Apple M3 vs Intel Xeon 636

CPU · Specs Compare

CPU Apple M3 Apple · 2023-10

CPU Intel Xeon 636 Intel · 2026-02

General Parameters

Release Date

Oct 2023

Feb 2026

Manufacturer

Apple

Intel

Type

Laptop

Server

Instruction Set

ARMv8

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Core Architecture

Apple M3

Granite Rapids

Integrated Graphics

Apple M3 GPU

N/A

Generation

—

Xeon 600 (Granite Rapids-WS)

Package

Transistor Count

25 billions

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Manufacturing Process

3 nm

5 nm

Socket

Apple M-Socket

Intel Socket 4710

Power Consumption

20 W

170 W

Peak Operating Temperature

100°C

101°C

Foundry

—

Intel

Die Size

—

598 mm²

I/O Process Size

—

10 nm

I/O Die Size

—

2x 241

Package

—

FC-LGA18N

CPU Performance

Performance Cores

4

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Performance Core Threads

4

—

Performance Core Base Frequency

4.05 GHz

3.5 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.05 GHz

4.7 GHz

Efficiency Cores

4

—

Efficiency Core Threads

4

—

Efficiency Core Base Frequency

2.75 GHz

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Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency

2.57 GHz

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Total Core Count

8

12

Total Thread Count

8

24

Multiplier

40x

35.0

L1 Cache

192 K per core

112 KB per core

L2 Cache

16 MB shared

2 MB per core

L3 Cache

64 MB shared

48 MB shared

Unlocked Multiplier

No

Yes

Bus Frequency

—

100 MHz

SMP

—

1

Memory Parameters

Memory Types

LPDDR5-6400

DDR5-6400

Max Memory Size

24 GB

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Max Memory Channels

2

4

Max Memory Bandwidth

102.4 GB/s

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ECC Memory Support

No

Yes

Graphics Card Parameters

Integrated Graphics

true

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GPU Base Frequency

500 MHz

—

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

1600 MHz

—

Shader Units

1280

—

Texture Units

80

—

Raster Operation Units

40

—

Execution Units

160

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Miscellaneous

PCIe Version

4.0

5

PCIe Lanes

—

80

Benchmark

Cinebench R23

1,920

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Cinebench R23

10,448

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Geekbench 6

3,009

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Geekbench 6

11,805

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Cinebench 2024

140

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Cinebench 2024

707

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Blender

168

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Passmark CPU

4,850

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Passmark CPU

19,597

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▲ Specs Compare Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.