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Intel Core i7 1365U vs Apple M3 Pro

50 out of 100
Intel Core i7 1365U
VS
72 out of 100
Apple M3 Pro
Intel Core i7 1365U
Apple M3 Pro

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 1.8 GHz Intel Core i7 1365U with 10-cores against the 4.05 GHz Apple M3 Pro with 12-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 Pro and 1365U
Advantages of Intel Core i7 1365U
  • Supports up to 96 GB DDR5-5200 RAM
Advantages of Apple M3 Pro
  • More modern manufacturing process – 3 versus 10 nanometers
  • More powerful Apple M3 Pro GPU (18-core) integrated graphics: 6.4 vs 2 TFLOPS
  • Newer - released 10 months later
  • Has 2 more physical cores
  • 20% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 3163 vs 2639 points

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core i7 1365U
vs
M3 Pro

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Core i7 1365U
107
M3 Pro +34%
143
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Core i7 1365U
511
M3 Pro +107%
1059
Cinebench Scores (#141st place)
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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 1365U
2639
M3 Pro +20%
3163
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Core i7 1365U
8126
M3 Pro +91%
15512
File compression 639.3 MB/sec 1560 MB/sec
Clang compilation 33.6 Klines/sec 132.6 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 200.7 pages/sec 382.9 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 211.2 Mpixels/sec 393.2 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 261.6 pages/sec 301 pages/sec
Background blur 42.6 images/sec 61.4 images/sec
Photo processing 78.2 images/sec 144.1 images/sec
Ray tracing 14.5 Mpixels/sec 19.7 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 659 & 991 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Core i7 1365U
3357
M3 Pro +27%
4247
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core i7 1365U
13661
M3 Pro +76%
24046
Integer math 49.3 GOps/sec 55.9 GOps/sec
Floating point math 32.7 GOps/sec 64.8 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 56M Primes/sec 240M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 16.6M Strings/sec 35.2M Strings/sec
Data encryption 9.2 GBytes/sec 14.4 GBytes/sec
Data compression 146.2 MBytes/sec 288.5 MBytes/sec
Physics 935 Frames/sec 2060 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 8.1B Matrices/sec 14.1B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 1233 & 1204 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core i7 1365U
102.86
M3 Pro +122%
228.7

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 34.1 PPW 35.3 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 541.7 PPW 517.1 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 910.7 PPW 801.5 PPW
Blender / Watt 6.86 PPW 7.62 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 1365U
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2024-06-04 (Guest #0)Cinebench 202482 / 297
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Apple M3 Pro
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-01-25 (Kirich)Geekbench 6 CPU3198 / 14601
πŸ“˜ 2026-01-25 (Kirich)Cinebench 2024150 / 946
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i7 1365U and Apple M3 Pro

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 i7-1365U -
Integrated GPU Iris Xe Graphics (96 EU) Apple M3 Pro GPU (18-core)
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 7 7735U -
Successor - Intel Core Ultra 7 265U - Apple M5 Pro (18-Core)
Intel CPU rating (#152nd place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 2 6
P-Threads 4 6
Base Frequency (P) 1.8 GHz 4.05 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.2 GHz -
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 8 6
E-Threads 8 6
Base Frequency (E) 1.3 GHz 2.75 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.9 GHz -
Total
Total Cores 10 12
Total Threads 12 12
Bus Frequency 100 MHz -
Multiplier 18x 40x
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 192K (per core)
L2 Cache 1280K (per core) 16MB (shared)
L3 Cache 12MB (shared) -
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Transistors - 37 billions
Fabrication Process 10 nm 3 nm
TDP (PL1) 12-15 W (configurable) 30 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 55 W -
Socket BGA-1744 Apple M-Socket
Peak Temperature 100Β°C 100Β°C
Laptop processors ranking (199th and 44th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel Iris Xe Graphics (96 EU) Apple M3 Pro GPU (18-core)
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 500 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1300 MHz 1380 MHz
Shading Units 768 2304
TMUs 48 144
ROPs 24 72
Execution Units 96 288
TGP 15 W 30 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core i7 1365U
2 TFLOPS
M3 Pro +220%
6.4 TFLOPS
More info: Apple M3 Pro GPU (18-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 36 GB
Memory Channels 2 12
Max. Memory Bandwidth - 153.6 GB/s
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i7 1365U official page -
PCI Express Version 4.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 20 -

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Comments

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