Apple M3 vs Intel Core 7 240H
We compared two laptop CPUs: Apple M3 with 8 cores 4.05GHz and Intel Core 7 240H with 10 cores 2.5GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.
Main Differences
Apple M3 's Advantages
Better graphics card performance
Larger memory bandwidth (102.4GB/s vs 83.2GB/s)
Higher base frequency (4.05GHz vs 2.5GHz)
Larger L3 cache size (64MB vs 24MB)
More modern manufacturing process (3nm vs 10nm)
Lower TDP (20W vs 45W)
Intel Core 7 240H 's Advantages
Released 1 years and 2 months late
Higher specification of memory (6400 vs 6400)
Newer PCIe version (5.0 vs 4.0)
Score
Benchmark
Cinebench R23 Single Core
Apple M3
+1%
1920
Intel Core 7 240H
1891
Cinebench R23 Multi Core
Apple M3
10448
Intel Core 7 240H
+59%
16631
Geekbench 6 Single Core
Apple M3
+11%
3009
Intel Core 7 240H
2688
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Apple M3
11805
Intel Core 7 240H
+12%
13279
Cinebench 2024 Single Core
Apple M3
+25%
140
Intel Core 7 240H
112
Cinebench 2024 Multi Core
Apple M3
707
Intel Core 7 240H
+20%
851
Passmark CPU Single Core
Apple M3
+25%
4850
Intel Core 7 240H
3858
Passmark CPU Multi Core
Apple M3
19597
Intel Core 7 240H
+16%
22770
General Parameters
Oct 2023
Release Date
Dec 2024
Apple
Manufacturer
Intel
Laptop
Type
Laptop
ARMv8
Instruction Set
x86-64
Apple M3
Core Architecture
Raptor Lake
-
Processor Number
240H
Apple M-Socket
Socket
BGA-1744
Apple M3 GPU
Integrated Graphics
Iris Xe Graphics (64EU)
-
Generation
Core 7(Raptor Lake-H Refresh)
Package
25 billions
Transistor Count
-
3 nm
Manufacturing Process
10 nm
20 W
Power Consumption
35-45 W
-
Max Turbo Power Consumption
115 W
100°C
Peak Operating Temperature
100 °C
-
Foundry
Intel
CPU Performance
4
Performance Cores
6
4
Performance Core Threads
12
4.05 GHz
Performance Core Base Frequency
2.5 GHz
4.05 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
5.2 GHz
4
Efficiency Cores
4
4
Efficiency Core Threads
4
2.75 GHz
Efficiency Core Base Frequency
1.8 GHz
2.57 GHz
Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency
4 GHz
8
Total Core Count
10
8
Total Thread Count
16
-
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
40x
Multiplier
25
192 K per core
L1 Cache
80 K per core
16 MB shared
L2 Cache
2 MB per core
64 MB shared
L3 Cache
24 MB shared
No
Unlocked Multiplier
No
-
SMP
1
Memory Parameters
LPDDR5-6400
Memory Types
DDR5-5600,DDR4-3200,LPDDR5-6400,LPDDR5x-6400,LPDDR4x-4267
24 GB
Max Memory Size
96 GB
2
Max Memory Channels
2
102.4 GB/s
Max Memory Bandwidth
83.2 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
1550 MHz
1280
Shader Units
512
80
Texture Units
32
40
Raster Operation Units
16
160
Execution Units
64
-
Power Consumption
15
4.1 TFLOPS
Graphics Performance
1.59 TFLOPS
