Apple M3 vs Intel Xeon E3-1231 v3
CPU · Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Oct 2023
May 2014
Manufacturer
Apple
Intel
Type
Laptop
Server
Instruction Set
ARMv8
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Core Architecture
Apple M3
Haswell-WS
Integrated Graphics
Apple M3 GPU
N/A
Generation
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Xeon E3 (Haswell-WS)
Package
Transistor Count
25 billions
1.4 billions
Manufacturing Process
3 nm
22 nm
Socket
Apple M-Socket
Intel Socket 1150
Power Consumption
20 W
80 W
Peak Operating Temperature
100°C
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Foundry
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Intel
Die Size
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160 mm²
Package
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FC-LGA12C
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
4
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Performance Core Threads
4
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Performance Core Base Frequency
4.05 GHz
3.4 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4.05 GHz
3.8 GHz
Efficiency Cores
4
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Efficiency Core Threads
4
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Efficiency Core Base Frequency
2.75 GHz
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Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency
2.57 GHz
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Total Core Count
8
4
Total Thread Count
8
8
Multiplier
40x
34.0
L1 Cache
192 K per core
64 K per core
L2 Cache
16 MB shared
256 K per core
L3 Cache
64 MB shared
8 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
No
No
Bus Frequency
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100 MHz
SMP
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1
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
LPDDR5-6400
DDR3-1600
Max Memory Size
24 GB
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Max Memory Channels
2
2
Max Memory Bandwidth
102.4 GB/s
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ECC Memory Support
No
Yes
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics
true
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GPU Base Frequency
500 MHz
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GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
1600 MHz
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Shader Units
1280
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Texture Units
80
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Raster Operation Units
40
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Execution Units
160
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Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
4.0
3
PCIe Lanes
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16
Benchmark
Cinebench R23
1,920
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Cinebench R23
10,448
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Geekbench 6
3,009
1,275
Geekbench 6
11,805
4,198
Cinebench 2024
140
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Cinebench 2024
707
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Blender
168
69
Passmark CPU
4,850
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Passmark CPU
19,597
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Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.