Intel Core i7 8559U vs Apple M3

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Intel Core i7 8559U

Apple M3

We compared two laptop CPUs: Intel Core i7 8559U with 4 cores 2.7GHz 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 5 years and 6 months late

Higher specification of memory (6400 vs 2400)

Larger memory bandwidth (102.4GB/s vs 37.5GB/s)

Higher base frequency (4.05GHz vs 2.7GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (64MB vs 8MB)

More modern manufacturing process (3nm vs 14nm)

Lower TDP (20W vs 28W)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Intel Core i7 8559U

1416

Apple M3 +112%

3009

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Intel Core i7 8559U

4869

Apple M3 +142%

11805

Blender

Intel Core i7 8559U

69

Apple M3 +143%

168

Intel Core i7 8559U

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Apple M3

General Parameters

Apr 2018

Release Date

Oct 2023

Intel

Manufacturer

Apple

Laptop

Type

Laptop

-

Instruction Set

ARMv8

Kaby Lake-R

Core Architecture

Apple M3

Intel BGA 1356

Socket

Apple M-Socket

Iris Pro Plus

Integrated Graphics

Apple M3 GPU

Core i7 (Kaby Lake-U Refresh)

Generation

-

Package

-

Transistor Count

25 billions

14 nm

Manufacturing Process

3 nm

28 W

Power Consumption

20 W

72 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

100°C

Intel

Foundry

-

123 mm²

Die Size

-

CPU Performance

-

Performance Cores

4

-

Performance Core Threads

4

2.7 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

4.05 GHz

4.5 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

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

-

27.0

Multiplier

40x

64 KB per core

L1 Cache

192 K per core

256 KB per core

L2 Cache

16 MB shared

8 MB shared

L3 Cache

64 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

1

SMP

-

Memory Parameters

DDR4-2400, LPDDR3-2133

Memory Types

LPDDR5-6400

32 GB

Max Memory Size

24 GB

2

Max Memory Channels

2

37.5 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

102.4 GB/s

No

ECC Memory Support

No

Graphics Card Parameters

true

Integrated Graphics

true

300 MHz

GPU Base Frequency

500 MHz

1200 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 8559U

Official Website

-

PCIe Version

4.0

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