Apple M3 vs Intel Core i9 13950HX

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Apple M3 Intel Core i9 13950HX

We compared two laptop CPUs: Apple M3 with 8 cores 4.05GHz and Intel Core i9 13950HX with 24 cores 2.2GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Apple M3's Advantages

Released 9 months late

Better graphics card performance

Higher specification of memory (LPDDR5-6400 vs DDR5-5600)

Larger memory bandwidth (102.4GB/s vs 89.6GB/s)

Higher base frequency (4.05GHz vs 2.2GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (64MB vs 36MB)

Lower TDP (20W vs 45W)

Intel Core i9 13950HX's Advantages

Newer PCIe version (5.0 vs 4.0)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

Apple M3

1906

Intel Core i9 13950HX +9%

2084

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

Apple M3

10489

Intel Core i9 13950HX +174%

28764

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Apple M3 +9%

3009

Intel Core i9 13950HX

2753

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Apple M3

11805

Intel Core i9 13950HX +42%

16815

Cinebench 2024 Single Core

Apple M3 +15%

140

Intel Core i9 13950HX

121

Cinebench 2024 Multi Core

Apple M3

707

Intel Core i9 13950HX +112%

1503

Blender

Apple M3

175

Intel Core i9 13950HX +143%

426

Passmark CPU Single Core

Apple M3 +19%

4850

Intel Core i9 13950HX

4060

Passmark CPU Multi Core

Apple M3

19597

Intel Core i9 13950HX +126%

44476

Apple M3

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Intel Core i9 13950HX

General Parameters

Oct 2023

Release Date

Jan 2023

Apple

Manufacturer

Intel

Laptop

Type

Laptop

ARMv8

Instruction Set

x86-64

Apple M3

Core Architecture

Raptor Lake

-

Processor Number

i9-13950HX

Apple M-Socket

Socket

BGA-1964

Apple M3 GPU

Integrated Graphics

UHD Graphics (32EU)

Package

25 billions

Transistor Count

-

3 nm

Manufacturing Process

10 nm

Apple M-Socket

Socket

BGA-1964

20 W

Power Consumption

45-55 W

-

Max Turbo Power Consumption

157W

100°C

Peak Operating Temperature

100°C

CPU Performance

4

Performance Cores

8

4

Performance Core Threads

16

4.05 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.2 GHz

4.05 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

5.5 GHz

4

Efficiency Cores

16

4

Efficiency Core Threads

16

2.75 GHz

Efficiency Core Base Frequency

1.6 GHz

2.57 GHz

Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency

4 GHz

8

Total Core Count

24

8

Total Thread Count

32

-

Bus Frequency

100MHz

40x

Multiplier

22x

192K per core

L1 Cache

80K per core

16MB shared

L2 Cache

2MB per core

64MB shared

L3 Cache

36MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

Memory Parameters

LPDDR5-6400

Memory Types

DDR5-5600, DDR4-3200

24GB

Max Memory Size

192GB

2

Max Memory Channels

2

102.4 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

89.6 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

1650 MHz

1280

Shader Units

256

80

Texture Units

16

40

Raster Operation Units

8

160

Execution Units

32

-

Power Consumption

45 W

4.1 TFLOPS

Graphics Performance

0.74 TFLOPS

Miscellaneous

-

Official Website

Intel Core i9 13950HX

4.0

PCIe Version

5.0

-

PCIe Lanes

20

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