Apple M3 Pro vs Intel Core i3 N305

VS

Apple M3 Pro Intel Core i3 N305

We compared two laptop CPUs: Apple M3 Pro with 12 cores 4.05GHz and Intel Core i3 N305 with 8 cores 1.8GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Apple M3 Pro's Advantages

Released 9 months late

Better graphics card performance

Higher specification of memory (LPDDR5-6400 vs DDR5-4800)

Larger memory bandwidth (153.6GB/s vs 38.4GB/s)

Newer PCIe version (4.0 vs 3.0)

Intel Core i3 N305's Advantages

Lower TDP (9W vs 30W)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

Apple M3 Pro +65%

1996

Intel Core i3 N305

1203

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

Apple M3 Pro +323%

15160

Intel Core i3 N305

3582

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Apple M3 Pro +147%

3155

Intel Core i3 N305

1275

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Apple M3 Pro +206%

15057

Intel Core i3 N305

4905

Blender

Apple M3 Pro +327%

261

Intel Core i3 N305

61

Apple M3 Pro

VS

Intel Core i3 N305

General Parameters

Oct 2023

Release Date

Jan 2023

Apple

Manufacturer

Intel

Laptop

Type

Laptop

ARMv8

Instruction Set

x86-64

Apple M3

Core Architecture

Alder Lake

-

Processor Number

i3-N305

Apple M-Socket

Socket

BGA-1744

Apple M3 Pro GPU (19-core)

Integrated Graphics

UHD Graphics (32EU)

Package

37 billions

Transistor Count

-

3 nm

Manufacturing Process

10 nm

Apple M-Socket

Socket

BGA-1744

30 W

Power Consumption

9-15 W

100°C

Peak Operating Temperature

105°C

CPU Performance

6

Performance Cores

-

6

Performance Core Threads

-

4.05 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

4.05 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

-

6

Efficiency Cores

8

6

Efficiency Core Threads

8

2.75 GHz

Efficiency Core Base Frequency

1.8 GHz

2.57 GHz

Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency

3.9 GHz

12

Total Core Count

8

12

Total Thread Count

8

-

Bus Frequency

100MHz

40x

Multiplier

18x

192K per core

L1 Cache

96K per core

16MB shared

L2 Cache

2MB shared

-

L3 Cache

6MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

Memory Parameters

LPDDR5-6400

Memory Types

DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200, LPDDR5-4800

36GB

Max Memory Size

16GB

3

Max Memory Channels

1

153.6 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

38.4 GB/s

No

ECC Memory Support

No

Graphics Card Parameters

True

Integrated Graphics

True

500 MHz

GPU Base Frequency

300 MHz

1600 MHz

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

1250 MHz

2304

Shader Units

256

144

Texture Units

16

72

Raster Operation Units

8

288

Execution Units

32

-

Power Consumption

45 W

7.4 TFLOPS

Graphics Performance

0.74 TFLOPS

Miscellaneous

-

Official Website

Intel Core i3 N305

4.0

PCIe Version

3.0

-

PCIe Lanes

9

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