Apple M3 vs Intel Core Ultra 5 225H
We compared two laptop CPUs: Apple M3 with 8 cores 4.05GHz and Intel Core Ultra 5 225H with 14 cores 1.7GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.
Main Differences
Apple M3 Advantages
Better graphics card performance
Higher base frequency (4.05GHz vs 1.7GHz)
Larger L3 cache size (64MB vs 18MB)
Lower TDP (20W vs 28W)
Intel Core Ultra 5 225H Advantages
Released 1 years and 3 months late
Higher specification of memory (8400 vs 6400)
Newer PCIe version (5.0 vs 4.0)
Score
Benchmark
Cinebench R23 Single Core
Apple M3
1920
Intel Core Ultra 5 225H
+4%
2015
Cinebench R23 Multi Core
Apple M3
10448
Intel Core Ultra 5 225H
+53%
16026
Geekbench 6 Single Core
Apple M3
+10%
3009
Intel Core Ultra 5 225H
2716
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Apple M3
11805
Intel Core Ultra 5 225H
+13%
13398
Cinebench 2024 Single Core
Apple M3
+28%
140
Intel Core Ultra 5 225H
109
Cinebench 2024 Multi Core
Apple M3
707
Intel Core Ultra 5 225H
+16%
821
General Parameters
Oct 2023
Release Date
Jan 2025
Apple
Manufacturer
Intel
Laptop
Type
Laptop
ARMv8
Instruction Set
x86-64
Apple M3
Core Architecture
Arrow Lake
-
Processor Number
225H
Apple M-Socket
Socket
FCBGA-2049
Apple M3 GPU
Integrated Graphics
Arc Graphics 130T
Package
25 billions
Transistor Count
-
3 nm
Manufacturing Process
3 nm
20 W
Power Consumption
20-28 W
-
Max Turbo Power Consumption
115 W
100°C
Peak Operating Temperature
110 °C
CPU Performance
4
Performance Cores
4
4
Performance Core Threads
4
4.05 GHz
Performance Core Base Frequency
1.7 GHz
4.05 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4.9 GHz
4
Efficiency Cores
8
4
Efficiency Core Threads
8
2.75 GHz
Efficiency Core Base Frequency
1.3 GHz
2.57 GHz
Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency
4.3 GHz
8
Total Core Count
14
8
Total Thread Count
14
-
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
40x
Multiplier
17
192 K per core
L1 Cache
112 K per core
16 MB shared
L2 Cache
2 MB per core
64 MB shared
L3 Cache
18 MB shared
No
Unlocked Multiplier
No
Memory Parameters
LPDDR5-6400
Memory Types
LPDDR5-8400,LPDDR5x-8400,DDR5-6400
24 GB
Max Memory Size
128 GB
2
Max Memory Channels
2
102.4 GB/s
Max Memory Bandwidth
-
No
ECC Memory Support
No
Graphics Card Parameters
true
Integrated Graphics
true
500 MHz
GPU Base Frequency
800 MHz
1600 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
2200 MHz
1280
Shader Units
896
80
Texture Units
56
40
Raster Operation Units
28
160
Execution Units
7
4.1 TFLOPS
Graphics Performance
3.9 TFLOPS
