Apple M3 vs Intel Core Ultra 5 125H

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Apple M3 Intel Core Ultra 5 125H

We compared two laptop CPUs: Apple M3 with 8 cores 4.05GHz and Intel Core Ultra 5 125H with 14 cores 1.2GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Apple M3 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (4.05GHz vs 1.2GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (64MB vs 18MB)

Lower TDP (20W vs 20W)

Intel Core Ultra 5 125H 's Advantages

Better graphics card performance

Higher specification of memory (LPDDR5-7467 vs LPDDR5-6400)

Larger memory bandwidth (120GB/s vs 102.4GB/s)

Newer PCIe version (5.0 vs 4.0)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

Apple M3 +14%

1909

Intel Core Ultra 5 125H

1670

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

Apple M3

10497

Intel Core Ultra 5 125H +20%

12678

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Apple M3 +35%

3009

Intel Core Ultra 5 125H

2224

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Apple M3 +2%

11805

Intel Core Ultra 5 125H

11536

Cinebench 2024 Single Core

Apple M3 +40%

140

Intel Core Ultra 5 125H

100

Cinebench 2024 Multi Core

Apple M3

707

Intel Core Ultra 5 125H +19%

847

Blender

Apple M3 +7%

175

Intel Core Ultra 5 125H

163

Passmark CPU Single Core

Apple M3 +36%

4850

Intel Core Ultra 5 125H

3547

Passmark CPU Multi Core

Apple M3

19597

Intel Core Ultra 5 125H +8%

21281

Apple M3

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Intel Core Ultra 5 125H

General Parameters

Oct 2023

Release Date

Dec 2023

Apple

Manufacturer

Intel

Laptop

Type

Laptop

ARMv8

Instruction Set

x86-64

Apple M3

Core Architecture

Meteor Lake

-

Processor Number

125H

Apple M-Socket

Socket

FCBGA-2049

Apple M3 GPU

Integrated Graphics

Arc Graphics (7-Cores)

-

Generation

Ultra 5 (Meteor Lake)

Package

25 billions

Transistor Count

-

3 nm

Manufacturing Process

7 nm

Apple M-Socket

Socket

FCBGA-2049

20 W

Power Consumption

20-65 W

-

Max Turbo Power Consumption

115 W

100°C

Peak Operating Temperature

110°C

-

Foundry

Intel

-

Package

FC-BGA

CPU Performance

4

Performance Cores

4

Performance Core Threads

8

4.05 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

1.2 GHz

4.05 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.5 GHz

4

Efficiency Cores

10

4

Efficiency Core Threads

10

2.75 GHz

Efficiency Core Base Frequency

0.7 GHz

2.57 GHz

Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency

3.6 GHz

8

Total Core Count

14

8

Total Thread Count

18

-

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

40x

Multiplier

12x

192 K per core

L1 Cache

112 K per core

16 MB shared

L2 Cache

2 MB per core

64 MB shared

L3 Cache

18 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

-

SMP

1

Memory Parameters

LPDDR5-6400

Memory Types

LPDDR5-7467, LPDDR5x-7467, DDR5-5600

24 GB

Max Memory Size

96 GB

2

Max Memory Channels

2

102.4 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

120 GB/s

No

ECC Memory Support

No

Graphics Card Parameters

true

Integrated Graphics

true

500 MHz

GPU Base Frequency

2200 MHz

1600 MHz

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

2200 MHz

1280

Shader Units

112

80

Texture Units

7

40

Raster Operation Units

4

160

Execution Units

7

-

Max Resolution

7680x4320 - 60 Hz

4.1 TFLOPS

Graphics Performance

4.92 TFLOPS

Miscellaneous

-

Official Website

Intel Core Ultra 5 125H

4.0

PCIe Version

5.0

-

PCIe Lanes

28

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