Intel Core i7 8705G vs Apple M3

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Intel Core i7 8705G

Apple M3

We compared two laptop CPUs: Intel Core i7 8705G with 4 cores 3.1GHz 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 9 months late

Integrated graphics card

Higher specification of memory (6400 vs 2400)

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

Newer PCIe version (4.0 vs 3.0)

Higher base frequency (4.05GHz vs 3.1GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (64MB vs 8MB)

More modern manufacturing process (3nm vs 14nm)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

Intel Core i7 8705G

1116

Apple M3 +72%

1920

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

Intel Core i7 8705G

4907

Apple M3 +112%

10448

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Intel Core i7 8705G

1106

Apple M3 +172%

3009

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Intel Core i7 8705G

3101

Apple M3 +280%

11805

Passmark CPU Single Core

Intel Core i7 8705G

2256

Apple M3 +114%

4850

Passmark CPU Multi Core

Intel Core i7 8705G

7755

Apple M3 +152%

19597

Intel Core i7 8705G

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Apple M3

General Parameters

Jan 2018

Release Date

Oct 2023

Intel

Manufacturer

Apple

Laptop

Type

Laptop

x86-64

Instruction Set

ARMv8

Kaby Lake G

Core Architecture

Apple M3

i7-8705G

Processor Number

-

BGA-2270

Socket

Apple M-Socket

-

Integrated Graphics

Apple M3 GPU

Package

-

Transistor Count

25 billions

14 nm

Manufacturing Process

3 nm

0 W

Power Consumption

20 W

100 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

100°C

CPU Performance

4

Performance Cores

4

8

Performance Core Threads

4

3.1 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

4.05 GHz

4.1 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

-

31x

Multiplier

40x

64 K per core

L1 Cache

192 K per core

256 K per core

L2 Cache

16 MB shared

8 MB shared

L3 Cache

64 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

Memory Parameters

DDR4-2400

Memory Types

LPDDR5-6400

64 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

-

Integrated Graphics

true

-

GPU Base Frequency

500 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 8705G

Official Website

-

3.0

PCIe Version

4.0

8

PCIe Lanes

-

SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2

Extended Instruction Set

-

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