Intel Core i7 6700HQ vs Apple M3

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Intel Core i7 6700HQ

Apple M3

We compared two laptop CPUs: Intel Core i7 6700HQ with 4 cores 2.6GHz and Apple M3 with 8 cores 4.05GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Apple M3 's Advantages

Released 8 years and 1 months late

Higher specification of memory (6400 vs 2133)

Larger memory bandwidth (102.4GB/s vs 34.1GB/s)

Newer PCIe version (4.0 vs 3.0)

Higher base frequency (4.05GHz vs 2.6GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (64MB vs 6MB)

More modern manufacturing process (3nm vs 14nm)

Lower TDP (20W vs 45W)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

Intel Core i7 6700HQ

908

Apple M3 +111%

1920

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

Intel Core i7 6700HQ

4239

Apple M3 +146%

10448

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Intel Core i7 6700HQ

1044

Apple M3 +188%

3009

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Intel Core i7 6700HQ

3554

Apple M3 +232%

11805

Blender

Intel Core i7 6700HQ

71

Apple M3 +136%

168

Passmark CPU Single Core

Intel Core i7 6700HQ

1903

Apple M3 +154%

4850

Passmark CPU Multi Core

Intel Core i7 6700HQ

6474

Apple M3 +202%

19597

Intel Core i7 6700HQ

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Apple M3

General Parameters

Sep 2015

Release Date

Oct 2023

Intel

Manufacturer

Apple

Laptop

Type

Laptop

x86-64

Instruction Set

ARMv8

Skylake

Core Architecture

Apple M3

i7-6700HQ

Processor Number

-

BGA-1440

Socket

Apple M-Socket

HD Graphics 530

Integrated Graphics

Apple M3 GPU

Package

-

Transistor Count

25 billions

14 nm

Manufacturing Process

3 nm

45 W

Power Consumption

20 W

100 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

100°C

CPU Performance

4

Performance Cores

4

8

Performance Core Threads

4

2.6 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

4.05 GHz

3.5 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.05 GHz

-

Efficiency Cores

4

-

Efficiency Core Threads

4

-

Efficiency Core Base Frequency

2.75 GHz

-

Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency

2.57 GHz

4

Total Core Count

8

Total Thread Count

8

26x

Multiplier

40x

128 K per core

L1 Cache

192 K per core

256 K per core

L2 Cache

16 MB shared

6 MB shared

L3 Cache

64 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

Memory Parameters

DDR4-2133, LPDDR3-1866, DDR3L-1600

Memory Types

LPDDR5-6400

64 GB

Max Memory Size

24 GB

2

Max Memory Channels

2

34.1 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

102.4 GB/s

No

ECC Memory Support

No

Graphics Card Parameters

true

Integrated Graphics

true

-

GPU Base Frequency

500 MHz

1050 MHz

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

1600 MHz

-

Shader Units

1280

-

Texture Units

80

-

Raster Operation Units

40

-

Execution Units

160

-

Graphics Performance

4.1 TFLOPS

Miscellaneous

Intel Core i7 6700HQ

Official Website

-

3.0

PCIe Version

4.0

16

PCIe Lanes

-

SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2

Extended Instruction Set

-

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