Intel Celeron N3060 vs Apple M3 Pro (11-CPU 14-GPU)

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CPU comparison with benchmarks


Intel Celeron N3060 CPU1 vs CPU2 Apple M3 Pro (11-CPU 14-GPU)
Intel Celeron N3060 Apple M3 Pro (11-CPU 14-GPU)

CPU comparison

Intel Celeron N3060 or Apple M3 Pro (11-CPU 14-GPU) - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results.

The Intel Celeron N3060 has 2 cores with 2 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.48 GHz. Up to 8 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The Intel Celeron N3060 was released in Q1/2016.

The Apple M3 Pro (11-CPU 14-GPU) has 11 cores with 11 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.06 GHz. The CPU supports up to 36 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Apple M3 Pro (11-CPU 14-GPU) was released in Q4/2023.
Intel Celeron (165) Family Apple M series (25)
Intel Celeron J3000/N3000 (10) CPU group Apple M3 (6)
8 Generation 3
Braswell Architecture M3
Mobile Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor Apple M2 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU)
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Celeron N3060 has 2 CPU cores and can calculate 2 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Celeron N3060 is 1.60 GHz (2.48 GHz) while the Apple M3 Pro (11-CPU 14-GPU) has 11 CPU cores and 11 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Apple M3 Pro (11-CPU 14-GPU) is at 0.70 GHz (4.06 GHz).

Intel Celeron N3060 Characteristic Apple M3 Pro (11-CPU 14-GPU)
2 Cores 11
2 Threads 11
normal Core architecture hybrid (big.LITTLE)
No Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
1.60 GHz (2.48 GHz) A-Core 0.70 GHz (4.06 GHz)
5x P-Core
-- B-Core 0.74 GHz (2.75 GHz)
6x E-Core

NPU AI performance

The performance values of the processor's AI unit. The isolated NPU performance is specified here, the total AI performance (NPU+CPU+iGPU) can be higher. Processors with support for artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors.

Intel Celeron N3060 Characteristic Apple M3 Pro (11-CPU 14-GPU)
-- AI hardware Apple Neural Engine
-- AI specifications 16 Neural cores @ 35 TOPS
-- NPU + CPU + iGPU --

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

The Intel Celeron N3060 or Apple M3 Pro (11-CPU 14-GPU) has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.

Intel HD Graphics 400 GPU Apple M3 Pro (14 Core)
0.32 GHz GPU frequency 0.39 GHz
0.60 GHz GPU (Turbo) 1.40 GHz
8 GPU Generation --
14 nm Technology 3 nm
3 Max. displays 3
12 Compute units 224
96 Shader 1792
No Hardware Raytracing Yes
No Frame Generation No
8 GB Max. GPU Memory 36 GB
12 DirectX Version --

Hardware codec support

A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.

Intel HD Graphics 400 GPU Apple M3 Pro (14 Core)
No Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) Decode / Encode
No Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec h264 Decode / Encode
No Codec VP9 Decode / Encode
Decode Codec VP8 Decode
No Codec AV1 Decode
Decode / Encode Codec AVC Decode
Decode Codec VC-1 Decode
Decode Codec JPEG Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

The Intel Celeron N3060 can use up to 8 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 25.6 GB/s. The Apple M3 Pro (11-CPU 14-GPU) supports up to 36 GB of memory in 2 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 153.6 GB/s.

Intel Celeron N3060 Characteristic Apple M3 Pro (11-CPU 14-GPU)
DDR3L-1600 Memory LPDDR5-6400
8 GB Max. Memory 36 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
25.6 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 153.6 GB/s
No ECC No
-- L2 Cache 36.00 MB
2.00 MB L3 Cache --
2.0 PCIe version 4.0
4 PCIe lanes --
2.0 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth --

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the Intel Celeron N3060 is 6 W, while the Apple M3 Pro (11-CPU 14-GPU) has a TDP of 35 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

Intel Celeron N3060 Characteristic Apple M3 Pro (11-CPU 14-GPU)
6 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 35 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
4 W TDP down --
90 °C Tjunction max. 100 °C

Technical details

The Intel Celeron N3060 is manufactured in 14 nm and has 2.00 MB cache. The Apple M3 Pro (11-CPU 14-GPU) is manufactured in 3 nm and has a 36.00 MB cache.

Intel Celeron N3060 Characteristic Apple M3 Pro (11-CPU 14-GPU)
14 nm Technology 3 nm
Monolithic Chip design Chiplet
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) Armv8-A (64 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2 ISA extensions Rosetta 2 x86-Emulation
BGA 1170 Socket --
VT-x, VT-x EPT Virtualization Apple Virtualization Framework
Yes AES-NI Yes
Windows 10, Linux Operating systems macOS, iPadOS
Q1/2016 Release date Q4/2023
-- Release price --
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
Intel Celeron N3060 (9%)
Apple M3 Pro (11-CPU 14-GPU) (100%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
Intel Celeron N3060 (4%)
Apple M3 Pro (11-CPU 14-GPU) (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Celeron N3060 Intel Celeron N3060
2C 2T @ 2.48 GHz
244 (11%)
Apple M3 Pro (11-CPU 14-GPU) Apple M3 Pro (11-CPU 14-GPU)
11C 11T @ 4.06 GHz
2305 (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Celeron N3060 Intel Celeron N3060
2C 2T @ 2.48 GHz
478 (4%)
Apple M3 Pro (11-CPU 14-GPU) Apple M3 Pro (11-CPU 14-GPU)
11C 11T @ 3.80 GHz
13255 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.
Intel Celeron N3060 Intel Celeron N3060
2C 2T @ 2.48 GHz
198 (6%)
Apple M3 Pro (11-CPU 14-GPU) Apple M3 Pro (11-CPU 14-GPU)
11C 11T @ 4.06 GHz
3125 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.
Intel Celeron N3060 Intel Celeron N3060
2C 2T @ 2.48 GHz
357 (3%)
Apple M3 Pro (11-CPU 14-GPU) Apple M3 Pro (11-CPU 14-GPU)
11C 11T @ 3.80 GHz
13755 (100%)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.
Intel Celeron N3060 Intel Celeron N3060
Intel HD Graphics 400 @ 0.60 GHz
126 (3%)
Apple M3 Pro (11-CPU 14-GPU) Apple M3 Pro (11-CPU 14-GPU)
Apple M3 Pro (14 Core) @ 1.40 GHz
4970 (100%)

Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)

The Cinebench 2024 benchmark is based on the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxon's 3D program Cinema 4D. The benchmark runs are each 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.
Intel Celeron N3060 Intel Celeron N3060
2C 2T @ 2.48 GHz
0 (0%)
Apple M3 Pro (11-CPU 14-GPU) Apple M3 Pro (11-CPU 14-GPU)
11C 11T @ 4.06 GHz
139 (100%)

Cinebench 2024 (Multi-Core)

The Multi-Core test of the Cinebench 2024 benchmark uses all cpu cores to render using the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxons Cinema 4D. The benchmark run is 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.
Intel Celeron N3060 Intel Celeron N3060
2C 2T @ 2.48 GHz
0 (0%)
Apple M3 Pro (11-CPU 14-GPU) Apple M3 Pro (11-CPU 14-GPU)
11C 11T @ 4.06 GHz
847 (100%)

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Celeron N3060 Intel Celeron N3060
2C 2T @ 2.48 GHz
0 (0%)
Apple M3 Pro (11-CPU 14-GPU) Apple M3 Pro (11-CPU 14-GPU)
11C 11T @ 4.06 GHz
1889 (100%)

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Celeron N3060 Intel Celeron N3060
2C 2T @ 2.48 GHz
0 (0%)
Apple M3 Pro (11-CPU 14-GPU) Apple M3 Pro (11-CPU 14-GPU)
11C 11T @ 3.80 GHz
13289 (100%)

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.
Intel Celeron N3060 Intel Celeron N3060
2C 2T @ 2.48 GHz
655 (100%)
Apple M3 Pro (11-CPU 14-GPU) Apple M3 Pro (11-CPU 14-GPU)
11C 11T @ 3.80 GHz
0 (0%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.
Intel Celeron N3060 Intel Celeron N3060
2C 2T @ 1.60 GHz
170 (100%)
Apple M3 Pro (11-CPU 14-GPU) Apple M3 Pro (11-CPU 14-GPU)
11C 11T @ 0.70 GHz
0 (0%)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Celeron N3060 Intel Celeron N3060
2C 2T @ 2.48 GHz
42 (100%)
Apple M3 Pro (11-CPU 14-GPU) Apple M3 Pro (11-CPU 14-GPU)
11C 11T @ 4.06 GHz
0 (0%)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Celeron N3060 Intel Celeron N3060
2C 2T @ 2.48 GHz
77 (100%)
Apple M3 Pro (11-CPU 14-GPU) Apple M3 Pro (11-CPU 14-GPU)
11C 11T @ 3.80 GHz
0 (0%)

AI performance (NPU)

The performance values of the processor's AI unit. The isolated NPU performance is given here, the total AI performance (NPU+CPU+iGPU) can be higher.

Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. The performance is given in the number (trillions) of arithmetic operations per second (TOPS).
Intel Celeron N3060 Intel Celeron N3060
2C 2T @ 1.60 GHz
0 (0%)
Apple M3 Pro (11-CPU 14-GPU) Apple M3 Pro (11-CPU 14-GPU)
11C 11T @ 0.70 GHz
35 (100%)

Devices using this processor

Intel Celeron N3060 Apple M3 Pro (11-CPU 14-GPU)
Unknown Apple MacBook Pro 14 (2023)
Apple MacBook Pro 16 (2023)

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