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Intel Core i3-N305 vs Apple A17 Pro
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Benchmarks
Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks
Single-core performance
Multi-core performance
Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance
Intel Core i3-N305
43 %
8C / 8T · 3.80 GHz
Apple A17 Pro
100 %
6C / 6T · 3.78 GHz
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
Intel Core i3-N305
69 %
8C / 8T · 3.20 GHz
Apple A17 Pro
100 %
6C / 6T · 3.78 GHz
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance
Intel Core i3-N305
48 %
8C / 8T · 3.80 GHz
Apple A17 Pro
100 %
6C / 6T · 3.78 GHz
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
Intel Core i3-N305
79 %
8C / 8T · 3.20 GHz
Apple A17 Pro
100 %
6C / 6T · 3.78 GHz
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
Intel Core i3-N305
30 %
Intel UHD Graphics 13th Gen (32 EU)
Apple A17 Pro
100 %
Apple A17 Pro (6 GPU Cores)
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Specifications
At a glance
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Wischen
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Intel Core i3-N305 | Apple A17 Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Family | Intel Core i3 (205) | Apple A series (27) |
| CPU group | Intel Core i N300 (2) | Apple A17 Pro (1) |
| Architecture | Alder Lake N | Ibiza |
| Technology | 10 nm | 3 nm |
| Segment | Notebook | Smartphone / Tablet |
| Socket | BGA | |
| Predecessor | Apple A16 Bionic | |
| Successor | Apple A18 Pro |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
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Wischen
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Intel Core i3-N305 | Apple A17 Pro |
|---|---|---|
| CPU Cores / Threads | 8 / 8 | 6 / 6 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT | ✗ | ✗ |
| Core architecture | normal | hybrid (big.LITTLE) |
| Core Cluster 1: | 8x Gracemont 1.80 - 3.80 GHz |
2x Ibiza P-Core 0.70 - 3.78 GHz |
| Core Cluster 2: | 4x Ibiza E-Core 0.74 - 2.11 GHz |
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| L2-Cache | 8.00 MB | 20.00 MB |
| L3-Cache | 6.00 MB | 24.00 MB |
| Overclocking | ✗ | ✗ |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)
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Wischen
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Intel Core i3-N305 | Apple A17 Pro |
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| GPU name | Intel UHD Graphics 13th Gen (32 EU) | Apple A17 Pro (6 GPU Cores) |
| GPU frequency | 0.30 - 1.25 GHz | 0.39 - 1.40 GHz |
| CUs / Shader | 32 / 256 | 24 / 768 |
| Raytracing | ✗ | ✓ |
| Max. displays | 3 | 1 |
| Max. GPU Memory | 64 GB | 6 GB |
| Technology | 10 nm | 3 nm |
| Release date | Q1/2023 | Q3/2023 |
NPU AI performance
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Wischen
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Intel Core i3-N305 | Apple A17 Pro |
|---|---|---|
| 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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Intel Core i3-N305 | Apple A17 Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Memory | LPDDR5-4800 (38.4 GB/s) DDR5-4800 (38.4 GB/s) DDR4-3200 (25.6 GB/s) | LPDDR5-6400 (51.2 GB/s) |
| Max. Memory | 16 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory channels | 1 | 1 |
| ECC | No | No |
| PCIe | 3.0 x 9 | |
| PCIe Bandwidth | 8.9 GB/s |
Thermal Management
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Wischen
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Intel Core i3-N305 | Apple A17 Pro |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 15 W | 11 W |
| TDP (PL2) | ||
| TDP up | ||
| TDP down | 9 W | |
| T. junction max. | 105 °C |
Technical details
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Wischen
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Intel Core i3-N305 | Apple A17 Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Chip design | Monolithic | Chiplet |
| AES-NI | ✓ | ✗ |
| Operating systems | Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux | iOS |
| Instruction set | x86-64 (64 bit) | Armv8.6-A (64 bit) |
| ISA extensions | SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2 | |
| Release date | Q1/2023 | Q3/2023 |
| Release price | 309 $ | |
| Documents | Technical data sheet |
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