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Intel Core i3-N305 vs Apple M3

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 - 44 %

Intel Core i3-N305

Rank 1 - 100 %

Apple M3

Multi-core performance

Rank 2 - 47 %

Intel Core i3-N305

Rank 1 - 100 %

Apple M3

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

8C / 8T · 3.80 GHz

1,280

8C / 8T · 4.06 GHz

3,125

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

8C / 8T · 3.20 GHz

4,965

8C / 8T · 4.06 GHz

11,863

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

8C / 8T · 3.80 GHz

1,025

8C / 8T · 4.06 GHz

2,150

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

8C / 8T · 3.20 GHz

4,630

8C / 8T · 4.06 GHz

10,450

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Intel UHD Graphics 13th Gen (32 EU)

640

Apple M3 (10 Core)

3,550

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 performance per watt (efficiency)
140 entries

AI performance (NPU)
218 entries

Specifications

At a glance

Wischen	Intel Core i3-N305	Apple M3
Family	Intel Core i3 (205)	Apple M series (38)
CPU group	Intel Core i N300 (2)	Apple M3 (6)
Architecture	Alder Lake N	M3
Technology	10 nm	3 nm
Segment	Notebook	Notebook
Socket	BGA
Predecessor		Apple M2
Successor		Apple M4

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Intel Core i3-N305	Apple M3
CPU Cores / Threads	8 / 8	8 / 8
Hyperthreading / SMT	✗	✗
Core architecture	normal	hybrid (big.LITTLE)
Core Cluster 1:	8x Gracemont 1.80 - 3.80 GHz	4x Ibiza P-Core 0.70 - 4.06 GHz
Core Cluster 2:		4x Ibiza E-Core 0.74 - 2.75 GHz
L2-Cache	8.00 MB	20.00 MB
L3-Cache	6.00 MB
Overclocking	✗	✗

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Intel Core i3-N305	Apple M3
GPU name	Intel UHD Graphics 13th Gen (32 EU)	Apple M3 (10 Core)
GPU frequency	0.30 - 1.25 GHz	0.39 - 1.40 GHz
CUs / Shader	32 / 256	160 / 1280
Raytracing	✗	✓
Max. displays	3	2
Max. GPU Memory	64 GB	24 GB
Technology	10 nm	3 nm
Release date	Q1/2023	Q4/2023

NPU AI performance

Wischen	Intel Core i3-N305	Apple M3
AI hardware		Apple Neural Engine
AI specifications		16 Neural cores @ 35 TOPS
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Intel Core i3-N305	Apple M3
Memory	LPDDR5-4800 (38.4 GB/s) DDR5-4800 (38.4 GB/s) DDR4-3200 (25.6 GB/s)	LPDDR5-6400 (102.4 GB/s)
Max. Memory	16 GB	24 GB
Memory channels	1	2
ECC	No	No
PCIe	3.0 x 9	4.0
PCIe Bandwidth	8.9 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	Intel Core i3-N305	Apple M3
TDP	15 W	22 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down	9 W	15 W
T. junction max.	105 °C	100 °C

Technical details

Wischen	Intel Core i3-N305	Apple M3
Chip design	Monolithic	Monolithic
AES-NI	✓	✓
Operating systems	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux	macOS, iPadOS
Instruction set	x86-64 (64 bit)	Armv8-A (64 bit)
ISA extensions	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2	Rosetta 2 x86-Emulation
Release date	Q1/2023	Q4/2023
Release price	309 $
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-N305 is 4.3 stars (193 ratings), while Apple M3 has received 4.6 stars (1638 ratings).

Click on the stars to rate one or both processors.

Intel Core i3-N305
8C / 8T · 1.80 - 3.80 GHz

★★★★★

Apple M3
8C / 8T · 0.70 - 4.06 GHz

★★★★★