M3 (8C9G-FL) vs Intel Core i5-1230U
M3 (8C9G-FL)
Intel Core i5-1230U
$309
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8 Cores
8 Threads
4.05GHz Clock
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10 Cores
12 Threads
1GHz Clock
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Socket
Unknown
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Socket
BGA 1744
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iGPU
9-Core M3-FL
3.22 TFLOPS FP32
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iGPU
Iris Xe 80EU 900MHz
1.15 TFLOPS FP32
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GB6S 3,130
77%
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GB6S 1,860
46%
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GB6M 9,510
36%
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GB6M 5,545
21%
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CB23S 1,900
73%
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CB23S 1,410
54%
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CB23M 8,885
21%
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CB23M 5,835
14%
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Manufacturer
Apple
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Manufacturer
Intel
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Architecture
Apple Silicon 13
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Architecture
Alder Lake
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Family
M Series
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Family
Core 12th Gen
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Instruction Set (ISA)
AArch64
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Instruction Set (ISA)
x86-64
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Codename
Ibiza
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M3
P-Core
Everest
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E-Core
Sawtooth
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Codename
Alder Lake-U
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Alder Lake-2P-8E
P-Core
Golden Cove
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E-Core
Gracemont
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Market Segment
Tablet
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Market Segment
Laptop
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Release Date
3/4/2025
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Release Date
2/23/2022
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Foundry
TSMC
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-
-
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Foundry
Intel
Intel (PCH Die)
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-
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Node
N3B
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-
-
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Node
Intel 7
14nm (PCH Die)
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-
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Die Size
137 mm²
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-
-
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Die Size
161 mm²
54 mm² (PCH Die)
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-
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Transistor Count
25 Billion
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-
-
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Transistor Count
11.9 Billion
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-
-
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Unknown
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BGA 1744 |
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8 Cores
4 P-Cores
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4 E-Cores
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10 Cores
2 P-Cores
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8 E-Cores
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8 Threads
4 P-Threads
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4 E-Threads
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12 Threads
4 P-Threads
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8 E-Threads
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P-Core
4.05GHz
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-
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P-Core
1GHz
4.4GHz Boost
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-
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-
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E-Core
2.75GHz
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E-Core
700MHz
3.3GHz Boost
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Overclocking
Locked
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-
-
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Overclocking
Locked
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-
-
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Integrated Chipset
-
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Type
OPI
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-
-
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-
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-
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-
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-
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Transfer Rate
4GT/s
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-
-
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-
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-
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Lanes
8
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-
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Bandwidth
4GB/s
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-
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Bi-directional
8GB/s
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L0 Instruction
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-
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L0 Instruction
-
-
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L0 Data
-
-
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L0 Data
-
-
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L1 Instruction
192KB/P-Core
6-way set associative
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128KB/E-Core
4-way set associative
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L1 Instruction
32KB/P-Core
8-way set associative
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64KB/E-Core
8-way set associative
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L1 Data
128KB/P-Core
4-way set associative
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64KB/E-Core
2-way set associative
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L1 Data
48KB/P-Core
12-way set associative
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32KB/E-Core
8-way set associative
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L2
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16MB Shared
16-way set associative
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-
-
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4MB Shared (E-Core)
16-way set associative
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L2
1280KB/Core
10-way set associative
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2MB Shared (E-Core)
16-way set associative
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-
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L3
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12MB Shared
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12-way set associative
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-
-
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-
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8MB SLC Cache
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-
-
-
-
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Channels
2
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Channels
2
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Max Memory
24GB
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Max Memory
64GB
32GB
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ECC
Not Supported
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ECC
Not Supported
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Bus Width/Channel
64Bit
Bus Width
128Bit
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Bus Width/Channel
64Bit
Bus Width
128Bit
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Clock
3200MHz
Transfer Rate
6400MT/s
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Clock
2600MHz
2133MHz
Transfer Rate
5200MT/s
4266MT/s
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Bandwidth/Channel
51.2GB/s
Bandwidth
102.4GB/s
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Bandwidth/Channel
41.6GB/s
34.1GB/s
Bandwidth
83.2GB/s
68.3GB/s
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TDP
15W
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-
-
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TDP
9W
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29W Peak
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Temp
100°C Max
-
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Temp
100°C Max
-
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Included Cooler
Not Included
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Included Cooler
Not Included
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No PCIe
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PCIe 4.0 x6 Lanes
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9-Core M3-FL
1152 Shaders
1398MHz
3.22 TFLOPS FP32
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Iris Xe 80EU 900MHz
640 Shaders
900MHz
1.15 TFLOPS FP32
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-
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GNA 3.0
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16 Cores
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-
-
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18 TOPS FP16
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-
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-
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-
-
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No Cellular
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No Cellular
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