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Intel Core Ultra 7 258V vs Apple M3

59 out of 100
Intel Core Ultra 7 258V
VS
67 out of 100
Apple M3
Intel Core Ultra 7 258V
Apple M3

We compared two 8-core laptop CPUs: the 2.2 GHz Intel Core Ultra 7 258V against the 4.05 GHz Apple M3. 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 258V
Advantages of Intel Core Ultra 7 258V
  • Newer - released 10 months later
  • Supports up to 32 GB LPDDR5X-8533 RAM
  • Newer PCI Express version – 5.0
Advantages of Apple M3
  • 10% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 3009 vs 2745 points

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core Ultra 7 258V
vs
Apple M3

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
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 Ultra 7 258V
2745
Apple M3 +10%
3009
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Core Ultra 7 258V
10802
Apple M3 +9%
11815
File compression 1020 MB/sec 1260 MB/sec
Clang compilation 66.1 Klines/sec 94.7 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 287.7 pages/sec 264.5 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 295.6 Mpixels/sec 313.9 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 276.7 pages/sec 297 pages/sec
Background blur 46.5 images/sec 50.2 images/sec
Photo processing 113.9 images/sec 114.8 images/sec
Ray tracing 14 Mpixels/sec 12.9 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 438 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Core Ultra 7 258V
4016
Apple M3 +17%
4707
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core Ultra 7 258V
18885
Apple M3 +1%
19065
Integer math 42.9 GOps/sec 42.6 GOps/sec
Floating point math 57.4 GOps/sec 48.3 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 185M Primes/sec 231M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 21.6M Strings/sec 27.3M Strings/sec
Data encryption 13.5 GBytes/sec 11.5 GBytes/sec
Data compression 176.6 MBytes/sec 225 MBytes/sec
Physics 1565 Frames/sec 1867 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 14.7B Matrices/sec 10B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 2133 & 1563 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core Ultra 7 258V
128.8
Apple M3 +24%
160.35

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 17.2 PPW 35.6 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 291.9 PPW 590.8 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 510.4 PPW 953.3 PPW
Blender / Watt 3.48 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 Ultra 7 258V
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-18 (THINKPAD T16 GEN4)Cinebench 2024122 / 584
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-06 (Matty)Cinebench 2024113 / 512
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-15 -> maheshkondrajuGeekbench 6 CPU2869 / 11446
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Apple M3
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-22 (doannguyenmfs)Geekbench 6 CPU2991 / 11735
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-16 (darkknightSup)Geekbench 6 CPU2990 / 11498
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core Ultra 7 258V and Apple M3

General

Vendor Intel Apple
Released September 4, 2024 October 30, 2023
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 ARMv8
Codename Lunar Lake Apple M3
Model number 258V -
Integrated GPU Arc Graphics 140V Apple M3 GPU
Successor - - Apple M5 (10-Core)
Intel CPU rating (#88th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 4 4
P-Threads 4 4
Base Frequency (P) 2.2 GHz 4.05 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.8 GHz -
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 4 4
E-Threads 4 4
Base Frequency (E) 2.2 GHz 2.75 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.7 GHz -
Total
Total Cores 8 8
Total Threads 8 8
Bus Frequency 100 MHz -
Multiplier 22x 40x
L1 Cache 192K (per core) 192K (per core)
L2 Cache 2560K (per core) 16MB (shared)
L3 Cache 12MB (shared) -
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Transistors - 25 billions
Fabrication Process 3 nm 3 nm
TDP (PL1) 17-37 W (configurable) 20 W
Socket FCBGA-2833 Apple M-Socket
Peak Temperature 100Β°C 100Β°C
Laptop processors ranking (111th and 69th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel Arc Graphics 140V Apple M3 GPU
GPU Base Clock 600 MHz 500 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1950 MHz 1380 MHz
Shading Units 1024 1280
TMUs - 80
ROPs - 40
Execution Units - 160
TGP 30 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core Ultra 7 258V +14%
4 TFLOPS
Apple M3
3.5 TFLOPS
More info: Apple M3 GPU (10-core) compared to Arc 140V

Memory Support

Memory Types - LPDDR5X-8533 - LPDDR5-6400
Max. Memory Size 32 GB 24 GB
Memory Channels 2 8
Max. Memory Bandwidth - 102.4 GB/s
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core Ultra 7 258V official page -
PCI Express Version 5.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 8 -

Cast your vote

Choose between two processors
34 (82.9%)
7 (17.1%)
Total votes: 41

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Comments

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