Apple M3 vs Intel Core Ultra 9 185H

VS

Apple M3

Intel Core Ultra 9 185H

We compared two laptop CPUs: Apple M3 with 8 cores 4.05GHz and Intel Core Ultra 9 185H 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

Higher base frequency (4.05GHz vs 2.3GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (64MB vs 24MB)

More modern manufacturing process (3nm vs 7nm)

Lower TDP (20W vs 65W)

Intel Core Ultra 9 185H 's Advantages

Better graphics card performance

Higher specification of memory (7467 vs 6400)

Larger memory bandwidth (120GB/s vs 102.4GB/s)

Newer PCIe version (5.0 vs 4.0)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

Apple M3 +5%

1920

Intel Core Ultra 9 185H

1824

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

Apple M3

10448

Intel Core Ultra 9 185H +67%

17531

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Apple M3 +22%

3009

Intel Core Ultra 9 185H

2447

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Apple M3

11805

Intel Core Ultra 9 185H +15%

13618

Cinebench 2024 Single Core

Apple M3 +28%

140

Intel Core Ultra 9 185H

109

Cinebench 2024 Multi Core

Apple M3

707

Intel Core Ultra 9 185H +51%

1070

Blender

Apple M3

168

Intel Core Ultra 9 185H +89%

319

Passmark CPU Single Core

Apple M3 +29%

4850

Intel Core Ultra 9 185H

3755

Passmark CPU Multi Core

Apple M3

19597

Intel Core Ultra 9 185H +41%

27826

Apple M3

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Intel Core Ultra 9 185H

General Parameters

Oct 2023

Release Date

Dec 2023

Apple

Manufacturer

Intel

Laptop

Type

Laptop

ARMv8

Instruction Set

x86-64

Apple M3

Core Architecture

Meteor Lake

-

Processor Number

185H

Apple M-Socket

Socket

FCBGA-2049

Apple M3 GPU

Integrated Graphics

Arc Graphics (8-Cores)

-

Generation

Ultra 9 (Meteor Lake)

Package

25 billions

Transistor Count

-

3 nm

Manufacturing Process

7 nm

20 W

Power Consumption

35-65 W

-

Max Turbo Power Consumption

115 W

100°C

Peak Operating Temperature

110°C

-

Foundry

Intel

CPU Performance

4

Performance Cores

6

4

Performance Core Threads

12

4.05 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.3 GHz

4.05 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

5.1 GHz

4

Efficiency Cores

10

4

Efficiency Core Threads

10

2.75 GHz

Efficiency Core Base Frequency

1.8 GHz

2.57 GHz

Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency

3.8 GHz

8

Total Core Count

16

8

Total Thread Count

22

-

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

40x

Multiplier

23x

192 K per core

L1 Cache

112 K per core

16 MB shared

L2 Cache

2 MB per core

64 MB shared

L3 Cache

24 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

-

SMP

1

Memory Parameters

LPDDR5-6400

Memory Types

LPDDR5-7467, LPDDR5x-7467, DDR5-5600

24 GB

Max Memory Size

96 GB

2

Max Memory Channels

2

102.4 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

120 GB/s

No

ECC Memory Support

No

Graphics Card Parameters

true

Integrated Graphics

true

500 MHz

GPU Base Frequency

-

1600 MHz

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

2350 MHz

1280

Shader Units

128

80

Texture Units

8

40

Raster Operation Units

4

160

Execution Units

8

-

Max Resolution

7680x4320 - 60 Hz

4.1 TFLOPS

Graphics Performance

5.76 TFLOPS

Miscellaneous

-

Official Website

Intel Core Ultra 9 185H

4.0

PCIe Version

5.0

-

PCIe Lanes

28

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