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Intel Core Ultra X7 358H vs Apple M3 Pro

71 out of 100
Intel Core Ultra X7 358H
VS
73 out of 100
Apple M3 Pro
Intel Core Ultra X7 358H
Apple M3 Pro

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 1.9 GHz Intel Core Ultra X7 358H with 16-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 358H
Advantages of Intel Core Ultra X7 358H
  • Newer - released 2 years and 2 months later
  • Supports up to 96 GB LPDDR5X-9600 RAM
  • More modern manufacturing process – 2 versus 3 nanometers
  • Has 4 more physical cores
  • Newer PCI Express version – 5.0
  • More powerful Intel Arc B390 integrated graphics: 7.7 vs 6.4 TFLOPS
Advantages of Apple M3 Pro
  • 11% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 3163 vs 2839 points

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core Ultra X7 358H
vs
M3 Pro

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Core Ultra X7 358H
124
M3 Pro +15%
143
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Core Ultra X7 358H +5%
1114
M3 Pro
1059
Cinebench 2026 (Single) 502 -
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 4689 -
Cinebench Scores (126th and 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 Ultra X7 358H
2839
M3 Pro +11%
3163
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Core Ultra X7 358H +10%
17062
M3 Pro
15512
File compression 1210 MB/sec 1560 MB/sec
Clang compilation 98.2 Klines/sec 132.6 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 371.3 pages/sec 382.9 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 368 Mpixels/sec 393.2 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 293 pages/sec 301 pages/sec
Background blur 59.2 images/sec 61.4 images/sec
Photo processing 118.3 images/sec 144.1 images/sec
Ray tracing 19.7 Mpixels/sec 19.7 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 991 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Core Ultra X7 358H
4110
M3 Pro +3%
4247
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core Ultra X7 358H +40%
33673
M3 Pro
24046
Integer math 82.8 GOps/sec 55.9 GOps/sec
Floating point math 103.3 GOps/sec 64.8 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 336M Primes/sec 240M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 40.2M Strings/sec 35.2M Strings/sec
Data encryption 25.9 GBytes/sec 14.4 GBytes/sec
Data compression 331.3 MBytes/sec 288.5 MBytes/sec
Physics 3011 Frames/sec 2060 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 27.2B Matrices/sec 14.1B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 334 & 1204 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core Ultra X7 358H +23%
281.68
M3 Pro
228.7

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 44.6 PPW 35.3 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 682.5 PPW 517.1 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 1346.9 PPW 801.5 PPW
Blender / Watt 11.27 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 Ultra X7 358H
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-05 -> asterismxGeekbench 6 CPU2910 / 17150
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-05 -> asterismxCinebench 2024126 / 1182
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-05 -> asterismxCinebench 20260 / 4753
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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 Ultra X7 358H and Apple M3 Pro

General

Vendor Intel Apple
Released January 5, 2026 October 30, 2023
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 ARMv8
Codename Panther Lake Apple M3
Model number 358H -
Integrated GPU Arc B390 Apple M3 Pro GPU (18-core)
Successor - - Apple M5 Pro (18-Core)
Intel CPU rating (#38th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 4 6
P-Threads 4 6
Base Frequency (P) 1.9 GHz 4.05 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.8 GHz -
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 12 6
E-Threads 12 6
Base Frequency (E) 1.5 GHz 2.75 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.5 GHz -
Total
Total Cores 16 12
Total Threads 16 12
Bus Frequency 100 MHz -
Multiplier 19x 40x
L1 Cache 192K (per core) 192K (per core)
L2 Cache 3MB (per core) 16MB (shared)
L3 Cache 18MB (shared) -
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Transistors - 37 billions
Fabrication Process 2 nm 3 nm
TDP (PL1) 15-25 W (configurable) 30 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 80 W -
Socket FCBGA2540 Apple M-Socket
Peak Temperature 100Β°C 100Β°C
Laptop processors ranking (46th and 40th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel Arc B390 Apple M3 Pro GPU (18-core)
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 500 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 2500 MHz 1380 MHz
Shading Units 1536 2304
TMUs 48 144
ROPs 24 72
Execution Units 12 288
TGP 30 W 30 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core Ultra X7 358H +20%
7.7 TFLOPS
M3 Pro
6.4 TFLOPS
More info: Apple M3 Pro GPU (18-core) compared to Arc B390

Memory Support

Memory Types - LPDDR5X-9600 - LPDDR5-6400
Max. Memory Size 96 GB 36 GB
Memory Channels 2 12
Max. Memory Bandwidth 153.6 GB/s 153.6 GB/s
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core Ultra X7 358H official page -
PCI Express Version 5.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 12 -

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Comments

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