Apple M3

Cores: 8
TDP: 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.

Review

Single-Core Performance

87

Multi-Core Performance

38

Power Efficiency

97

Integrated Graphics

81

NanoReview Final Score

70

Cinebench R23

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

1901

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

10405

Cinebench R23 Scores - 195th place

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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

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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] – 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] – 383 samples

General

Vendor	Apple
Released	October 30, 2023
Type	Laptop
Instruction Set	ARMv8
Codename	Apple M3
Integrated GPU	Apple M3 GPU

Laptop processors ranking - 18th place

CPU

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

Package

Transistors	25 billions
Fabrication Process	3 nm
TDP (PL1)	20 W
Socket	Apple M-Socket
Peak Temperature	100°C

iGPU

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

iGPU FLOPS

4.1 TFLOPS

Memory Support

Memory Types	- LPDDR5-6400
Memory Size	24 GB
Max. Memory Channels	2
Max. Memory Bandwidth	102.4 GB/s
ECC Support	No

Misc

PCI Express Version

4.0

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