Apple M3 Max vs Intel Celeron N3060
We compared two laptop CPUs: Apple M3 Max with 16 cores 4.05GHz and Intel Celeron N3060 with 2 cores 1.6GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.
Main Differences
Apple M3 Max 's Advantages
Released 7 years and 9 months late
Higher specification of memory (6400 vs 1600)
Larger memory bandwidth (409.6GB/s vs 25.6GB/s)
Newer PCIe version (4.0 vs 2.0)
Higher base frequency (4.05GHz vs 1.6GHz)
More modern manufacturing process (3nm vs 14nm)
Intel Celeron N3060 's Advantages
Lower TDP (6W vs 56W)
Score
Benchmark
Geekbench 6 Single Core
Apple M3 Max
+2706%
3227
Intel Celeron N3060
115
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Apple M3 Max
+10026%
21164
Intel Celeron N3060
209
Passmark CPU Single Core
Apple M3 Max
+670%
4790
Intel Celeron N3060
622
Passmark CPU Multi Core
Apple M3 Max
+6217%
41188
Intel Celeron N3060
652
General Parameters
Oct 2023
Release Date
Jan 2016
Apple
Manufacturer
Intel
Laptop
Type
Laptop
ARMv8
Instruction Set
x86-64
Apple M3
Core Architecture
Braswell
-
Processor Number
N3060
Apple M-Socket
Socket
BGA-1170
Apple M3 Max GPU (38-core)
Integrated Graphics
HD Graphics 400
Package
92 billions
Transistor Count
-
3 nm
Manufacturing Process
14 nm
56 W
Power Consumption
6 W
100 °C
Peak Operating Temperature
90 °C
CPU Performance
12
Performance Cores
2
12
Performance Core Threads
2
4.05 GHz
Performance Core Base Frequency
1.6 GHz
4.05 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
-
4
Efficiency Cores
-
4
Efficiency Core Threads
-
2.75 GHz
Efficiency Core Base Frequency
-
2.57 GHz
Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency
-
16
Total Core Count
2
16
Total Thread Count
2
40
Multiplier
-
192 K per core
L1 Cache
48 K per core
32 MB shared
L2 Cache
1 MB per core
-
L3 Cache
2 MB shared
No
Unlocked Multiplier
No
Memory Parameters
LPDDR5-6400
Memory Types
DDR3L-1600
128 GB
Max Memory Size
8 GB
8
Max Memory Channels
2
409.6 GB/s
Max Memory Bandwidth
25.6 GB/s
No
ECC Memory Support
No
Graphics Card Parameters
true
Integrated Graphics
true
500 MHz
GPU Base Frequency
-
1600 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
600 MHz
5120
Shader Units
-
320
Texture Units
-
160
Raster Operation Units
-
640
Execution Units
-
60
Power Consumption
-
16.4 TFLOPS
Graphics Performance
-
