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Apple M3 vs Intel Core i7-13700
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Benchmarks
Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks
Single-core performance
Multi-core performance
Cinebench 2024 Single-Core
Single-core performance
Apple M3
100 %
8C / 8T · 4.06 GHz
Intel Core i7-13700
86 %
16C / 24T · 5.20 GHz
Cinebench 2024 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
Apple M3
47 %
8C / 8T · 4.06 GHz
Intel Core i7-13700
100 %
16C / 24T · 5.20 GHz
Cinebench R23 Single-Core
Single-core performance
Apple M3
93 %
8C / 8T · 4.06 GHz
Intel Core i7-13700
100 %
16C / 24T · 5.20 GHz
Cinebench R23 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
Apple M3
42 %
8C / 8T · 4.06 GHz
Intel Core i7-13700
100 %
16C / 24T · 5.10 GHz
Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance
Apple M3
100 %
8C / 8T · 4.06 GHz
Intel Core i7-13700
86 %
16C / 24T · 5.20 GHz
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
Apple M3
74 %
8C / 8T · 4.06 GHz
Intel Core i7-13700
100 %
16C / 24T · 5.10 GHz
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance
Apple M3
100 %
8C / 8T · 4.06 GHz
Intel Core i7-13700
93 %
16C / 24T · 5.20 GHz
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
Apple M3
63 %
8C / 8T · 4.06 GHz
Intel Core i7-13700
100 %
16C / 24T · 5.10 GHz
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
Apple M3
100 %
Apple M3 (10 Core)
Intel Core i7-13700
23 %
Intel UHD Graphics 770
More benchmarks
Cinebench 2026 (ST)
218 entries
218 entries
Cinebench 2026 (MC)
219 entries
219 entries
Cinebench 2024 (SC)
427 entries
427 entries
Cinebench 2024 (MC)
422 entries
422 entries
Cinebench R23 (SC)
690 entries
690 entries
Cinebench R23 (MC)
665 entries
665 entries
Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,989 entries
1,989 entries
Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 entries
1,927 entries
Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries
2,512 entries
Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries
2,483 entries
FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries
2,219 entries
3DMark Timespy (iGPU)
534 entries
534 entries
PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries
2,504 entries
CPU performance per watt (efficiency)
140 entries
140 entries
AI performance (NPU)
218 entries
218 entries
Specifications
At a glance
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Wischen
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Apple M3 | Intel Core i7-13700 |
|---|---|---|
| Family | Apple M series (38) | Intel Core i7 (300) |
| CPU group | Apple M3 (6) | Intel Core i 13000 (18) |
| Architecture | M3 | Raptor Lake S |
| Technology | 3 nm | 10 nm |
| Segment | Notebook | Desktop |
| Socket | LGA 1700 | |
| Predecessor | Apple M2 | Intel Core i7-12700 |
| Successor | Apple M4 | Intel Core i7-14700 |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
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Apple M3 | Intel Core i7-13700 |
|---|---|---|
| CPU Cores / Threads | 8 / 8 | 16 / 24 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT | ✗ | ✓ |
| Core architecture | hybrid (big.LITTLE) | hybrid (big.LITTLE) |
| Core Cluster 1: | 4x Ibiza P-Core 0.70 - 4.06 GHz |
8x Raptor Cove 2.10 - 5.20 GHz |
| Core Cluster 2: | 4x Ibiza E-Core 0.74 - 2.75 GHz |
8x Gracemont 1.50 - 4.10 GHz |
| L2-Cache | 20.00 MB | 24.00 MB |
| L3-Cache | 30.00 MB | |
| Overclocking | ✗ | ✗ |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)
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Apple M3 | Intel Core i7-13700 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU name | Apple M3 (10 Core) | Intel UHD Graphics 770 |
| GPU frequency | 0.39 - 1.40 GHz | 0.30 - 1.60 GHz |
| CUs / Shader | 160 / 1280 | 32 / 256 |
| Raytracing | ✓ | ✗ |
| Max. displays | 2 | 3 |
| Max. GPU Memory | 24 GB | 64 GB |
| Technology | 3 nm | 10 nm |
| Release date | Q4/2023 | Q4/2021 |
NPU AI performance
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Apple M3 | Intel Core i7-13700 |
|---|---|---|
| AI hardware | Apple Neural Engine | |
| AI specifications | 16 Neural cores @ 35 TOPS | |
| NPU + CPU + iGPU |
Memory & PCIe
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Wischen
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Apple M3 | Intel Core i7-13700 |
|---|---|---|
| Memory | LPDDR5-6400 (102.4 GB/s) | DDR5-5600 (89.6 GB/s) DDR4-3200 (51.2 GB/s) |
| Max. Memory | 24 GB | 192 GB |
| Memory channels | 2 | 2 |
| ECC | No | Yes |
| PCIe | 4.0 | 5.0 x 20 |
| PCIe Bandwidth | 78.8 GB/s |
Thermal Management
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Wischen
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Apple M3 | Intel Core i7-13700 |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 22 W | 65 W |
| TDP (PL2) | 219 W | |
| TDP up | ||
| TDP down | 15 W | |
| T. junction max. | 100 °C | 100 °C |
Technical details
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Wischen
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Apple M3 | Intel Core i7-13700 |
|---|---|---|
| Chip design | Monolithic | Monolithic |
| AES-NI | ✓ | ✓ |
| Operating systems | macOS, iPadOS | Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux |
| Instruction set | Armv8-A (64 bit) | x86-64 (64 bit) |
| ISA extensions | Rosetta 2 x86-Emulation | SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+ |
| Release date | Q4/2023 | Q1/2023 |
| Release price | 384 $ | |
| Documents | Technical data sheet |
User Reviews
Your rating
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