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Intel Xe3 Graphics (2-Core) vs Apple M3 GPU (10-core)

Intel Xe3 Graphics (2-Core)
VS
Apple M3 GPU (10-core)
Intel Xe3 Graphics (2-Core)
Panther Lake
Apple M3 GPU (10-core)

We compared two integrated laptop graphics cards: the Intel Xe3 Graphics (2-Core) with 4 pipelines and 256 shaders against the 2 years and 3 months older Apple M3 GPU (10-core) that utilizes 160 pipelines and 1280 shaders. Here you will find complete details about specs, efficiency, performance tests, and more.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Benchmarks
  4. AI
  5. Specs
  6. Comments

Review

General comparison of performance in games, applications, power efficiency, and other metrics
Gaming
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, and Vulkan games
Workstation
Perf. in 3D modeling, video editing and rendering apps
AI/ML
Capabilities for machine learning and AI-related tasks
Energy Efficiency
Power consumption efficiency in different scenarios
NanoReview Final Score
Overall video card score
Scores marked with a red asterisk (**) represent initial estimates from early testing.

Key differences

Key distinctions and advantages of M3 GPU (10-core) over Xe3 Graphics (2-Core)
Reasons to consider the Apple M3 GPU (10-core)
  • 2.7x higher maximum theoretical performance (3.5 vs 1.3 TFLOPS)
  • Achieves 2.7x more points in the GeekBench 6 Compute test (30K vs 11K)
  • Has 5x more shading units (1280 vs 256)
GPU
Xe3 Graphics (2-Core)
vs
M3 GPU (10-core)

Benchmarks

Graphics cards’ performance in recent benchmarking apps

3D Mark

Multiplatform graphics benchmark suite that directly correlates with performance in modern games
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Solar Bay - 13531
Wild Life Extreme - 8237
Sources: 3DMark [1]

GeekBench 6 OpenCL

GPU test for computational tasks (image processing, photography, computer vision, and ML)
GB6 Compute Score
Background Blur - 60.3 img/sec
Face Detection - 40.8 img/sec
Horizon Detection - 1.21 Gpixels/sec
Edge Detection - 1.64 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur - 1.2 Gpixels/sec
Feature Matching - 0.37 Gpixels/sec
Stereo Matching - 102.6 Gpixels/sec
Particle Physics - 3293.3 FPS
API OpenCL OpenCL
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]

Blender

Rendering performance test for 3D modeling
Blender GPU
Sources: Blender [9] – 302 samples
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Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
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Artificial Intelligence Tests

Performance in machine learning and artificial intelligence tasks

GeekBench 6 ML

Tests throughput of AI operations in single, half, and quantized precision
GB6 ML Single Precision
GB6 ML Half Precision
GB6 ML Quantized
Image Classification (SP) - 1579
Image Segmentation (HP) - 2944
Image Super Resolution (Q) - 4425
Face Detection (HP) - 6661
Pose Estimation (Q) - 15020
Text Classification (SP) - 2984
Machine Translation (HP) - 5876
Object Detection (SP) - 1826
Depth Estimation (Q) - 9339
Style Transfer (SP) - 22291
Framework - Core ML
Backend - CPU
Sources: Geekbench [9]

Specifications

Technical specifications of Intel Xe3 Graphics (2-Core) and Apple M3 GPU (10-core)

General

Vendor Intel Apple
Build Integrated Integrated
Released January 5, 2026 October 31, 2023
Case Laptop Laptop
Purpose Generic Professional
Segment Entry-level Mid-range
Architecture Celestial Apple M GPU
GPU Codename Panther Lake -
Rival Equivalent - - GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop
Successor - - Apple M5 GPU (10-Core)
Recommended CPU - Intel Core Ultra 5 332 or above - Apple M3 or above
Used in CPUs - Intel Core 7 350
- Intel Core 5 320
- Intel Core Ultra 5 332
- Intel Core Ultra 5 322		 - Apple M3
Laptop GPU ranking (80th and 79th place)

Graphics Processing Unit

Base Clock 300 MHz 500 MHz
Boost Clock 2500 MHz 1380 MHz
Shading Units 256 1280
Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) 16 80
Render Output Units (ROPs) 8 40
Compute Units (Pipelines) 4 160
Tensor Cores 32 -
Ray-tracing Cores 2 -
L1 Cache 64KB per cluster -
L2 Cache 4MB shared -
Instructions Per Cycle 2 IPC 2 IPC

Raw Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 20 GPixel/s 55 GPixel/s
Texture Fill Rate 40 GTexel/s 110 GTexel/s
FLOPS (FP32)
Xe3 Graphics (2-Core)
1.3 TFLOPS
M3 GPU (10-core) +169%
3.5 TFLOPS

Physical

Interface PCIe 5.0 Custom
TGP 25 W 15 W
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Fabrication Process 3 nm 3 nm
Transistor Count - 13.8 billion
Max. Temperature 100°C 100°C

Memory

Memory Type System Shared System Shared
Memory Clock - 6400 MHz
Effective Memory Speed - 12800 Mbps
Bus - 128-bit
ECC No No
Memory Bandwidth

API

DirectX 12.1 -
Vulkan 1.4 -
OpenGL 4.6 -
OpenCL 3.0 -
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS No No
DisplayPort 2.1 -

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