24 GB

Max Memory Size

32 GB

2

Max Memory Channels

2

102.4 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

136 GB/s

No

ECC Memory Support

No

Graphics Card Parameters

true

Integrated Graphics

true

500 MHz

GPU Base Frequency

600 MHz

1600 MHz

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

1950 MHz

1280

Shader Units

1024

80

Texture Units

40

Raster Operation Units

160

Execution Units

8

-

Power Consumption

4.1 TFLOPS

Graphics Performance

3.99 TFLOPS

AI Accelerator

-

NPU

Intel® AI Boost

-

Theoretical performance

47 TOPS

Miscellaneous

-

Official Website

Intel Core Ultra 7 258V

4.0

PCIe Version

5.0

-

PCIe Lanes

8

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