Apple M3

Cores: 8
TDP: 20 W
Transistor size: 3 nm

Apple M3 - laptop processor produced by Apple for socket Apple M-Socket that has 8 cores and 8 threads. The base clock frequency of the CPU is 4050 MHz. Please note that this chip has integrated graphics Apple M3 GPU.

Review

Single-Core Performance

87

Multi-Core Performance

34

Power Efficiency

84

Integrated Graphics

74

NanoReview Final Score

67

Compare Apple M3 with other CPUs

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors

Cinebench 2024 (Single)

140

Cinebench 2024 (Multi)

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)

3009

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

11815

File compression	1260 MB/sec
Clang compilation	94.7 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser	264.5 pages/sec
PDF Renderer	313.9 Mpixels/sec
Text processing	297 pages/sec
Background blur	50.2 images/sec
Photo processing	114.8 images/sec
Ray tracing	12.9 Mpixels/sec

Sources: GeekBench [1] – 438 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions

Passmark CPU (Single-Core)

4707

Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)

19065

Integer math	42.6 GOps/sec
Floating point math	48.3 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers	231M Primes/sec
Random string sorting	27.3M Strings/sec
Data encryption	11.5 GBytes/sec
Data compression	225 MBytes/sec
Physics	1867 Frames/sec
Extended instructions	10B Matrices/sec

Sources: PassMark [3] – 1563 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)

Blender CPU

160.35

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP

Cinebench 2024 / Watt	35.6 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt	590.8 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt	953.3 PPW
Blender / Watt	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

Date	Benchmark	Result
📘 2026-08-22 (doannguyenmfs)	Geekbench 6 CPU	2991 / 11735
📘 2026-06-16 (darkknightSup)	Geekbench 6 CPU	2990 / 11498

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General

Vendor	Apple
Released	October 30, 2023
Type	Laptop
Instruction Set	ARMv8
Codename	Apple M3
Integrated GPU	Apple M3 GPU
Successor	- Apple M5 (10-Core)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores	4
P-Threads	4
Base Frequency (P)	4.05 GHz

Efficient Cores
E-Cores	4
E-Threads	4
Base Frequency (E)	2.75 GHz

Total
Total Cores	8
Total Threads	8
Multiplier	40x
L1 Cache	192K (per core)
L2 Cache	16MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier	No

Package

Transistors	25 billions
Fabrication Process	3 nm
TDP (PL1)	20 W
Socket	Apple M-Socket
Peak Temperature	100°C

Laptop processors ranking - 69th place

iGPU

Integrated Graphics	Apple M3 GPU
GPU Base Clock	500 MHz
GPU Boost Clock	1380 MHz
Shading Units	1280
TMUs	80
ROPs	40
Execution Units	160
TGP	15 W

iGPU FLOPS

3.5 TFLOPS

See also: Apple M3 GPU (10-core) – integrated graphics of this CPU

Memory Support

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

Misc

PCI Express Version

4.0

Competitors

1. Apple M3 vs Apple M4 (10-Core) (4)

2. Apple M3 vs Apple M1 Pro (17)

3. Apple M3 vs Apple M1

4. Apple M3 vs Apple M2

5. Apple M3 vs Apple M1 Max (4)

6. Apple M3 vs Apple M2 Pro

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