Apple M3 Max vs Intel Core i7 12800H

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Apple M3 Max Intel Core i7 12800H

We compared two laptop CPUs: Apple M3 Max with 16 cores 4.05GHz and Intel Core i7 12800H with 14 cores 2.4GHz . 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 1 years and 9 months late

Better graphics card performance

Higher specification of memory (LPDDR5-6400 vs LPDDR5-5200)

Larger memory bandwidth (409.6GB/s vs 76.8GB/s)

Higher base frequency (4.05GHz vs 2.4GHz)

Intel Core i7 12800H 's Advantages

Lower TDP (35W vs 40W)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

Apple M3 Max +8%

1968

Intel Core i7 12800H

1811

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

Apple M3 Max +53%

24163

Intel Core i7 12800H

15773

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Apple M3 Max +55%

3227

Intel Core i7 12800H

2075

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Apple M3 Max +125%

21173

Intel Core i7 12800H

9400

Blender

Apple M3 Max +124%

425

Intel Core i7 12800H

189

Passmark CPU Single Core

Apple M3 Max +36%

4793

Intel Core i7 12800H

3504

Passmark CPU Multi Core

Apple M3 Max +64%

40041

Intel Core i7 12800H

24411

Apple M3 Max

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Intel Core i7 12800H

General Parameters

Oct 2023

Release Date

Jan 2022

Apple

Manufacturer

Intel

Laptop

Type

Laptop

ARMv8

Instruction Set

x86-64

Apple M3

Core Architecture

Alder Lake-H

-

Processor Number

i7-12800H

Apple M-Socket

Socket

BGA-1744

Apple M3 Max GPU (38-core)

Integrated Graphics

Iris Xe Graphics (96EU)

Package

92 billions

Transistor Count

-

3 nm

Manufacturing Process

10 nm

Apple M-Socket

Socket

BGA-1744

40 W

Power Consumption

35-45 W

100°C

Peak Operating Temperature

100 °C

CPU Performance

12

Performance Cores

6

12

Performance Core Threads

-

4.05 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.4 GHz

4.05 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.8 GHz

4

Efficiency Cores

8

4

Efficiency Core Threads

-

2.75 GHz

Efficiency Core Base Frequency

-

2.57 GHz

Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency

-

16

Total Core Count

14

16

Total Thread Count

20

-

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

40x

Multiplier

24x

192 K per core

L1 Cache

80 K per core

32 MB shared

L2 Cache

1280 K per core

-

L3 Cache

24 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

Memory Parameters

LPDDR5-6400

Memory Types

DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200, LPDDR5-5200, LPDDR4x-4267

128 GB

Max Memory Size

64 GB

8

Max Memory Channels

2

409.6 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

1400 MHz

5120

Shader Units

768

320

Texture Units

48

160

Raster Operation Units

24

640

Execution Units

96

-

Power Consumption

15 W

16.4 TFLOPS

Graphics Performance

1.69 TFLOPS

Miscellaneous

-

Official Website

Intel Core i7 12800H

4.0

PCIe Version

4.0

-

PCIe Lanes

28

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