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Intel Core i3-3120M vs Apple M1 Max (24-GPU)

Last updated: 2026-06-06

Table of Contents

Summary
Benchmarks
Specifications
User Reviews
Popular Comparisons

Summary

Benchmarks

Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance

Rank 2 - 23 %

Intel Core i3-3120M

Rank 1 - 100 %

Apple M1 Max (24-GPU)

Multi-core performance

Rank 2 - 8 %

Intel Core i3-3120M

Rank 1 - 100 %

Apple M1 Max (24-GPU)

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

2C / 4T · 2.50 GHz

439

10C / 10T · 3.20 GHz

2,397

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

2C / 4T · 2.50 GHz

927

10C / 10T · 3.20 GHz

12,439

Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance

2C / 4T · 2.50 GHz

508

10C / 10T · 3.20 GHz

1,783

Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

2C / 4T · 2.50 GHz

1,136

10C / 10T · 3.20 GHz

12,693

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Intel HD Graphics 4000

282

Apple M1 Max (24 Core)

7,830

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

Blender 3.1 Benchmark
213 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
751 entries

V-Ray CPU-Render
251 entries

CPU performance per watt (efficiency)
140 entries

AI performance (NPU)
218 entries

Specifications

At a glance

Wischen	Intel Core i3-3120M	Apple M1 Max (24-GPU)
Family	Intel Core i3 (205)	Apple M series (38)
CPU group	Intel Core i 3000M (29)	Apple M1 (9)
Architecture	Ivy Bridge H	M1
Technology	22 nm	5 nm
Segment	Notebook	Notebook
Socket	PGA 988
Predecessor
Successor		Apple M2 Max (30-GPU)

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Intel Core i3-3120M	Apple M1 Max (24-GPU)
CPU Cores / Threads	2 / 4	10 / 10
Hyperthreading / SMT	✓	✗
Core architecture	normal	hybrid (big.LITTLE)
Core Cluster 1:	2x 2.50 GHz	8x Firestorm 0.60 - 3.20 GHz
Core Cluster 2:		2x Icestorm 0.60 - 2.06 GHz
L2-Cache		28.00 MB
L3-Cache	3.00 MB
Overclocking	✗	✗

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Intel Core i3-3120M	Apple M1 Max (24-GPU)
GPU name	Intel HD Graphics 4000	Apple M1 Max (24 Core)
GPU frequency	0.65 - 1.10 GHz	0.39 - 1.30 GHz
CUs / Shader	16 / 128	384 / 3072
Raytracing	✗	✗
Max. displays	3	5
Max. GPU Memory	2 GB	32 GB
Technology	22 nm	5 nm
Release date	Q1/2011	Q3/2021

NPU AI performance

Wischen	Intel Core i3-3120M	Apple M1 Max (24-GPU)
AI hardware		Apple Neural Engine
AI specifications		16 Neural cores @ 11 TOPS
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Intel Core i3-3120M	Apple M1 Max (24-GPU)
Memory	DDR3-1600 (25.6 GB/s)	LPDDR5-6400 (409.6 GB/s)
Max. Memory	32 GB	64 GB
Memory channels	2	4
ECC	No	No
PCIe	2.0 x 16	4.0
PCIe Bandwidth	8.0 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	Intel Core i3-3120M	Apple M1 Max (24-GPU)
TDP	35 W	45 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.	105 °C

Technical details

Wischen	Intel Core i3-3120M	Apple M1 Max (24-GPU)
Chip design	Monolithic	Monolithic
AES-NI	✓	✓
Operating systems	Windows 10, Linux	macOS
Instruction set	x86-64 (64 bit)	Armv8.5-A (64 bit)
ISA extensions	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX	Rosetta 2 x86-Emulation
Release date	Q3/2012	Q3/2021
Release price
Documents	Technical data sheet

User Reviews

Your rating

Here you can rate one or both of the processors. The average rating of Intel Core i3-3120M is 3.1 stars (10 ratings), while Apple M1 Max (24-GPU) has received 4.9 stars (152 ratings).

Click on the stars to rate one or both processors.

Intel Core i3-3120M
2C / 4T · 2.50 GHz

★★★★★

Apple M1 Max (24-GPU)
10C / 10T · 0.60 - 3.20 GHz

★★★★★