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Key specs
Cores
16
Threads
16
TDP
56 W
Socket
Apple M-Socket
Process
3 nm
Benchmarks
Rating
83
Perf.
82
iGPU
99
Energy
78
Cinebench 2024 Single-Core
142
Cinebench 2024 Multi-Core
1698
TDP
56 W
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
142
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
1698
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
3227
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
21,167
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
4780
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
41,211
Blender CPU
403.83
iGPU FLOPS
14.1 TFLOPS
Cinebench
Cinebench 2026 (Multi)
5133
GeekBench v6
File compression
2190 MB/sec
Clang compilation
198.5 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser
557.3 pages/sec
PDF Renderer
648.9 Mpixels/sec
Text processing
309.1 pages/sec
Background blur
68.9 images/sec
Photo processing
183.5 images/sec
Ray tracing
30.6 Mpixels/sec
PassMark
Integer math
91.2 GOps/sec
Floating point math
131.5 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers
573M Primes/sec
Random string sorting
61.7M Strings/sec
Data encryption
24.7 GBytes/sec
Data compression
530.4 MBytes/sec
Physics
4332 Frames/sec
Extended instructions
24.2B Matrices/sec
Performance Per Watt
Cinebench 2024 / Watt
30.3 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt
378 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt
735.9 PPW
Blender / Watt
7.21 PPW
General
Vendor
Apple
Released
October 30, 2023
Type
Laptop
Instruction Set
ARMv8
Codename
Apple M3
Integrated GPU
Apple M3 Max GPU (40-core)
Successor
- Apple M5 Max (40-сore GPU)
CPU
P-Cores
12
P-Threads
12
Base Frequency (P)
4.05 GHz
E-Cores
4
E-Threads
4
Base Frequency (E)
2.75 GHz
Total Cores
16
Total Threads
16
Multiplier
40x
L1 Cache
192K (per core)
L2 Cache
32MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier
No
Package
Transistors
92 billions
Fabrication Process
3 nm
TDP (PL1)
56 W
Socket
Apple M-Socket
Peak Temperature
100°C
iGPU
Integrated Graphics
Apple M3 Max GPU (40-core)
GPU Base Clock
500 MHz
GPU Boost Clock
1380 MHz
Shading Units
5120
TMUs
320
ROPs
160
Execution Units
640
TGP
60 W
Memory Support
Memory Types
- LPDDR5-6400
Max. Memory Size
128 GB
Memory Channels
32
Max. Memory Bandwidth
409.6 GB/s
ECC Support
No
Misc
PCI Express Version
4.0