Apple M3
The Apple M3 is a system on a chip (SoC) from Apple for notebooks that was introduced in late 2023. It integrates a new 8-core CPU with 4 performance cores with up to 4.06 GHz and 4 efficiency cores withup to 2.75 GHz. Apple claims that the CPU is up to 20% faster than in the old Apple M2 (3.5 GHz) .
Due to the higher clock speeds and architecture improvements, the processor performance is also significantly better than the M2 in benchmarks (see e.g. Geekbench below) and can keep up with the fastest CPUs in short single-core tests (like the Raptor Lake i9-13950HX ).
The M3 also integrates a new graphics card with dynamic caching, mesh shading and ray tracing acceleration. According to Apple, it is 20% faster than the GPU in the M2 . The chip integrates again 10 GPU cores, but the cheaper variant only offers 8 cores (e.g. in the entry iMac). Furthermore, the GPU only supports 2 displays (an additional 6K60 display to the internal one).
Both GPU and CPU can access the unified memory on the package together. It is still available in 8, 16 and 24 GB variants and offers the same 100 GB/s maximum bandwidth (unlike the Pro models that feature a reduced memory bandwidth).
The integrated 16-core Neural Engine has also been revised and now offers 18 TOPS peak performance (versus 15.8 TOPS in the M2 but 35 TOPS in the new A17 Pro). The video engine now supports AV1 decoding in hardware. H.264, HEVC and ProRes (RAW) can still be decoded and encoded.
Unfortunately, the integrated wireless-LAN only supports Wi-Fi 6E (no Wi-Fi 7) and due to the support of only a single external monitor, the chip is also denied Thunderbolt 4 (Thunderbolt 3/USB4 support officially with 40 Gbit/s).
The chip is manufactured in the current 3nm process (N3B most likely) at TSMC and contains 25 billion transistors (+25% vs. Apple M2). The 3nm process should also contribute to the excellent efficiency of the chip. Under load, the M3 CPU is using approximately 20 Watt.
Series Apple Apple M3 Series: Apple M3 Clock Rate 2748 - 4056 MHz Level 2 Cache 4 MB Number of Cores / Threads 8 / 8 Transistor Count 25000 Million Manufacturing Technology 3 nm Features ARMv8 Instruction Set GPU Apple M3 10-Core GPU 64 Bit 64 Bit support Architecture ARM Announcement Date 10/30/2023 Product Link (external) www.apple.com
Benchmarks Cinebench 2024 - CB24 CPU Single Core
min: 140 avg: 141 median: 141 (98%) max: 142 Points
CPU TDP 10 W TDP 12 W TDP 20 W 99% 100% 99%
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Cinebench 2024 - CB24 CPU Multi Core
min: 576 avg: 629 median: 598 (11%) max: 712 Points
CPU TDP 10 W TDP 12 W TDP 20 W 81% 84% 100%
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Cinebench R23 - Cinebench R23 Multi Core
min: 10074 avg: 10275 median: 10298 (10%) max: 10454 Points
CPU TDP 10 W TDP 12 W TDP 20 W 96% 99% 100%
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Cinebench R23 - Cinebench R23 Single Core
min: 1900 avg: 1901 median: 1900 (81%) max: 1904 Points
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Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Single Core)
504 Points (56%)
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Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Multi Core)
2818 Points (7%)
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Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64 Bit
1499 Points (9%)
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0 80 160 240 320 400 480 560 640 720 800 880 960 1040 1120 1200 1280 1360 1440 Tooltip Apple MacBook Pro 14 2023 M3: Ø1499 (1472.81-1506.48)
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64 Bit
271 Points (82%)
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Blender - Blender 3.3 Classroom CPU *
min: 491 avg: 590 median: 517 (7%) max: 761 Seconds
CPU TDP 10 W TDP 12 W TDP 20 W 103% 104% 100%
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Blender - Blender 2.79 BMW27 CPU *
min: 474 avg: 509 median: 494 (3%) max: 558 Seconds
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Geekbench 6.2 - Geekbench 6.2 Single-Core
min: 3026 avg: 3083 median: 3087.5 (94%) max: 3130 points
CPU TDP ? TDP 10 W TDP 12 W TDP 20 W 98% 97% 100% 99%
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Geekbench 6.2 - Geekbench 6.2 Multi-Core
min: 11863 avg: 11982 median: 12000 (47%) max: 12066 points
CPU TDP ? TDP 10 W TDP 12 W TDP 20 W 98% 100% 100% 99%
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Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.4 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 2256 avg: 2316 median: 2342 (99%) max: 2350 points
CPU TDP 10 W TDP 12 W TDP 20 W 96% 100% 100%
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Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 10570 avg: 10697 median: 10748 (19%) max: 10774 points
CPU TDP 10 W TDP 12 W TDP 20 W 100% 98% 100%
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Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
min: 362.8 avg: 366.4 median: 363.1 (0%) max: 373.2 ms
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Octane V2 - Octane V2 Total Score
min: 96622 avg: 97216 median: 96933 (87%) max: 98093 Points
CPU TDP 10 W TDP 12 W TDP 20 W 99% 100% 99%
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WebXPRT 4 - WebXPRT 4 Score
min: 313 avg: 314 median: 314 (90%) max: 315 Points
CPU TDP 10 W TDP 12 W 99% 100%
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WebXPRT 3 - WebXPRT 3 Score
min: 423 avg: 438.7 median: 445 (93%) max: 448 Points
CPU TDP 10 W TDP 12 W TDP 20 W 99% 100% 94%
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CrossMark - CrossMark Overall
min: 1847 avg: 1850 median: 1847 (71%) max: 1857 Points
CPU TDP 10 W TDP 12 W TDP 20 W 99% 100% 99%
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Power Consumption - Idle Power Consumption - external Monitor *
min: 2.63 avg: 2.8 median: 2.8 (2%) max: 2.87 Watt
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0 0.2 0.3 0.5 0.6 0.8 0.9 1.1 1.2 1.4 1.6 1.7 1.9 2 2.2 2.3 2.5 2.6 2.8 2.9 Tooltip Apple MacBook Pro 14 2023 M3: Ø2.63 (2.48-2.79)
Apple MacBook Air 15 M3: Ø2.81 (2.78-2.97)
Apple MacBook Air 13 M3 10C GPU: Ø2.87 (2.79-3.1)
Power Consumption - Idle Power Consumption 150cd 1min *
min: 3.94 avg: 4.4 median: 4.4 (5%) max: 4.7 Watt
CPU TDP 10 W TDP 12 W TDP 20 W 101% 100% 100%
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0 0.2 0.5 0.7 1 1.2 1.5 1.7 2 2.2 2.4 2.7 2.9 3.2 3.4 3.7 3.9 4.2 4.4 4.6 Tooltip Apple MacBook Air 13 M3 10C GPU: Ø3.94 (3.86-4.17)
Apple MacBook Pro 14 2023 M3: Ø4.42 (4.32-4.74)
Apple MacBook Air 15 M3: Ø4.7 (4.59-4.89)
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Reviews for the Apple M3 processor
Apple MacBook Air 15 M3 review - Apple’s large everyday MacBook gets a power up Around 8 months after the launch of the MacBook Air 15, Apple has updated its large, everyday MacBook and, thanks to the new M3 processor, it performs even bett...
Apple M3 | Apple M3 10-Core GPU | 15.60" | 1.5 kg
Apple MacBook Air 13 M3 review - A lot faster and with Wi-Fi 6E Apple has updated its MacBook Air and thanks to its M3 SoC, the laptop's performance is now higher than ever before. Further improvements include its Wi-Fi 6E s...
Apple M3 | Apple M3 10-Core GPU | 13.60" | 1.2 kg
Apple M3 SoC analyzed: Increased performance and improved efficiency Apple's new M3 SoC is the first chip to be manufactured in a 3 nm process. We've already seen the performance increases in our review of the new MacBook Pro 14,...
Apple M3 | Apple M3 10-Core GPU | 14.20" | 1.5 kg
Apple MacBook Pro 14 2023 M3 Review - The base model now comes without a Pro SoC Apple launched its new MacBook Pro models and the old MacBook Pro 13 is not longer available. Instead, there is a new entry-level model of the MacBook Pro 14 wi...
Apple M3 | Apple M3 10-Core GPU | 14.20" | 1.5 kg
Apple MacBook Air 13 M3 10C GPU : Apple M3 10-Core GPU, 13.60", 1.2 kgExternal Review » Apple MacBook Air 13 M3 10C GPU
Apple MacBook Air 15 M3 : Apple M3 10-Core GPU, 15.60", 1.5 kgExternal Review » Apple MacBook Air 15 M3
Apple iMac 2023 M3 : Apple M3 10-Core GPU, 23.50", 4.5 kgExternal Review » Apple iMac 2023 M3
Apple MacBook Pro 14 2023 M3 : Apple M3 10-Core GPU, 14.20", 1.5 kgExternal Review » Apple MacBook Pro 14 2023 M3
Apple MacBook Air 13 M3 10C GPU : Apple M3 10-Core GPU, 13.60", 1.2 kgExternal heatsink helps MacBook Air with Apple M3 achieve significantly better performance
Apple MacBook Air 15 M3 : Apple M3 10-Core GPU, 15.60", 1.5 kgExternal heatsink helps MacBook Air with Apple M3 achieve significantly better performance
Apple MacBook Pro 14 2023 M3 : Apple M3 10-Core GPU, 14.20", 1.5 kgApple-Analyst: MacBook Pro with Apple M4 chip is currently in development
Apple MacBook Air 15 M3 : Apple M3 10-Core GPU, 15.60", 1.5 kgMacBook Air with Apple M3: Base model gets major SSD upgrade, but remains slower than the competition
Apple MacBook Pro 14 2023 M3 : Apple M3 10-Core GPU, 14.20", 1.5 kgMacBook Pro M3 cops massive criticism in iFixit teardown for repair and maintenance limitations, despite modular design
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