Apple M3 Pro vs Intel Core i7 12850HX

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Apple M3 Pro Intel Core i7 12850HX

We compared two laptop CPUs: Apple M3 Pro with 12 cores 4.05GHz and Intel Core i7 12850HX with 16 cores 2.1GHz . 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 2.1GHz)

Lower TDP (30W vs 45W)

Intel Core i7 12850HX 's Advantages

Newer PCIe version (5.0 vs 4.0)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

Apple M3 Pro +16%

1992

Intel Core i7 12850HX

1704

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

Apple M3 Pro

15139

Intel Core i7 12850HX +7%

16286

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Apple M3 Pro +42%

3155

Intel Core i7 12850HX

2217

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Apple M3 Pro +23%

15057

Intel Core i7 12850HX

12173

Blender

Apple M3 Pro +5%

261

Intel Core i7 12850HX

247

Passmark CPU Single Core

Apple M3 Pro +29%

4790

Intel Core i7 12850HX

3686

Passmark CPU Multi Core

Apple M3 Pro

26949

Intel Core i7 12850HX +10%

29839

Apple M3 Pro

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Intel Core i7 12850HX

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

i7-12850HX

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

45-55 W

100°C

Peak Operating Temperature

100 °C

CPU Performance

6

Performance Cores

8

6

Performance Core Threads

-

4.05 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.1 GHz

4.05 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.8 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

16

12

Total Thread Count

24

-

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

40x

Multiplier

21x

192 K per core

L1 Cache

80 K per core

16 MB shared

L2 Cache

1280 K per core

-

L3 Cache

25 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

Yes

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 12850HX

4.0

PCIe Version

5.0

-

PCIe Lanes

20

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