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Apple M3 (8-GPU) vs Intel Core Ultra 7 265K

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 2 - 94 %

Apple M3 (8-GPU)

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core Ultra 7 265K

Multi-core performance

Rank 2 - 39 %

Apple M3 (8-GPU)

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core Ultra 7 265K

Cinebench 2026 Single-Thread
Single-core performance

8C / 8T · 4.06 GHz

557 pts

20C / 20T · 5.50 GHz

559 pts

Cinebench 2026 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

8C / 8T · 4.06 GHz

2,672 pts

20C / 20T · 5.50 GHz

8,188 pts

Cinebench 2024 Single-Core
Single-core performance

8C / 8T · 4.06 GHz

137 pts

20C / 20T · 5.50 GHz

139 pts

Cinebench 2024 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

8C / 8T · 4.06 GHz

659 pts

20C / 20T · 5.50 GHz

2,047 pts

Cinebench R23 Single-Core
Single-core performance

8C / 8T · 4.06 GHz

1,965 pts

20C / 20T · 5.50 GHz

2,261 pts

Cinebench R23 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

8C / 8T · 4.06 GHz

10,437 pts

20C / 20T · 5.20 GHz

35,315 pts

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

8C / 8T · 4.06 GHz

3,125

20C / 20T · 5.50 GHz

3,210

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

8C / 8T · 4.06 GHz

11,863

20C / 20T · 5.20 GHz

21,640

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Apple M3 (8 Core)

2,840

Intel Xe 4 Core Graphics 64 EUs (Arrow Lake)

1,989

AI performance (NPU)

8C / 8T · 0.70 GHz

35.0 TOPS

20C / 20T · 3.90 GHz

13.0 TOPS

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-Z Benchmark 17 (SC)
250 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
751 entries

CPU performance per watt (efficiency)
140 entries

AI performance (NPU)
218 entries

Specifications

At a glance

Wischen	Apple M3 (8-GPU)	Intel Core Ultra 7 265K
Family	Apple M series (38)	Intel Core Ultra 7 (31)
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 (8-GPU)
Successor

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Apple M3 (8-GPU)	Intel Core Ultra 7 265K
CPU Cores / Threads	8 / 8	20 / 20
Hyperthreading / SMT	✗	✗
Core architecture	hybrid (big.LITTLE)	hybrid (big.LITTLE)
Core Cluster 1:	4x Ibiza P-Core 0.70 - 4.06 GHz	8x Lion Cove 3.90 - 5.50 GHz
Core Cluster 2:	4x Ibiza E-Core 0.74 - 2.75 GHz	12x Skymont 3.30 - 4.60 GHz
L2-Cache	20.00 MB	36.00 MB
L3-Cache		30.00 MB
Overclocking	✗	✓

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Apple M3 (8-GPU)	Intel Core Ultra 7 265K
GPU name	Apple M3 (8 Core)	Intel Xe 4 Core Graphics 64 EUs (Arrow Lake)
GPU frequency	0.39 - 1.40 GHz	0.30 - 2.00 GHz
CUs / Shader	128 / 1024	4 / 512
Raytracing	✓	✓
Max. displays	2	3
Max. GPU Memory	24 GB	32 GB
Technology	3 nm	5 nm
Release date	Q4/2023	Q3/2024

NPU AI performance

Wischen	Apple M3 (8-GPU)	Intel Core Ultra 7 265K
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		37 TOPS

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Apple M3 (8-GPU)	Intel Core Ultra 7 265K
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

Wischen	Apple M3 (8-GPU)	Intel Core Ultra 7 265K
TDP	22 W	125 W
TDP (PL2)		177 W
TDP up		250 W
TDP down	10 W
T. junction max.	100 °C	105 °C

Technical details

Wischen	Apple M3 (8-GPU)	Intel Core Ultra 7 265K
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	Q4/2024
Release price		394 $
Documents		Technical data sheet

User Reviews

Your rating

Here you can rate one or both of the processors. The average rating of Apple M3 (8-GPU) is 4.5 stars (130 ratings), while Intel Core Ultra 7 265K has received 4.3 stars (261 ratings).

Click on the stars to rate one or both processors.

Apple M3 (8-GPU)
8C / 8T · 0.70 - 4.06 GHz

★★★★★

Intel Core Ultra 7 265K
20C / 20T · 3.90 - 5.50 GHz

★★★★★