Apple M3 vs Intel Core i7 12800HX

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Apple M3 Intel Core i7 12800HX

We compared two laptop CPUs: Apple M3 with 8 cores 4.05GHz and Intel Core i7 12800HX with 16 cores 2.0GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Apple M3 's Advantages

Released 1 years and 5 months late

Better graphics card performance

Higher specification of memory (LPDDR5-6400 vs DDR5-4800)

Larger memory bandwidth (102.4GB/s vs 76.8GB/s)

Higher base frequency (4.05GHz vs 2.0GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (64MB vs 25MB)

Lower TDP (20W vs 45W)

Intel Core i7 12800HX 's Advantages

Newer PCIe version (5.0 vs 4.0)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

Apple M3 +6%

1909

Intel Core i7 12800HX

1791

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

Apple M3

10497

Intel Core i7 12800HX +91%

20113

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Apple M3 +26%

3009

Intel Core i7 12800HX

2380

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Apple M3

11805

Intel Core i7 12800HX +13%

13378

Passmark CPU Single Core

Apple M3 +25%

4850

Intel Core i7 12800HX

3859

Passmark CPU Multi Core

Apple M3

19597

Intel Core i7 12800HX +71%

33577

Apple M3

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Intel Core i7 12800HX

General Parameters

Oct 2023

Release Date

May 2022

Apple

Manufacturer

Intel

Laptop

Type

Laptop

ARMv8

Instruction Set

x86-64

Apple M3

Core Architecture

Alder Lake-HX

-

Processor Number

i7-12800HX

Apple M-Socket

Socket

BGA-1744

Apple M3 GPU

Integrated Graphics

UHD Graphics (32EU)

Package

25 billions

Transistor Count

-

3 nm

Manufacturing Process

10 nm

Apple M-Socket

Socket

BGA-1744

20 W

Power Consumption

45-55 W

100°C

Peak Operating Temperature

100 °C

CPU Performance

4

Performance Cores

8

4

Performance Core Threads

-

4.05 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.0 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

-

8

Total Core Count

16

8

Total Thread Count

24

-

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

40x

Multiplier

20x

192 K per core

L1 Cache

80 K per core

16 MB shared

L2 Cache

1280 K per core

64 MB shared

L3 Cache

25 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

Memory Parameters

LPDDR5-6400

Memory Types

DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200

24 GB

Max Memory Size

128 GB

2

Max Memory Channels

2

102.4 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

1450 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 i7 12800HX

4.0

PCIe Version

5.0

-

PCIe Lanes

20

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