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Apple M3 (8-GPU) vs Intel Core i5-1235U
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Benchmarks
Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks
Single-core performance
Multi-core performance
Cinebench R23 Single-Core
Single-core performance
Apple M3 (8-GPU)
100 %
8C / 8T · 4.06 GHz
Intel Core i5-1235U
85 %
10C / 12T · 4.40 GHz
Cinebench R23 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
Apple M3 (8-GPU)
100 %
8C / 8T · 4.06 GHz
Intel Core i5-1235U
75 %
10C / 12T · 2.50 GHz
Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance
Apple M3 (8-GPU)
100 %
8C / 8T · 4.06 GHz
Intel Core i5-1235U
67 %
10C / 12T · 4.40 GHz
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
Apple M3 (8-GPU)
100 %
8C / 8T · 4.06 GHz
Intel Core i5-1235U
54 %
10C / 12T · 2.50 GHz
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance
Apple M3 (8-GPU)
100 %
8C / 8T · 4.06 GHz
Intel Core i5-1235U
69 %
10C / 12T · 4.40 GHz
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
Apple M3 (8-GPU)
100 %
8C / 8T · 4.06 GHz
Intel Core i5-1235U
57 %
10C / 12T · 2.50 GHz
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
Apple M3 (8-GPU)
100 %
Apple M3 (8 Core)
Intel Core i5-1235U
52 %
Intel Iris Xe Graphics 80 (Alder Lake)
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
Cinebench R20 (SC)
666 entries
666 entries
Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries
2,512 entries
Cinebench R20 (MC)
615 entries
615 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
Cinebench R15 (SC)
1,113 entries
1,113 entries
Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,110 entries
1,110 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 (8-GPU) | Intel Core i5-1235U |
|---|---|---|
| Family | Apple M series (38) | Intel Core i5 (336) |
| CPU group | Apple M3 (6) | Intel Core i 1200P/1200U (21) |
| Architecture | M3 | Alder Lake U |
| Technology | 3 nm | 10 nm |
| Segment | Notebook | Notebook |
| Socket | BGA 1744 | |
| Predecessor | Apple M2 (8-GPU) | |
| Successor | Intel Core i5-1335U |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
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Apple M3 (8-GPU) | Intel Core i5-1235U |
|---|---|---|
| CPU Cores / Threads | 8 / 8 | 10 / 12 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT | ✗ | ✓ |
| Core architecture | hybrid (big.LITTLE) | hybrid (big.LITTLE) |
| Core Cluster 1: | 4x Ibiza P-Core 0.70 - 4.06 GHz |
2x Golden Cove 1.30 - 4.40 GHz |
| Core Cluster 2: | 4x Ibiza E-Core 0.74 - 2.75 GHz |
8x Gracemont 0.90 - 3.30 GHz |
| L2-Cache | 20.00 MB | 6.50 MB |
| L3-Cache | 12.00 MB | |
| Overclocking | ✗ | ✗ |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)
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Wischen
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Apple M3 (8-GPU) | Intel Core i5-1235U |
|---|---|---|
| GPU name | Apple M3 (8 Core) | Intel Iris Xe Graphics 80 (Alder Lake) |
| GPU frequency | 0.39 - 1.40 GHz | 0.35 - 1.20 GHz |
| CUs / Shader | 128 / 1024 | 80 / 640 |
| Raytracing | ✓ | ✗ |
| Max. displays | 2 | 4 |
| Max. GPU Memory | 24 GB | 32 GB |
| Technology | 3 nm | 10 nm |
| Release date | Q4/2023 | Q1/2022 |
NPU AI performance
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Apple M3 (8-GPU) | Intel Core i5-1235U |
|---|---|---|
| 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 (8-GPU) | Intel Core i5-1235U |
|---|---|---|
| Memory | LPDDR5-6400 (102.4 GB/s) | LPDDR5-5200 (83.2 GB/s) DDR5-4800 (76.8 GB/s) LPDDR4X-4266 (68.2 GB/s) DDR4-3200 (51.2 GB/s) |
| Max. Memory | 24 GB | 64 GB |
| Memory channels | 2 | 2 |
| ECC | No | No |
| PCIe | 4.0 | 4.0 x 28 |
| PCIe Bandwidth | 55.1 GB/s |
Thermal Management
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Apple M3 (8-GPU) | Intel Core i5-1235U |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 22 W | 15 W |
| TDP (PL2) | 55 W | |
| TDP up | ||
| TDP down | 10 W | |
| T. junction max. | 100 °C | 100 °C |
Technical details
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Wischen
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Apple M3 (8-GPU) | Intel Core i5-1235U |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Release date | Q4/2023 | Q1/2022 |
| Release price | ||
| Documents | Technical data sheet |
User Reviews
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