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Key specs
Cores
8
Threads
8
TDP
20 W
Socket
Apple M-Socket
Process
3 nm
Benchmarks
Rating
67
Perf.
61
iGPU
74
Energy
84
Cinebench 2024 Single-Core
140
Cinebench 2024 Multi-Core
712
TDP
20 W
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
140
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
712
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
3009
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
11,815
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
4707
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
19,065
Blender CPU
160.35
iGPU FLOPS
3.5 TFLOPS
Cinebench
Cinebench 2026 (Multi)
2341
GeekBench v6
File compression
1260 MB/sec
Clang compilation
94.7 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser
264.5 pages/sec
PDF Renderer
313.9 Mpixels/sec
Text processing
297 pages/sec
Background blur
50.2 images/sec
Photo processing
114.8 images/sec
Ray tracing
12.9 Mpixels/sec
PassMark
Integer math
42.6 GOps/sec
Floating point math
48.3 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers
231M Primes/sec
Random string sorting
27.3M Strings/sec
Data encryption
11.5 GBytes/sec
Data compression
225 MBytes/sec
Physics
1867 Frames/sec
Extended instructions
10B Matrices/sec
Performance Per Watt
Cinebench 2024 / Watt
35.6 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt
590.8 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt
953.3 PPW
Blender / Watt
8.02 PPW
General
Vendor
Apple
Released
October 30, 2023
Type
Laptop
Instruction Set
ARMv8
Codename
Apple M3
Integrated GPU
Apple M3 GPU
Successor
- Apple M5 (10-Core)
CPU
P-Cores
4
P-Threads
4
Base Frequency (P)
4.05 GHz
E-Cores
4
E-Threads
4
Base Frequency (E)
2.75 GHz
Total Cores
8
Total Threads
8
Multiplier
40x
L1 Cache
192K (per core)
L2 Cache
16MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier
No
Package
Transistors
25 billions
Fabrication Process
3 nm
TDP (PL1)
20 W
Socket
Apple M-Socket
Peak Temperature
100°C
iGPU
Integrated Graphics
Apple M3 GPU
GPU Base Clock
500 MHz
GPU Boost Clock
1380 MHz
Shading Units
1280
TMUs
80
ROPs
40
Execution Units
160
TGP
15 W
Memory Support
Memory Types
- LPDDR5-6400
Max. Memory Size
24 GB
Memory Channels
8
Max. Memory Bandwidth
102.4 GB/s
ECC Support
No
Misc
PCI Express Version
4.0