Intel Core i5 8257U vs Apple M3
CPU · Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Jul 2019
Oct 2023
Manufacturer
Intel
Apple
Type
Laptop
Laptop
Instruction Set
x86-64
ARMv8
Core Architecture
Coffee Lake
Apple M3
Processor Number
i5-8257U
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Integrated Graphics
Iris Plus Graphics 645
Apple M3 GPU
Package
Manufacturing Process
14 nm
3 nm
Socket
BGA-1528
Apple M-Socket
Power Consumption
15 W
20 W
Peak Operating Temperature
100 °C
100°C
Transistor Count
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25 billions
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
4
4
Performance Core Threads
8
4
Performance Core Base Frequency
1.4 GHz
4.05 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
3.9 GHz
4.05 GHz
Total Core Count
4
8
Total Thread Count
8
8
Multiplier
14x
40x
L1 Cache
32 K per core
192 K per core
L2 Cache
256 K per core
16 MB shared
L3 Cache
6 MB shared
64 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
No
No
Efficiency Cores
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4
Efficiency Core Threads
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4
Efficiency Core Base Frequency
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2.75 GHz
Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency
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2.57 GHz
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR4-2400, LPDDR3-2133
LPDDR5-6400
Max Memory Size
32 GB
24 GB
Max Memory Channels
2
2
Max Memory Bandwidth
37.5 GB/s
102.4 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
No
No
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics
true
true
GPU Base Frequency
300 MHz
500 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
1050 MHz
1600 MHz
Shader Units
384
1280
Texture Units
48
80
Raster Operation Units
6
40
Execution Units
48
160
Power Consumption
15 W
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Max Resolution
4096x2304 - 60 Hz
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Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
3.0
4.0
PCIe Lanes
16
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Extended Instruction Set
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2
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Benchmark
Cinebench R23
996
1,920
Cinebench R23
4,031
10,448
Geekbench 6
1,210
3,009
Geekbench 5
916
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Geekbench 6
3,922
11,805
Geekbench 5
3,820
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Cinebench 2024
—
140
Cinebench 2024
—
707
Blender
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168
Passmark CPU
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4,850
Passmark CPU
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19,597
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Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.