Cores: 8TDP: 20 W Transistor size: 3 nm
Apple M3 - laptop processor produced by Apple for socket Apple M-Socket that has 8 cores and 8 threads. The base clock frequency of the CPU is 4050 MHz. Please note that this chip has integrated graphics Apple M3 GPU.
Single-Core Performance
87
Multi-Core Performance
38
NanoReview Final Score
70
Test in Benchmarks
Performance test of Apple M3 in benchmarks
Cinebench R23
Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
1901
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
10405
Users’ Cinebench Results
The latest Cinebench tests that have been submitted by users
Date Single Score Multi score User Laptop
📒 August 10, 2024
1893 9295
Piyush
Macbook Air M3
Samples: 1 of 1
GeekBench v6
The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
3009
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
11815
File compression
1260 MB/sec
Clang compilation
94.7 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser
264.5 pages/sec
PDF Renderer
313.9 Mpixels/sec
Text processing
297 pages/sec
Background blur
50.2 images/sec
Photo processing
114.8 images/sec
Ray tracing
12.9 Mpixels/sec
Sources:
GeekBench
[1]
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438
samples
PassMark
Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
4830
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
19529
Integer math
42.6 GOps/sec
Floating point math
49.5 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers
242M Primes/sec
Random string sorting
28.2M Strings/sec
Data encryption
11.7 GBytes/sec
Data compression
233.7 MBytes/sec
Physics
1919 Frames/sec
Extended instructions
10.2B Matrices/sec
Sources:
PassMark
[3]
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383
samples
Specifications
Apple M3 technical specifications
Vendor
Apple
Released
October 30, 2023
Type
Laptop
Instruction Set
ARMv8
Codename
Apple M3
Integrated GPU
Apple M3 GPU
Performance Cores
P-Cores
4
P-Threads
4
Base Frequency (P)
4.05 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores
4
E-Threads
4
Base Frequency (E)
2.75 GHz
Total
Total Cores
8
Total Threads
8
Multiplier
40x
L1 Cache
192K (per core)
L2 Cache
16MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier
No
Transistors
25 billions
Fabrication Process
3 nm
TDP (PL1)
20 W
Socket
Apple M-Socket
Peak Temperature
100°C
Integrated Graphics
Apple M3 GPU
GPU Base Clock
500 MHz
GPU Boost Clock
1600 MHz
Shading Units
1280
TMUs
80
ROPs
40
Execution Units
160
TGP
15 W
Memory Types
- LPDDR5-6400
Memory Size
24 GB
Max. Memory Channels
2
Max. Memory Bandwidth
102.4 GB/s
ECC Support
No
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