Intel Core i7 6700 vs Apple M3
CPU Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Sep 2015
Oct 2023
Manufacturer
Intel
Apple
Type
Desktop
Laptop
Instruction Set
x86-64
ARMv8
Core Architecture
Skylake
Apple M3
Processor Number
i7-6700
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Integrated Graphics
HD Graphics 530
Apple M3 GPU
Package
Manufacturing Process
14 nm
3 nm
Socket
LGA-1151
Apple M-Socket
Power Consumption
65 W
20 W
Transistor Count
-
25 billions
Peak Operating Temperature
-
100°C
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
4
4
Performance Core Threads
8
4
Performance Core Base Frequency
3.4 GHz
4.05 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4 GHz
4.05 GHz
Total Core Count
4
8
Total Thread Count
8
8
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
-
Multiplier
34
40x
L1 Cache
64 K per core
192 K per core
L2 Cache
256 K per core
16 MB shared
L3 Cache
8 MB shared
64 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
No
No
Efficiency Cores
-
4
Efficiency Core Threads
-
4
Efficiency Core Base Frequency
-
2.75 GHz
Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency
-
2.57 GHz
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR4-2133,DDR3L-1600
LPDDR5-6400
Max Memory Size
64 GB
24 GB
Max Memory Channels
2
2
Max Memory Bandwidth
34.1 GB/s
102.4 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
No
No
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics
true
true
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
1150 MHz
1600 MHz
GPU Base Frequency
-
500 MHz
Shader Units
-
1280
Texture Units
-
80
Raster Operation Units
-
40
Execution Units
-
160
Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
3.0
4.0
PCIe Lanes
16
-
Extended Instruction Set
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2
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📊 Benchmark
Cinebench R23
1,063
1,920
Cinebench R23
4,841
10,448
Geekbench 6
1,388
3,009
Geekbench 5
1,002
-
Geekbench 6
4,622
11,805
Geekbench 5
3,915
-
Blender
88
168
Passmark CPU
2,288
4,850
Passmark CPU
8,087
19,597
Cinebench 2024
-
140
Cinebench 2024
-
707