Apple M3 8-core CPU 8-core GPU vs Apple M3 Pro 11-core CPU 14-core GPU processor comparison: performance score, cores and clock speeds, cache, TDP, integrated graphics and NPU. The better value in each row is highlighted in green.
Summary
Apple M3 Pro 11-core CPU 14-core GPU offers more cores (11 vs 8), more threads (11 vs 8), and more integrated graphics units (14 vs 8).
Performance score
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Key specs
Cores & Threads8/8
Cores & Threads11/11
Max clock4.1 GHz
Max clock4.1 GHz
L2 cache20 MB
L2 cache20 MB
TDPN/A
TDPN/A
iGPUApple M3 GPU
iGPUApple M3 Pro GPU
General
SeriesM3
SeriesM3
CodenameIbiza
CodenameLobos
CPU architectureN/A
CPU architectureN/A
FoundryTSMC
FoundryTSMC
Process node3 nm
Process node3 nm
Instruction setARM64
Instruction setARM64
Release dateOctober 30, 2023
Release dateOctober 30, 2023
Cores and clocks
Cores & Threads8/8
Cores & Threads11/11
4× P-cores
- Max clock
- 4.1 GHz
5× P-cores
- Max clock
- 4.1 GHz
4× E-cores
- Max clock
- 2.8 GHz
6× E-cores
- Max clock
- 2.8 GHz
Cache
L3 cacheN/A
L3 cacheN/A
L2 cache20 MB
L2 cache20 MB
L1 cache2048 KB
L1 cache2752 KB
TDP
TDPN/A
TDPN/A
Max temperatureN/A
Max temperatureN/A
Connectivity
Memory supportLPDDR5-6400
Memory supportLPDDR5-6400
Memory channels2
Memory channels3
PCIe versionN/A
PCIe versionN/A
PCIe lanesN/A
PCIe lanesN/A
Graphics
ModelApple M3 GPU
ModelApple M3 Pro GPU
iGPU architectureApple9
iGPU architectureApple9
GPU cores8
GPU cores14
Clock1380 MHz
Clock1380 MHz
AI
Total TOPSN/A
Total TOPSN/A
NPU TOPS18
NPU TOPS18
iGPU TOPSN/A
iGPU TOPSN/A