M3 Pro (11C14G) vs Intel Core i7-6500U

M3 Pro (11C14G)
Intel Core i7-6500U $393
11 Cores
11 Threads
4.05GHz Clock
2 Cores
4 Threads
2.5GHz Clock
Socket
Unknown
Socket
BGA 1356
iGPU
14-Core M3 Pro
5.01 TFLOPS FP32
iGPU
HD 520 1050MHz
400 GFLOPS FP32
GB6S 3,140
77%
GB6M 13,530
51%
CB23S 1,975
76%
CB23S N/A
0%
CB23M 13,100
30%
CB23M N/A
0%
Manufacturer
Apple
Manufacturer
Intel
Architecture
Apple Silicon 13
Architecture
Skylake
Family
M Series
Family
Core 6th Gen
Instruction Set (ISA)
AArch64
Instruction Set (ISA)
x86-64
Codename
Lobos
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M3 Pro
P-Core
AS13P
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E-Core
AS13E
Codename
Skylake-U
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Skylake-2C-GT2
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Market Segment
Laptop
Market Segment
Laptop
Release Date
10/30/2023
Release Date
9/1/2015
Foundry
TSMC
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Foundry
Intel
Intel (PCH Die)
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Node
N3B
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Node
14nm
22nm (PCH Die)
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Die Size
202 mm²
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Die Size
102 mm²
50 mm² (PCH Die)
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Transistor Count
37 Billion
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Transistor Count
1.8 Billion
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Unknown
BGA 1356
11 Cores
5 P-Cores
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6 E-Cores
2 Cores
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11 Threads
5 P-Threads
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6 E-Threads
4 Threads
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P-Core
4.05GHz
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2.5GHz
3.1GHz Boost
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E-Core
2.75GHz
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Overclocking
Locked
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Overclocking
Locked
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Integrated Chipset
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Type
OPI
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Transfer Rate
4GT/s
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Lanes
4
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Bandwidth
2GB/s
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Bi-directional
4GB/s
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
L1 Instruction
32KB/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
L1 Data
32KB/Core
8-way set associative
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L2
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24MB Shared
16-way set associative
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4MB Shared (E-Core)
16-way set associative
L2
256KB/Core
4-way set associative
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L3
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4MB Shared
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16-way set associative
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24MB SLC Cache
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Channels
3
Channels
2
Max Memory
36GB
Max Memory
64GB
ECC
Not Supported
ECC
Not Supported
Bus Width/Channel
64Bit
Bus Width
192Bit
Bus Width/Channel
64Bit
Bus Width
128Bit
Clock
3200MHz
Transfer Rate
6400MT/s
Clock
1067MHz
Transfer Rate
2133MT/s
Bandwidth/Channel
51.2GB/s
Bandwidth
153.6GB/s
Bandwidth/Channel
17.1GB/s
Bandwidth
34.1GB/s
TDP
60W
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TDP
15W
8W 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
Included Cooler
Not Included
No PCIe
PCIe 3.0 x12 Lanes
14-Core M3 Pro
1792 Shaders
1398MHz
5.01 TFLOPS FP32
HD 520 1050MHz
192 Shaders
1050MHz
400 GFLOPS FP32
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No NPU
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16 Cores
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18 TOPS FP16
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No Cellular
No Cellular
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