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Intel Core i7 1360P vs Apple M3

52 out of 100
Intel Core i7 1360P
VS
67 out of 100
Apple M3
Intel Core i7 1360P
Apple M3

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 2.2 GHz Intel Core i7 1360P with 12-cores against the 4.05 GHz Apple M3 with 8-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Performance
  4. Specs
  5. Comments

Review

General overview and comparison of the processors
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Multi-Core Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Power Efficiency
The efficiency score of power consumption
Integrated Graphics
iGPU capabilities for gaming and 3D-intensive tasks
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Key Differences

What are the key differences between M3 and 1360P
Advantages of Intel Core i7 1360P
  • Supports up to 96 GB DDR5-5200 RAM
  • Has 4 more physical cores
Advantages of Apple M3
  • More modern manufacturing process – 3 versus 10 nanometers
  • More powerful Apple M3 GPU integrated graphics: 3.5 vs 2.3 TFLOPS
  • Newer - released 10 months later
  • 22% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 3009 vs 2457 points

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core i7 1360P
vs
Apple M3

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Core i7 1360P
113
Apple M3 +24%
140
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Core i7 1360P
560
Apple M3 +27%
712
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) - 2341
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GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Core i7 1360P
2457
Apple M3 +22%
3009
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Core i7 1360P
10233
Apple M3 +15%
11815
File compression 1080 MB/sec 1260 MB/sec
Clang compilation 64.8 Klines/sec 94.7 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 264.2 pages/sec 264.5 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 309.1 Mpixels/sec 313.9 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 211.5 pages/sec 297 pages/sec
Background blur 40 images/sec 50.2 images/sec
Photo processing 103.1 images/sec 114.8 images/sec
Ray tracing 15.2 Mpixels/sec 12.9 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 1073 & 438 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Core i7 1360P
3411
Apple M3 +38%
4707
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core i7 1360P
18284
Apple M3 +4%
19065
Integer math 66.7 GOps/sec 42.6 GOps/sec
Floating point math 45.2 GOps/sec 48.3 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 77M Primes/sec 231M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 22.1M Strings/sec 27.3M Strings/sec
Data encryption 12.2 GBytes/sec 11.5 GBytes/sec
Data compression 199.3 MBytes/sec 225 MBytes/sec
Physics 1266 Frames/sec 1867 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 11.4B Matrices/sec 10B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 1998 & 1563 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core i7 1360P
130.96
Apple M3 +22%
160.35

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 20 PPW 35.6 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 365.5 PPW 590.8 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 653 PPW 953.3 PPW
Blender / Watt 4.68 PPW 8.02 PPW
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Intel Core i7 1360P
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-04-22 (Željko Perić)Geekbench 6 CPU2602 / 12296
📘 2026-04-22 (Željko Perić)Cinebench 2024110 / 726
📘 2026-03-15 (lee404)Geekbench 6 CPU2198 / 7305
📘 2024-11-15 (Asuna)Cinebench 202483 / 395
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Apple M3
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-08-22 (doannguyenmfs)Geekbench 6 CPU2991 / 11735
📘 2026-06-16 (darkknightSup)Geekbench 6 CPU2990 / 11498
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i7 1360P and Apple M3

General

Vendor Intel Apple
Released January 3, 2023 October 30, 2023
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 ARMv8
Codename Raptor Lake Apple M3
Model number i7-1360P -
Integrated GPU Iris Xe Graphics (96EU) Apple M3 GPU
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 7 7730U -
Successor - - Apple M5 (10-Core)
Intel CPU rating (#141st place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 4 4
P-Threads 8 4
Base Frequency (P) 2.2 GHz 4.05 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5 GHz -
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 8 4
E-Threads 8 4
Base Frequency (E) 1.6 GHz 2.75 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.7 GHz -
Total
Total Cores 12 8
Total Threads 16 8
Bus Frequency 100 MHz -
Multiplier 22x 40x
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 192K (per core)
L2 Cache 2MB (per core) 16MB (shared)
L3 Cache 18MB (shared) -
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Transistors - 25 billions
Fabrication Process 10 nm 3 nm
TDP (PL1) 20-28 W (configurable) 20 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 64 W -
Socket BGA-1744 Apple M-Socket
Peak Temperature 100°C 100°C
Laptop processors ranking (184th and 69th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel Iris Xe Graphics (96EU) Apple M3 GPU
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 500 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1500 MHz 1380 MHz
Shading Units 768 1280
TMUs 48 80
ROPs 24 40
Execution Units 96 160
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core i7 1360P
2.3 TFLOPS
Apple M3 +52%
3.5 TFLOPS
More info: Apple M3 GPU (10-core) compared to Iris Xe Graphics G7 (96EU)

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-5200
- DDR4-3200
- LPDDR5-6400
- LPDDR5x-6400
- LPDDR4x-4267		 - LPDDR5-6400
Max. Memory Size 96 GB 24 GB
Memory Channels 2 8
Max. Memory Bandwidth - 102.4 GB/s
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i7 1360P official page -
PCI Express Version 4.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 20 -

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Comments

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