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Intel Core i5-3317U 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 - 21 %

Intel Core i5-3317U

Rank 1 - 100 %

Apple M3

Multi-core performance

Rank 2 - 10 %

Intel Core i5-3317U

Rank 1 - 100 %

Apple M3

Cinebench R23 Single-Core
Single-core performance

2C / 4T · 2.60 GHz

481 pts

8C / 8T · 4.06 GHz

1,965 pts

Cinebench R23 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

2C / 4T · 1.70 GHz

1,089 pts

8C / 8T · 4.06 GHz

10,437 pts

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

2C / 4T · 2.60 GHz

431

8C / 8T · 4.06 GHz

3,125

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

2C / 4T · 1.70 GHz

917

8C / 8T · 4.06 GHz

11,863

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

2C / 4T · 2.60 GHz

532

8C / 8T · 4.06 GHz

2,150

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

2C / 4T · 1.70 GHz

1,157

8C / 8T · 4.06 GHz

10,450

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Intel HD Graphics 4000

269

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-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
751 entries

CPU performance per watt (efficiency)
140 entries

AI performance (NPU)
218 entries

Specifications

At a glance

Wischen	Intel Core i5-3317U	Apple M3
Family	Intel Core i5 (336)	Apple M series (38)
CPU group	Intel Core i 3000U (12)	Apple M3 (6)
Architecture	Ivy Bridge U	M3
Technology	22 nm	3 nm
Segment	Notebook	Notebook
Socket	BGA 1023
Predecessor		Apple M2
Successor		Apple M4

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Intel Core i5-3317U	Apple M3
CPU Cores / Threads	2 / 4	8 / 8
Hyperthreading / SMT	✓	✗
Core architecture	normal	hybrid (big.LITTLE)
Core Cluster 1:	2x 1.70 - 2.60 GHz	4x Ibiza P-Core 0.70 - 4.06 GHz
Core Cluster 2:		4x Ibiza E-Core 0.74 - 2.75 GHz
L2-Cache		20.00 MB
L3-Cache	3.00 MB
Overclocking	✗	✗

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Intel Core i5-3317U	Apple M3
GPU name	Intel HD Graphics 4000	Apple M3 (10 Core)
GPU frequency	0.35 - 1.05 GHz	0.39 - 1.40 GHz
CUs / Shader	16 / 128	160 / 1280
Raytracing	✗	✓
Max. displays	3	2
Max. GPU Memory	2 GB	24 GB
Technology	22 nm	3 nm
Release date	Q1/2011	Q4/2023

NPU AI performance

Wischen	Intel Core i5-3317U	Apple M3
AI hardware		Apple Neural Engine
AI specifications		16 Neural cores @ 35 TOPS
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Intel Core i5-3317U	Apple M3
Memory	DDR3-1600 (25.6 GB/s)	LPDDR5-6400 (102.4 GB/s)
Max. Memory	32 GB	24 GB
Memory channels	2	2
ECC	No	No
PCIe	2.0 x 16	4.0
PCIe Bandwidth	8.0 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	Intel Core i5-3317U	Apple M3
TDP	17 W	22 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down		15 W
T. junction max.	105 °C	100 °C

Technical details

Wischen	Intel Core i5-3317U	Apple M3
Chip design	Monolithic	Monolithic
AES-NI	✓	✓
Operating systems	Windows 10, Linux	macOS, iPadOS
Instruction set	x86-64 (64 bit)	Armv8-A (64 bit)
ISA extensions	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX	Rosetta 2 x86-Emulation
Release date	Q2/2012	Q4/2023
Release price	225 $
Documents	Technical data sheet

User Reviews

Your rating

Here you can rate one or both of the processors. The average rating of Intel Core i5-3317U is 3.7 stars (16 ratings), while Apple M3 has received 4.6 stars (1638 ratings).

Click on the stars to rate one or both processors.

Intel Core i5-3317U
2C / 4T · 1.70 - 2.60 GHz

★★★★★

Apple M3
8C / 8T · 0.70 - 4.06 GHz

★★★★★