M3 (8C9G-FL) vs Intel Core i5-8250U
M3 (8C9G-FL)
Intel Core i5-8250U
$297
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8 Cores
8 Threads
4.05GHz Clock
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4 Cores
8 Threads
1.6GHz Clock
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Socket
Unknown
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Socket
BGA 1356
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iGPU
9-Core M3-FL
3.22 TFLOPS FP32
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iGPU
UHD 620 1100MHz
420 GFLOPS FP32
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GB6S 3,130
77%
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GB6S 1,100
27%
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GB6M 9,510
36%
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GB6M 3,400
13%
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CB23S 1,900
73%
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CB23S N/A
0%
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CB23M 8,885
21%
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CB23M N/A
0%
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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
Skylake
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Family
M Series
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Family
Core 8th 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
AS13P
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E-Core
AS13E
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Codename
Kaby Lake-R
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Kaby Lake-R-4C-GT2
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-
-
-
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-
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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
8/21/2017
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Foundry
TSMC
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-
-
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Foundry
Intel
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-
-
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Node
N3B
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-
-
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Node
14nm+
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-
-
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Die Size
137 mm²
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-
-
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Die Size
123 mm²
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-
-
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Transistor Count
25 Billion
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-
-
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Transistor Count
2.1 Billion
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-
-
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Unknown
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BGA 1356 |
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8 Cores
4 P-Cores
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4 E-Cores
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4 Cores
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-
-
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8 Threads
4 P-Threads
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4 E-Threads
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8 Threads
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-
-
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P-Core
4.05GHz
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-
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1.6GHz
3.4GHz Boost
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-
-
-
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-
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E-Core
2.75GHz
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-
-
-
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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
4
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-
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Bandwidth
2GB/s
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-
-
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Bi-directional
4GB/s
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L0 Instruction
-
-
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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/Core
8-way set associative
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-
-
-
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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
32KB/Core
8-way set associative
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-
-
-
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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
256KB/Core
4-way set associative
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-
-
-
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-
-
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-
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-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
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L3
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6MB Shared
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16-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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-
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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
32GB
32GB
16GB
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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
1067MHz
800MHz
933MHz
Transfer Rate
2133MT/s
1600MT/s
1866MT/s
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Bandwidth/Channel
51.2GB/s
Bandwidth
102.4GB/s
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Bandwidth/Channel
17.1GB/s
12.8GB/s
15.0GB/s
Bandwidth
34.1GB/s
25.6GB/s
30.0GB/s
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TDP
15W
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-
-
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TDP
15W
10W cTDP Down
25W cTDP Up
-
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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 3.0 x12 Lanes
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9-Core M3-FL
1152 Shaders
1398MHz
3.22 TFLOPS FP32
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UHD 620 1100MHz
192 Shaders
1100MHz
420 GFLOPS FP32
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-
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No NPU
-
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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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