Intel Core Ultra 9 285 vs Apple M3 Pro

Compared 2 processors: Intel Core Ultra 9 285, vs Apple M3 Pro. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Intel Core Ultra 9 285 and Apple M3 Pro
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
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
Cinebench R23
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
Intel Core Ultra 9 285
2180
Apple M3 Pro
1977
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
Intel Core Ultra 9 285
33289
Apple M3 Pro
15106
Cinebench 2024
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
Intel Core Ultra 9 285
133
Apple M3 Pro
143
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
Intel Core Ultra 9 285
1978
Apple M3 Pro
1059
PassMark
PassMark CPU (Single-Core)
Intel Core Ultra 9 285
n/a
Apple M3 Pro
4318
PassMark CPU (Multi-Core)
Intel Core Ultra 9 285
n/a
Apple M3 Pro
24405
Integer Mathn/a56.4 GOps/s
Floating-Point Mathn/a65.4 GOps/s
Prime Number Searchn/a243 M primes/s
Random String Sortn/a35.8 M strings/s
Data Encryptionn/a14.7 GB/s
Data Compressionn/a295.1 MB/s
Physicsn/a2076 frames/s
Extended Instructionsn/a142 M matrices/s
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Intel Core Ultra 9 285
3196
Apple M3 Pro
3158
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Intel Core Ultra 9 285
21640
Apple M3 Pro
15070
File Compression1500 MB/s1550 MB/s
Clang Compilation234.5 KLines/s124.1 KLines/s
HTML5 Browser453.4 pages/s363.6 pages/s
PDF Rendering585.9 MP/sec390.6 MP/sec
Text Processing358.6 pages/s304.6 pages/s
Background Blur87 frames/s59.9 frames/s
Photo Processing147.8 frames/s142 frames/s
Ray Tracing47.9 MP/sec18.4 MP/sec

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender CPU
Intel Core Ultra 9 285
n/a
Apple M3 Pro
228.7

Performance/Watt

Points per watt of PL1 TDP
Geekbench 6 Multi / W 332.9 PPW 502.3 PPW
PassMark CPU / W n/a 813.5 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / W 30.4 PPW 35.3 PPW
Blender / W n/a 7.62 PPW

General Info

Manufacturer Intel Apple
Announced December, 18, 2024 October, 30, 2023
Type PC use Laptop use
Architecture x86-64 ARMv8
Codename Arrow Lake Apple M3
Model number 285 n/a
Integrated GPU Arc Graphics Apple M3 Pro GPU (18-core)

Processor

Performance cores
Cores 8 6
Threads 8 6
Frequency 2.5 GHz 4.05 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo) 5.6 GHz n/a
Efficiency cores
Cores166
Threads166
Frequency1.9 GHz2.75 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo)4.6 GHzn/a
General
Cores count2412
Threads count2412
Bus frequency100 MHzn/a
Multiplier25x40x
L1 cache192 KB/core192 KB/core
L2 cache3000 KB/core16 KB/core
L3 Cache36 MB totaln/a
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Package

Transistor count n/a 37 billion
Process tech. 3 nm 3 nm
Power (TDP) 65 W 30 W
Max TDP (Boost) 182 W n/a
Socket FCLGA-1851 Apple M-Socket
Critical temp. 105 °C 100 °C

Memory Support

Memory Type DDR5-6400 LPDDR5-6400
Max Size 256 GB 36 GB
Channels 2 3
ECC support Yes No
Max memory bandwidth n/a 153.6 GB

Other

PCIe Version 5.0 4.0
Max PCIe Lanes 24 n/a
Tech - Compute: ABM, ADX, AVX-VNNI, BMI1, BMI2, CLMUL, DLBoost 3.0, F16C, SHA
- Performance: CFET, EIST, TBMT 3.0, TBT 2.0, TVB, Thread Director
- Virtualization: VT-d, VT-rp, VT-x
- Security: MBEC, RDRAND, SIPP, TDT, TXT, XD bit, vPro
n/a

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Intel Core Ultra 9 285 the clear winner in this comparison.

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