Apple M3 Pro vs Intel Core i7 12650HX

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Apple M3 Pro Intel Core i7 12650HX

We compared two laptop CPUs: Apple M3 Pro with 12 cores 4.05GHz and Intel Core i7 12650HX with 14 cores 2.0GHz . 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 1 years and 5 months late

Better graphics card performance

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

Larger memory bandwidth (153.6GB/s vs 76.8GB/s)

Higher base frequency (4.05GHz vs 2.0GHz)

Lower TDP (30W vs 45W)

Intel Core i7 12650HX 's Advantages

Newer PCIe version (5.0 vs 4.0)

Score

Apple M3 Pro

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Intel Core i7 12650HX

General Parameters

Oct 2023

Release Date

May 2022

Apple

Manufacturer

Intel

Laptop

Type

Laptop

ARMv8

Instruction Set

x86-64

Apple M3

Core Architecture

Alder Lake-HX

-

Processor Number

i7-12650HX

Apple M-Socket

Socket

BGA-1964

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-1964

30 W

Power Consumption

45-55 W

100°C

Peak Operating Temperature

100 °C

CPU Performance

6

Performance Cores

6

Performance Core Threads

-

4.05 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.0 GHz

4.05 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.7 GHz

6

Efficiency Cores

8

6

Efficiency Core Threads

-

2.75 GHz

Efficiency Core Base Frequency

-

2.57 GHz

Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency

-

12

Total Core Count

14

12

Total Thread Count

20

-

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

40x

Multiplier

20x

192 K per core

L1 Cache

80 K per core

16 MB shared

L2 Cache

1280 K per core

-

L3 Cache

24 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

Memory Parameters

LPDDR5-6400

Memory Types

DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200

36 GB

Max Memory Size

128 GB

3

Max Memory Channels

2

153.6 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

76.8 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

1450 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 i7 12650HX

4.0

PCIe Version

5.0

-

PCIe Lanes

20

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