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Apple M3 vs Intel Core i7-5500U
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Benchmarks
Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks
Single-core performance
Multi-core performance
Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance
Apple M3
100 %
8C / 8T · 4.06 GHz
Intel Core i7-5500U
31 %
2C / 4T · 3.00 GHz
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
Apple M3
100 %
8C / 8T · 4.06 GHz
Intel Core i7-5500U
16 %
2C / 4T · 2.90 GHz
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance
Apple M3
100 %
8C / 8T · 4.06 GHz
Intel Core i7-5500U
32 %
2C / 4T · 3.00 GHz
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
Apple M3
100 %
8C / 8T · 4.06 GHz
Intel Core i7-5500U
17 %
2C / 4T · 2.90 GHz
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
Apple M3
100 %
Apple M3 (10 Core)
Intel Core i7-5500U
10 %
Intel HD Graphics 5500
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
PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries
2,504 entries
CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
751 entries
751 entries
Cinebench R15 (SC)
1,113 entries
1,113 entries
Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,110 entries
1,110 entries
Geekbench 3 (SC)
945 entries
945 entries
Geekbench 3 (MC)
941 entries
941 entries
Cinebench R11.5 (SC)
826 entries
826 entries
Cinebench R11.5 (MC)
837 entries
837 entries
Cinebench R11.5 iGPU
383 entries
383 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 i7-5500U |
|---|---|---|
| Family | Apple M series (38) | Intel Core i7 (300) |
| CPU group | Apple M3 (6) | Intel Core i 5000U (16) |
| Architecture | M3 | Broadwell U |
| Technology | 3 nm | 14 nm |
| Segment | Notebook | Notebook |
| Socket | BGA 1168 | |
| Predecessor | Apple M2 | Intel Core i7-4500U |
| Successor | Apple M4 | Intel Core i7-6500U |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
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Wischen
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Apple M3 | Intel Core i7-5500U |
|---|---|---|
| CPU Cores / Threads | 8 / 8 | 2 / 4 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT | ✗ | ✓ |
| Core architecture | hybrid (big.LITTLE) | normal |
| Core Cluster 1: | 4x Ibiza P-Core 0.70 - 4.06 GHz |
2x 2.40 - 3.00 GHz |
| Core Cluster 2: | 4x Ibiza E-Core 0.74 - 2.75 GHz |
|
| L2-Cache | 20.00 MB | |
| L3-Cache | 4.00 MB | |
| Overclocking | ✗ | ✗ |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)
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Wischen
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Apple M3 | Intel Core i7-5500U |
|---|---|---|
| GPU name | Apple M3 (10 Core) | Intel HD Graphics 5500 |
| GPU frequency | 0.39 - 1.40 GHz | 0.30 - 0.95 GHz |
| CUs / Shader | 160 / 1280 | 24 / 192 |
| Raytracing | ✓ | ✗ |
| Max. displays | 2 | 3 |
| Max. GPU Memory | 24 GB | 16 GB |
| Technology | 3 nm | 14 nm |
| Release date | Q4/2023 | Q1/2015 |
NPU AI performance
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Wischen
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Apple M3 | Intel Core i7-5500U |
|---|---|---|
| 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 i7-5500U |
|---|---|---|
| Memory | LPDDR5-6400 (102.4 GB/s) | DDR3-1600 (25.6 GB/s) |
| Max. Memory | 24 GB | 16 GB |
| Memory channels | 2 | 2 |
| ECC | No | No |
| PCIe | 4.0 | 2.0 x 12 |
| PCIe Bandwidth | 6.0 GB/s |
Thermal Management
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Wischen
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Apple M3 | Intel Core i7-5500U |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 22 W | 15 W |
| TDP (PL2) | ||
| TDP up | ||
| TDP down | 15 W | |
| T. junction max. | 100 °C |
Technical details
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Wischen
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Apple M3 | Intel Core i7-5500U |
|---|---|---|
| Chip design | Monolithic | Monolithic |
| AES-NI | ✓ | ✓ |
| Operating systems | macOS, iPadOS | Windows 10, Linux |
| Instruction set | Armv8-A (64 bit) | x86-64 (64 bit) |
| ISA extensions | Rosetta 2 x86-Emulation | SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 |
| Release date | Q4/2023 | Q1/2015 |
| Release price | ||
| Documents | Technical data sheet |
User Reviews
Your rating
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