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Apple M3 vs Intel Processor N150

Last updated: 2026-06-04

Table of Contents

Summary
Benchmarks
Specifications
User Reviews
Popular Comparisons

Summary

Benchmarks

Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance

Rank 1 - 100 %

Apple M3

Rank 2 - 42 %

Intel Processor N150

Multi-core performance

Rank 1 - 100 %

Apple M3

Rank 2 - 26 %

Intel Processor N150

Cinebench 2024 Single-Core
Single-core performance

8C / 8T · 4.06 GHz

137 pts

4C / 4T · 3.60 GHz

61 pts

Cinebench 2024 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

8C / 8T · 4.06 GHz

659 pts

4C / 4T · 3.60 GHz

181 pts

Cinebench R23 Single-Core
Single-core performance

8C / 8T · 4.06 GHz

1,965 pts

4C / 4T · 3.60 GHz

920 pts

Cinebench R23 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

8C / 8T · 4.06 GHz

10,437 pts

4C / 4T · 3.60 GHz

2,566 pts

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

8C / 8T · 4.06 GHz

3,125

4C / 4T · 3.60 GHz

1,125

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

8C / 8T · 4.06 GHz

11,863

4C / 4T · 3.60 GHz

2,691

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Apple M3 (10 Core)

3,550

Intel Graphics 32 EUs (Alder Lake)

512

More benchmarks

Cinebench 2026 (ST)
218 entries

Cinebench 2026 (MC)
219 entries

Cinebench 2024 (SC)
427 entries

Cinebench 2024 (MC)
422 entries

Cinebench R23 (SC)
690 entries

Cinebench R23 (MC)
665 entries

Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,989 entries

Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 entries

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries

Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries

FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries

CPU performance per watt (efficiency)
140 entries

AI performance (NPU)
218 entries

Specifications

At a glance

Wischen	Apple M3	Intel Processor N150
Family	Apple M series (38)	Intel Processor N (9)
CPU group	Apple M3 (6)	Intel Processor N150/N250 (2)
Architecture	M3	Twin Lake
Technology	3 nm	7 nm
Segment	Notebook	Notebook
Socket		BGA 1264
Predecessor	Apple M2
Successor	Apple M4

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Apple M3	Intel Processor N150
CPU Cores / Threads	8 / 8	4 / 4
Hyperthreading / SMT	✗	✗
Core architecture	hybrid (big.LITTLE)	normal
Core Cluster 1:	4x Ibiza P-Core 0.70 - 4.06 GHz	4x Gracemont 3.60 GHz
Core Cluster 2:	4x Ibiza E-Core 0.74 - 2.75 GHz
L2-Cache	20.00 MB	4.00 MB
L3-Cache		6.00 MB
Overclocking	✗	✗

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Apple M3	Intel Processor N150
GPU name	Apple M3 (10 Core)	Intel Graphics 32 EUs (Alder Lake)
GPU frequency	0.39 - 1.40 GHz	0.00 - 1.00 GHz
CUs / Shader	160 / 1280	32 / 256
Raytracing	✓	✗
Max. displays	2	3
Max. GPU Memory	24 GB	16 GB
Technology	3 nm	10 nm
Release date	Q4/2023	Q1/2020

NPU AI performance

Wischen	Apple M3	Intel Processor N150
AI hardware	Apple Neural Engine
AI specifications	16 Neural cores @ 35 TOPS
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Apple M3	Intel Processor N150
Memory	LPDDR5-6400 (102.4 GB/s)	DDR5-4800 (38.4 GB/s) LPDDR5-4800 (38.4 GB/s) DDR4-3200 (25.6 GB/s)
Max. Memory	24 GB	16 GB
Memory channels	2	1
ECC	No	No
PCIe	4.0	3.0 x 9
PCIe Bandwidth		8.9 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	Apple M3	Intel Processor N150
TDP	22 W	10 W
TDP (PL2)		25 W
TDP up
TDP down	15 W
T. junction max.	100 °C	105 °C

Technical details

Wischen	Apple M3	Intel Processor N150
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, AVX, AVX2
Release date	Q4/2023	Q4/2024
Release price
Documents		Technical data sheet

User Reviews

Your rating

Here you can rate one or both of the processors. The average rating of Apple M3 is 4.6 stars (1638 ratings), while Intel Processor N150 has received 4.0 stars (299 ratings).

Click on the stars to rate one or both processors.

Apple M3
8C / 8T · 0.70 - 4.06 GHz

★★★★★

Intel Processor N150
4C / 4T · 3.60 GHz

★★★★★