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Intel Core i5-6287U vs Apple M3
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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 i5-6287U
35 %
2C / 4T · 3.50 GHz
Apple M3
100 %
8C / 8T · 4.06 GHz
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
Intel Core i5-6287U
19 %
2C / 4T · 3.30 GHz
Apple M3
100 %
8C / 8T · 4.06 GHz
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance
Intel Core i5-6287U
38 %
2C / 4T · 3.50 GHz
Apple M3
100 %
8C / 8T · 4.06 GHz
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
Intel Core i5-6287U
18 %
2C / 4T · 3.30 GHz
Apple M3
100 %
8C / 8T · 4.06 GHz
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
Intel Core i5-6287U
24 %
Intel Iris Graphics 550
Apple M3
100 %
Apple M3 (10 Core)
More benchmarks
Cinebench 2026 (ST)
218 entries
218 entries
Cinebench 2026 (MC)
219 entries
219 entries
Cinebench 2024 (SC)
427 entries
427 entries
Cinebench 2024 (MC)
422 entries
422 entries
Cinebench R23 (SC)
690 entries
690 entries
Cinebench R23 (MC)
665 entries
665 entries
Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,989 entries
1,989 entries
Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 entries
1,927 entries
Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries
2,512 entries
Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries
2,483 entries
FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries
2,219 entries
3DMark Timespy (iGPU)
534 entries
534 entries
PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries
2,504 entries
Cinebench R15 (SC)
1,113 entries
1,113 entries
Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,110 entries
1,110 entries
Geekbench 3 (SC)
945 entries
945 entries
Geekbench 3 (MC)
941 entries
941 entries
Cinebench R11.5 (SC)
826 entries
826 entries
Cinebench R11.5 (MC)
837 entries
837 entries
CPU performance per watt (efficiency)
140 entries
140 entries
AI performance (NPU)
218 entries
218 entries
Specifications
At a glance
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Wischen
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Intel Core i5-6287U | Apple M3 |
|---|---|---|
| Family | Intel Core i5 (336) | Apple M series (38) |
| CPU group | Intel Core i 6000U (20) | Apple M3 (6) |
| Architecture | Skylake U | M3 |
| Technology | 14 nm | 3 nm |
| Segment | Notebook | Notebook |
| Socket | BGA 1356 | |
| Predecessor | Intel Core i5-5287U | Apple M2 |
| Successor | Intel Core i5-7287U | Apple M4 |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
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Wischen
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Intel Core i5-6287U | Apple M3 |
|---|---|---|
| CPU Cores / Threads | 2 / 4 | 8 / 8 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT | ✓ | ✗ |
| Core architecture | normal | hybrid (big.LITTLE) |
| Core Cluster 1: | 2x 3.10 - 3.50 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 | 4.00 MB | |
| Overclocking | ✗ | ✗ |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)
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Wischen
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Intel Core i5-6287U | Apple M3 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU name | Intel Iris Graphics 550 | Apple M3 (10 Core) |
| GPU frequency | 0.30 - 1.10 GHz | 0.39 - 1.40 GHz |
| CUs / Shader | 48 / 384 | 160 / 1280 |
| Raytracing | ✗ | ✓ |
| Max. displays | 3 | 2 |
| Max. GPU Memory | 32 GB | 24 GB |
| Technology | 14 nm | 3 nm |
| Release date | Q3/2015 | Q4/2023 |
NPU AI performance
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Wischen
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Intel Core i5-6287U | Apple M3 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 i5-6287U | Apple M3 |
|---|---|---|
| Memory | DDR4-2133 (34.1 GB/s) | LPDDR5-6400 (102.4 GB/s) |
| Max. Memory | 32 GB | 24 GB |
| Memory channels | 2 | 2 |
| ECC | No | No |
| PCIe | 3.0 x 12 | 4.0 |
| PCIe Bandwidth | 11.8 GB/s |
Thermal Management
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Wischen
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Intel Core i5-6287U | Apple M3 |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 28 W | 22 W |
| TDP (PL2) | ||
| TDP up | ||
| TDP down | 15 W | |
| T. junction max. | 100 °C |
Technical details
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Wischen
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Intel Core i5-6287U | 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, AVX2 | Rosetta 2 x86-Emulation |
| Release date | Q3/2015 | Q4/2023 |
| Release price | ||
| Documents | Technical data sheet |
User Reviews
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