Apple M3 vs Intel Core i3 1215U
CPU · Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Oct 2023
Feb 2022
Manufacturer
Apple
Intel
Type
Laptop
Laptop
Instruction Set
ARMv8
x86-64
Core Architecture
Apple M3
Alder Lake-U
Integrated Graphics
Apple M3 GPU
UHD Graphics (64EU)
Processor Number
—
i3-1215U
Package
Transistor Count
25 billions
—
Manufacturing Process
3 nm
10 nm
Socket
Apple M-Socket
BGA-1744
Power Consumption
20 W
15 W
Peak Operating Temperature
100°C
100 °C
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
4
2
Performance Core Threads
4
—
Performance Core Base Frequency
4.05 GHz
1.2 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4.05 GHz
4.4 GHz
Efficiency Cores
4
4
Efficiency Core Threads
4
—
Efficiency Core Base Frequency
2.75 GHz
—
Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency
2.57 GHz
—
Total Core Count
8
6
Total Thread Count
8
8
Multiplier
40x
12x
L1 Cache
192 K per core
80 K per core
L2 Cache
16 MB shared
1280 K per core
L3 Cache
64 MB shared
10 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
No
No
Bus Frequency
—
100 MHz
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
LPDDR5-6400
DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200, LPDDR5-5200, LPDDR4x-4267
Max Memory Size
24 GB
64 GB
Max Memory Channels
2
2
Max Memory Bandwidth
102.4 GB/s
76.8 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
No
No
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics
true
true
GPU Base Frequency
500 MHz
300 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
1600 MHz
1100 MHz
Shader Units
1280
512
Texture Units
80
32
Raster Operation Units
40
16
Execution Units
160
64
Power Consumption
—
45 W
Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
4.0
4.0
PCIe Lanes
—
20
Benchmark
Cinebench R23
1,920
1,581
Cinebench R23
10,448
5,768
Geekbench 6
3,009
1,640
Geekbench 6
11,805
3,776
Cinebench 2024
140
—
Cinebench 2024
707
—
Blender
168
77
Passmark CPU
4,850
3,408
Passmark CPU
19,597
11,350
Geekbench 5
—
1,572
Geekbench 5
—
5,963
▲ Specs Compare
Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.