Apple M3 vs Apple M1
Compared 2 processors: Apple M3, vs Apple M1. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device
Review
Single-Thread Perf.
Single-Core Benchmark Score
Multi-Thread Perf.
Multi-Core Benchmark Score
Energy Efficiency
Chip Power Efficiency
Integrated Graphics
iGPU Performance in Games & 3D
Tests & specs
Specs & test comparisonBenchmarks
| Integer Math | 42.2 GOps/s | 33.3 GOps/s |
| Floating-Point Math | 48.6 GOps/s | 35.6 GOps/s |
| Prime Number Search | 235 M primes/s | 142 M primes/s |
| Random String Sort | 27.6 M strings/s | 21.1 M strings/s |
| Data Encryption | 11.5 GB/s | 8.6 GB/s |
| Data Compression | 228.1 MB/s | 168.8 MB/s |
| Physics | 1866 frames/s | 1364 frames/s |
| Extended Instructions | 10 M matrices/s | 69 M matrices/s |
| File Compression | 1260 MB/s | 936.1 MB/s |
| Clang Compilation | 94.7 KLines/s | 71.3 KLines/s |
| HTML5 Browser | 264.5 pages/s | 204.8 pages/s |
| PDF Rendering | 313.9 MP/sec | 241.1 MP/sec |
| Text Processing | 297 pages/s | 242.5 pages/s |
| Background Blur | 50.2 frames/s | 34.8 frames/s |
| Photo Processing | 114.8 frames/s | 79.9 frames/s |
| Ray Tracing | 12.9 MP/sec | 9.28 MP/sec |
Blender
Performance/Watt
| Geekbench 6 Multi / W | 590.8 PPW | 626.1 PPW |
| PassMark CPU / W | 959.4 PPW | 1010.5 PPW |
| Cinebench 2024 / W | 35.6 PPW | 31.8 PPW |
| Blender / W | 8.02 PPW | 6.81 PPW |
General Info
| Manufacturer | Apple | Apple |
| Announced | October, 30, 2023 | November, 20, 2020 |
| Type | Laptop use | Laptop use |
| Architecture | ARMv8 | ARMv8 |
| Codename | Apple M3 | Apple M1 |
| Integrated GPU | Apple M3 GPU | Apple M1 GPU |
Processor
| Cores | 4 | 4 |
| Threads | 4 | 4 |
| Frequency | 4.05 GHz | 3.2 GHz |
| Cores | 4 | 4 |
| Threads | 4 | 4 |
| Frequency | 2.75 GHz | 2.1 GHz |
| Cores count | 8 | 8 |
| Threads count | 8 | 8 |
| Multiplier | 40x | n/a |
| L1 cache | 192 KB/core | 192 KB/core |
| L2 cache | 16 KB/core | 12 KB/core |
| Unlocked multiplier | No | No |
Package
| Transistor count | 25 billion | 16 billion |
| Process tech. | 3 nm | 5 nm |
| Power (TDP) | 20 W | 14 W |
| Socket | Apple M-Socket | Apple M-Socket |
| Critical temp. | 100 °C | n/a |
Memory Support
| Memory Type | LPDDR5-6400 | LPDDR4X-4266 |
| Max Size | 24 GB | 16 GB |
| Channels | 2 | 2 |
| ECC support | No | No |
| Max memory bandwidth | 102.4 GB | 68.25 GB |
Other
| PCIe Version | 4.0 | 4.0 |
Results
After analyzing the data, we consider Apple M3 the clear winner in this comparison.
Survey
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