apple m1 max vs intel core i3 12100

Apple M1 Max
VS
Intel Core i3 12100
Apple M1 Max
Intel Core i3 12100

We compared two CPUs Apple M1 Max (Laptop) 10-cores against Intel Core i3 12100 (Desktop) 4-cores. In this comparison page, we check which of these two processor has better performance in benchmark results, Games, architecture, price 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
Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved

Key Differences

What are the key differences between Apple M1 Max and Intel Core i3 12100
Advantages of Apple M1 Max
  • Has 6 more physical cores
  • Has 36 MB larger L3 cache size
  • More modern manufacturing process – 5 versus 7
Advantages of Intel Core i3 12100
  • Newer released 1 years later

Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs in benchmarks
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
m1 max
1544
core i3 12100 +8%
1676
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
m1 max +35%
12507
core i3 12100
8084
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
m1 max +8%
3872
core i3 12100
3581
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
m1 max +36%
22551
core i3 12100
14389
Geekbench 5 (Single-Core)
m1 max +5%
1800
core i3 12100
1716
Geekbench 5 (Multi-Core)
m1 max +50%
12695
core i3 12100
6391

Specifications

Full technical specification of m1 max and core i3 12100

General

Apple M1 Max Intel Core i3 12100
Vendor Apple Intel
Released October 18 2021 January 4 2022
Type Laptop Desktop
instruction set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Alder Lake-S
Socket FCLGA1700
Integrated GPU Apple M1 Max 32-Core GPU Intel UHD Graphics 730

Performance

Apple M1 Max Intel Core i3 12100
Cores 10 4
Threads 10 8
Base Frequency GHz 3.3 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency GHz 4.3 GHz
L1 Cache 2.9 MB 80K (per core)
L2 Cache 28 MB 1.25 MB (per core)
L3 Cache 48 MB 12 MB (shared)

Power

Apple M1 Max Intel Core i3 12100
Fabrication process 5 nm Intel 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) W 60 W
Max. temperature °C 100°C

Memory support

Apple M1 Max Intel Core i3 12100
Memory types DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200
Memory Size GB 128 GB
Max. Memory Channels 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth - 76.8 GB/s
ECC Support No No

iGPU

Apple M1 Max Intel Core i3 12100
Integrated Graphics Apple M1 Max 32-Core GPU Intel UHD Graphics 730
GPU Base Clock 450 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock MHz 1.4 MHz
Shading Units 4096 192
TMUs 256 48
ROPs 128 24
Execution Units 24
TGP 60 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
m1 max
10.4 TFLOPS
core i3 12100
0.35 TFLOPS

Misc

Apple M1 Max Intel Core i3 12100
Official site Apple M1 Max official page Intel Core i3 12100 official page
PCI Express Version
PCI Express Lanes 20

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Comments

So which CPU will you choose: Intel Core i3 12100 or Apple M1 Max?