Intel Core i7 6500U vs Apple M3
CPU · Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Sep 2015
Oct 2023
Manufacturer
Intel
Apple
Type
Laptop
Laptop
Instruction Set
x86-64
ARMv8
Core Architecture
Skylake
Apple M3
Processor Number
i7-6500U
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Integrated Graphics
HD Graphics 520
Apple M3 GPU
Package
Transistor Count
1.7 billions
25 billions
Manufacturing Process
14 nm
3 nm
Socket
BGA-1356
Apple M-Socket
Power Consumption
15 W
20 W
Peak Operating Temperature
100 °C
100°C
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
2
4
Performance Core Threads
4
4
Performance Core Base Frequency
2.5 GHz
4.05 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
3.1 GHz
4.05 GHz
Total Core Count
2
8
Total Thread Count
4
8
L1 Cache
64 K per core
192 K per core
L2 Cache
256 K per core
16 MB shared
L3 Cache
4 MB shared
64 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
No
No
Efficiency Cores
—
4
Efficiency Core Threads
—
4
Efficiency Core Base Frequency
—
2.75 GHz
Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency
—
2.57 GHz
Multiplier
—
40x
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR4-2133, LPDDR3-1866, DDR3L-1600
LPDDR5-6400
Max Memory Size
32 GB
24 GB
Max Memory Channels
2
2
Max Memory Bandwidth
34.1 GB/s
102.4 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
No
No
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics
true
true
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
1050 MHz
1600 MHz
GPU Base Frequency
—
500 MHz
Shader Units
—
1280
Texture Units
—
80
Raster Operation Units
—
40
Execution Units
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160
Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
3.0
4.0
PCIe Lanes
12
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Extended Instruction Set
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2
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Benchmark
Cinebench R23
719
1,920
Cinebench R23
2,072
10,448
Geekbench 6
1,027
3,009
Geekbench 5
742
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Geekbench 6
2,074
11,805
Geekbench 5
1,655
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Blender
22
168
Passmark CPU
1,695
4,850
Passmark CPU
3,261
19,597
Cinebench 2024
—
140
Cinebench 2024
—
707
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Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.