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Apple M3 vs Intel Core Ultra 5 230F
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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
10C / 10T · 5.00 GHz
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
Apple M3
75 %
8C / 8T · 4.06 GHz
Intel Core Ultra 5 230F
100 %
10C / 10T · 3.40 GHz
AI performance (NPU)
Apple M3
100 %
8C / 8T · 0.70 GHz
10C / 10T · 3.40 GHz
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 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 Ultra 5 230F |
|---|---|---|
| Family | Apple M series (38) | Intel Core Ultra 5 (35) |
| CPU group | Apple M3 (6) | Intel Core Ultra 200 AL-S (20) |
| Architecture | M3 | Arrow Lake |
| Technology | 3 nm | 3 nm |
| Segment | Notebook | Desktop |
| Socket | LGA 1851 | |
| Predecessor | Apple M2 | |
| Successor | Apple M4 |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
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Wischen
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Apple M3 | Intel Core Ultra 5 230F |
|---|---|---|
| CPU Cores / Threads | 8 / 8 | 10 / 10 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT | ✗ | ✗ |
| Core architecture | hybrid (big.LITTLE) | hybrid (big.LITTLE) |
| Core Cluster 1: | 4x Ibiza P-Core 0.70 - 4.06 GHz |
6x Lion Cove 3.40 - 5.00 GHz |
| Core Cluster 2: | 4x Ibiza E-Core 0.74 - 2.75 GHz |
4x Skymont 2.90 - 4.40 GHz |
| L2-Cache | 20.00 MB | 22.00 MB |
| L3-Cache | 24.00 MB | |
| Overclocking | ✗ | ✗ |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)
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Wischen
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Apple M3 | Intel Core Ultra 5 230F |
|---|---|---|
| GPU name | Apple M3 (10 Core) | no iGPU |
| GPU frequency | 0.39 - 1.40 GHz | |
| CUs / Shader | 160 / 1280 | / |
| Raytracing | ✓ | ✗ |
| Max. displays | 2 | |
| Max. GPU Memory | 24 GB | |
| Technology | 3 nm | |
| Release date | Q4/2023 |
NPU AI performance
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Wischen
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Apple M3 | Intel Core Ultra 5 230F |
|---|---|---|
| AI hardware | Apple Neural Engine | Intel® AI Boost |
| AI specifications | 16 Neural cores @ 35 TOPS | Intel AI Boost NPU 4 @ 13 TOPS |
| NPU + CPU + iGPU | 19 TOPS |
Memory & PCIe
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Wischen
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Apple M3 | Intel Core Ultra 5 230F |
|---|---|---|
| Memory | LPDDR5-6400 (102.4 GB/s) | DDR5-6400 (102.4 GB/s) |
| Max. Memory | 24 GB | 256 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 Ultra 5 230F |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 22 W | 65 W |
| TDP (PL2) | 121 W | |
| TDP up | ||
| TDP down | 15 W | |
| T. junction max. | 100 °C | 105 °C |
Technical details
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Wischen
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Apple M3 | Intel Core Ultra 5 230F |
|---|---|---|
| Chip design | Monolithic | Monolithic |
| AES-NI | ✓ | ✓ |
| Operating systems | macOS, iPadOS | Windows 11, 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 | Q1/2025 |
| Release price | ||
| Documents | Technical data sheet |
User Reviews
Your rating
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Most popular CPUs in both categories
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Intel Core Ultra 5 230F
10C / 10T · 5.00 GHz
2
Apple M5 Max (18-CPU 32-GPU)
18C / 18T · 4.61 GHz
3
Apple M3 Ultra (28-CPU 60-GPU)
28C / 28T · 4.06 GHz
4
Apple M2 Ultra (76-GPU)
24C / 24T · 3.50 GHz
5
Apple M5 Max (18-CPU 40-GPU)
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Apple M3 Ultra (32-CPU 80-GPU)
32C / 32T · 4.06 GHz
7
Apple M5 Pro (15-CPU 16-GPU)
15C / 15T · 4.61 GHz
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Apple M1 Ultra (48-GPU)
20C / 20T · 3.20 GHz
9
Apple M3
8C / 8T · 4.06 GHz
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