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Intel Processor N100 vs Apple M3 Pro (12-CPU 18-GPU)
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Benchmarks
Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks
Single-core performance
Multi-core performance
Cinebench 2024 Single-Core
Single-core performance
Intel Processor N100
42 %
4C / 4T · 3.40 GHz
12C / 12T · 4.06 GHz
Cinebench 2024 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
Intel Processor N100
19 %
4C / 4T · 3.40 GHz
12C / 12T · 4.06 GHz
Cinebench R23 Single-Core
Single-core performance
Intel Processor N100
43 %
4C / 4T · 3.40 GHz
12C / 12T · 4.06 GHz
Cinebench R23 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
Intel Processor N100
15 %
4C / 4T · 3.00 GHz
12C / 12T · 3.80 GHz
Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance
Intel Processor N100
39 %
4C / 4T · 3.40 GHz
12C / 12T · 4.06 GHz
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
Intel Processor N100
20 %
4C / 4T · 3.00 GHz
12C / 12T · 3.80 GHz
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance
Intel Processor N100
43 %
4C / 4T · 3.40 GHz
12C / 12T · 4.06 GHz
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
Intel Processor N100
19 %
4C / 4T · 3.00 GHz
12C / 12T · 3.80 GHz
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
Intel UHD Graphics 24 EUs (Alder Lake)
Apple M3 Pro (18 Core)
More benchmarks
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
Cinebench R20 (SC)
666 entries
666 entries
Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries
2,512 entries
Cinebench R20 (MC)
615 entries
615 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
CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (SC)
250 entries
250 entries
CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
751 entries
751 entries
Cinebench R15 (SC)
1,113 entries
1,113 entries
Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,110 entries
1,110 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 Processor N100 | Apple M3 Pro (12-CPU 18-GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| Family | Intel Processor N (9) | Apple M series (38) |
| CPU group | Intel Processor N50/N100/N200 (5) | Apple M3 (6) |
| Architecture | Alder Lake N | M3 |
| Technology | 10 nm | 3 nm |
| Segment | Notebook | Notebook |
| Socket | BGA | |
| Predecessor | Apple M2 Pro (12-CPU 19-GPU) | |
| Successor | Apple M4 Pro (14-CPU 20-GPU) |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
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Wischen
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Intel Processor N100 | Apple M3 Pro (12-CPU 18-GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| CPU Cores / Threads | 4 / 4 | 12 / 12 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT | ✗ | ✗ |
| Core architecture | normal | hybrid (big.LITTLE) |
| Core Cluster 1: | 4x Gracemont 1.80 - 3.40 GHz |
6x Lobos P-Core 0.70 - 4.06 GHz |
| Core Cluster 2: | 6x Lobos E-Core 0.74 - 2.75 GHz |
|
| L2-Cache | 4.00 MB | 36.00 MB |
| L3-Cache | 6.00 MB | |
| Overclocking | ✗ | ✗ |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)
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Wischen
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Intel Processor N100 | Apple M3 Pro (12-CPU 18-GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| GPU name | Intel UHD Graphics 24 EUs (Alder Lake) | Apple M3 Pro (18 Core) |
| GPU frequency | 0.30 - 0.75 GHz | 0.39 - 1.40 GHz |
| CUs / Shader | 24 / 192 | 288 / 2304 |
| Raytracing | ✗ | ✓ |
| Max. displays | 3 | 3 |
| Max. GPU Memory | 8 GB | 36 GB |
| Technology | 10 nm | 3 nm |
| Release date | Q1/2023 | Q4/2023 |
NPU AI performance
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Wischen
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Intel Processor N100 | Apple M3 Pro (12-CPU 18-GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| 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 Processor N100 | Apple M3 Pro (12-CPU 18-GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| Memory | DDR5-4800 (38.4 GB/s) DDR4-3200 (25.6 GB/s) | LPDDR5-6400 (153.6 GB/s) |
| Max. Memory | 16 GB | 36 GB |
| Memory channels | 1 | 2 |
| ECC | No | No |
| PCIe | 3.0 x 9 | 4.0 |
| PCIe Bandwidth | 8.9 GB/s |
Thermal Management
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Wischen
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Intel Processor N100 | Apple M3 Pro (12-CPU 18-GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 6 W | 35 W |
| TDP (PL2) | 25 W | |
| TDP up | 10 W | |
| TDP down | ||
| T. junction max. | 105 °C | 100 °C |
Technical details
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Wischen
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Intel Processor N100 | Apple M3 Pro (12-CPU 18-GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | 128 $ | |
| Documents | Technical data sheet |
User Reviews
Your rating
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