Apple M3 Pro vs Intel Core Ultra 5 225F
CPU · Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Oct 2023
Dec 2024
Manufacturer
Apple
Intel
Type
Laptop
Desktop
Instruction Set
ARMv8
x86-64
Core Architecture
Apple M3
Arrow Lake
Integrated Graphics
Apple M3 Pro GPU (19-core)
No
Processor Number
—
225F
Generation
—
Ultra 5 (Arrow Lake)
Package
Transistor Count
37 billions
17.8 billions
Manufacturing Process
3 nm
3 nm
Socket
Apple M-Socket
FCLGA-1851
Power Consumption
30 W
65 W
Peak Operating Temperature
100 °C
105 °C
Max Turbo Power Consumption
—
121 W
Foundry
—
TSMC
Die Size
—
243 mm²
Package
—
FC-LGA18W
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
6
6
Performance Core Threads
6
6
Performance Core Base Frequency
4.05 GHz
3.3 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4.05 GHz
4.9 GHz
Efficiency Cores
6
4
Efficiency Core Threads
6
4
Efficiency Core Base Frequency
2.75 GHz
2.7 GHz
Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency
2.57 GHz
4.4 GHz
Total Core Count
12
10
Total Thread Count
12
10
Multiplier
40
33
L1 Cache
192 K per core
192 K per core
L2 Cache
16 MB shared
3 MB per core
Unlocked Multiplier
No
No
Bus Frequency
—
100 MHz
L3 Cache
—
20 MB shared
SMP
—
1
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
LPDDR5-6400
DDR5-6400
Max Memory Size
36 GB
256 GB
Max Memory Channels
3
2
Max Memory Bandwidth
153.6 GB/s
102.4 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
No
No
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics
true
—
GPU Base Frequency
500 MHz
—
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
1600 MHz
—
Shader Units
2304
—
Texture Units
144
—
Raster Operation Units
72
—
Execution Units
288
—
Power Consumption
30
—
Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
4.0
5.0
PCIe Lanes
—
24
Benchmark
Cinebench R23
1,978
2,070
Cinebench R23
15,098
16,114
Geekbench 6
3,160
2,847
Geekbench 6
15,083
14,714
Cinebench 2024
143
119
Cinebench 2024
1,058
931
Passmark CPU
4,401
4,472
Passmark CPU
25,201
31,606
▲ Specs Compare
Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.