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Intel Core i7-14700K vs Apple M3 (8-GPU)

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i7-14700K
Rank 2 - 99 %
Apple M3 (8-GPU)
Multi-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i7-14700K
Rank 2 - 41 %
Apple M3 (8-GPU)
Cinebench 2026 Single-Thread

Cinebench 2026 Single-Thread
Single-core performance

Intel Core i7-14700K
20C / 28T · 5.60 GHz
511 pts
Apple M3 (8-GPU)
8C / 8T · 4.06 GHz
557 pts
Cinebench 2026 Multi-Core

Cinebench 2026 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Intel Core i7-14700K
20C / 28T · 5.60 GHz
6,420 pts
Apple M3 (8-GPU)
8C / 8T · 4.06 GHz
2,672 pts
Cinebench 2024 Single-Core

Cinebench 2024 Single-Core
Single-core performance

Intel Core i7-14700K
20C / 28T · 5.60 GHz
131 pts
Apple M3 (8-GPU)
8C / 8T · 4.06 GHz
137 pts
Cinebench 2024 Multi-Core

Cinebench 2024 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Intel Core i7-14700K
20C / 28T · 5.60 GHz
2,021 pts
Apple M3 (8-GPU)
8C / 8T · 4.06 GHz
659 pts
Cinebench R23 Single-Core

Cinebench R23 Single-Core
Single-core performance

Intel Core i7-14700K
20C / 28T · 5.60 GHz
2,228 pts
Apple M3 (8-GPU)
8C / 8T · 4.06 GHz
1,965 pts
Cinebench R23 Multi-Core

Cinebench R23 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Intel Core i7-14700K
20C / 28T · 5.30 GHz
36,245 pts
Apple M3 (8-GPU)
8C / 8T · 4.06 GHz
10,437 pts
Geekbench 6 Single-Core

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

Intel Core i7-14700K
20C / 28T · 5.60 GHz
2,921
Apple M3 (8-GPU)
8C / 8T · 4.06 GHz
3,125
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Intel Core i7-14700K
20C / 28T · 5.30 GHz
19,560
Apple M3 (8-GPU)
8C / 8T · 4.06 GHz
11,863
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

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

Intel Core i7-14700K
20C / 28T · 5.60 GHz
2,204
Apple M3 (8-GPU)
8C / 8T · 4.06 GHz
2,150
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core

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

Intel Core i7-14700K
20C / 28T · 5.30 GHz
24,218
Apple M3 (8-GPU)
8C / 8T · 4.06 GHz
10,450
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Intel Core i7-14700K
Intel UHD Graphics 770
820
Apple M3 (8-GPU)
Apple M3 (8 Core)
2,840

More benchmarks

At a glance

Wischen
Intel Core i7-14700KApple M3 (8-GPU)
FamilyIntel Core i7 (300)Apple M series (38)
CPU groupIntel Core i 14000 (34)Apple M3 (6)
ArchitectureRaptor Lake S RefreshM3
Technology10 nm3 nm
SegmentDesktopNotebook
SocketLGA 1700
PredecessorIntel Core i7-13700KApple M2 (8-GPU)
Successor

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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Intel Core i7-14700KApple M3 (8-GPU)
CPU Cores / Threads20 / 288 / 8
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturehybrid (big.LITTLE)hybrid (big.LITTLE)
Core Cluster 1: 8x Raptor Cove
3.40 - 5.60 GHz
4x Ibiza P-Core
0.70 - 4.06 GHz
Core Cluster 2: 12x Gracemont
2.50 - 4.30 GHz
4x Ibiza E-Core
0.74 - 2.75 GHz
L2-Cache28.00 MB20.00 MB
L3-Cache33.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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Intel Core i7-14700KApple M3 (8-GPU)
GPU nameIntel UHD Graphics 770Apple M3 (8 Core)
GPU frequency0.30 - 1.60 GHz0.39 - 1.40 GHz
CUs / Shader32 / 256128 / 1024
Raytracing
Max. displays32
Max. GPU Memory64 GB24 GB
Technology10 nm3 nm
Release dateQ4/2021Q4/2023

NPU AI performance

Wischen
Intel Core i7-14700KApple M3 (8-GPU)
AI hardwareApple Neural Engine
AI specifications16 Neural cores @ 35 TOPS
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen
Intel Core i7-14700KApple M3 (8-GPU)
MemoryDDR5-5600 (89.6 GB/s)
DDR4-3200 (51.2 GB/s)
LPDDR5-6400 (102.4 GB/s)
Max. Memory192 GB24 GB
Memory channels22
ECCYesNo
PCIe5.0 x 204.0
PCIe Bandwidth78.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen
Intel Core i7-14700KApple M3 (8-GPU)
TDP125 W22 W
TDP (PL2)253 W
TDP up
TDP down10 W
T. junction max.100 °C100 °C

Technical details

Wischen
Intel Core i7-14700KApple M3 (8-GPU)
Chip designMonolithicMonolithic
AES-NI
Operating systemsWindows 10, Windows 11, LinuxmacOS, iPadOS
Instruction setx86-64 (64 bit)Armv8-A (64 bit)
ISA extensionsSSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+Rosetta 2 x86-Emulation
Release dateQ4/2023Q4/2023
Release price409 $
DocumentsTechnical data sheet

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Intel Core i7-14700K
Intel Core i7-14700K
20C / 28T · 3.40 - 5.60 GHz
Apple M3 (8-GPU)
Apple M3 (8-GPU)
8C / 8T · 0.70 - 4.06 GHz

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