Apple M3 vs Intel Core i3 1215U
We compared two laptop CPUs: Apple M3 with 8 cores 4.05GHz and Intel Core i3 1215U with 6 cores 1.2GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.
Main Differences
Apple M3 Advantages
Released 1 years and 8 months late
Better graphics card performance
Higher specification of memory (6400 vs 5200)
Larger memory bandwidth (102.4GB/s vs 76.8GB/s)
Higher base frequency (4.05GHz vs 1.2GHz)
Larger L3 cache size (64MB vs 10MB)
More modern manufacturing process (3nm vs 10nm)
Intel Core i3 1215U Advantages
Lower TDP (15W vs 20W)
Score
Benchmark
Cinebench R23 Single Core
Apple M3
+21%
1920
Intel Core i3 1215U
1581
Cinebench R23 Multi Core
Apple M3
+81%
10448
Intel Core i3 1215U
5768
Geekbench 6 Single Core
Apple M3
+83%
3009
Intel Core i3 1215U
1640
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Apple M3
+212%
11805
Intel Core i3 1215U
3776
Blender
Apple M3
+118%
168
Intel Core i3 1215U
77
Passmark CPU Single Core
Apple M3
+42%
4850
Intel Core i3 1215U
3408
Passmark CPU Multi Core
Apple M3
+72%
19597
Intel Core i3 1215U
11350
General Parameters
Oct 2023
Release Date
Feb 2022
Apple
Manufacturer
Intel
Laptop
Type
Laptop
ARMv8
Instruction Set
x86-64
Apple M3
Core Architecture
Alder Lake-U
-
Processor Number
i3-1215U
Apple M-Socket
Socket
BGA-1744
Apple M3 GPU
Integrated Graphics
UHD Graphics (64EU)
Package
25 billions
Transistor Count
-
3 nm
Manufacturing Process
10 nm
20 W
Power Consumption
15 W
100°C
Peak Operating Temperature
100 °C
CPU Performance
4
Performance Cores
2
4
Performance Core Threads
-
4.05 GHz
Performance Core Base Frequency
1.2 GHz
4.05 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4.4 GHz
4
Efficiency Cores
4
4
Efficiency Core Threads
-
2.75 GHz
Efficiency Core Base Frequency
-
2.57 GHz
Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency
-
8
Total Core Count
6
8
Total Thread Count
8
-
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
40x
Multiplier
12x
192 K per core
L1 Cache
80 K per core
16 MB shared
L2 Cache
1280 K per core
64 MB shared
L3 Cache
10 MB shared
No
Unlocked Multiplier
No
Memory Parameters
LPDDR5-6400
Memory Types
DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200, LPDDR5-5200, LPDDR4x-4267
24 GB
Max Memory Size
64 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
1100 MHz
1280
Shader Units
512
80
Texture Units
32
40
Raster Operation Units
16
160
Execution Units
64
-
Power Consumption
45 W
4.1 TFLOPS
Graphics Performance
1.43 TFLOPS
