M3 Ultra (28C60G) vs Intel Core i7-12700F

M3 Ultra (28C60G)
Intel Core i7-12700F $313
28 Cores
28 Threads
4.05GHz Clock
12 Cores
20 Threads
2.1GHz Clock
Socket
Unknown
Socket
LGA 1700
iGPU
60-Core M3 Ultra
21.47 TFLOPS FP32
iGPU
No GPU
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GB6S 3,220
79%
GB6M 27,750
104%
CB23S N/A
0%
CB23S 1,860
72%
CB23M N/A
0%
CB23M 21,560
50%
Manufacturer
Apple
Manufacturer
Intel
Architecture
Apple Silicon 13
Architecture
Alder Lake
Family
M Series
Family
Core 12th Gen
Instruction Set (ISA)
AArch64
Instruction Set (ISA)
x86-64
Codename
Palma
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M3 Ultra
P-Core
AS13P
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E-Core
AS13E
Codename
Alder Lake-S
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Alder Lake-8P-8E
P-Core
Golden Cove
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-
E-Core
Gracemont
Market Segment
Desktop
Market Segment
Desktop
Release Date
3/5/2025
Release Date
1/18/2022
Foundry
TSMC
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Foundry
Intel
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Node
N3B
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Node
Intel 7
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Die Size
1005 mm²
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Die Size
202 mm²
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Transistor Count
184 Billion
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Transistor Count
14.6 Billion
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Unknown
LGA 1700
28 Cores
20 P-Cores
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8 E-Cores
12 Cores
8 P-Cores
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4 E-Cores
28 Threads
20 P-Threads
-
8 E-Threads
20 Threads
16 P-Threads
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4 E-Threads
P-Core
4.05GHz
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P-Core
2.1GHz
4.9GHz Boost
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E-Core
2.75GHz
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E-Core
1.6GHz
3.6GHz Boost
Overclocking
Locked
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Overclocking
Locked
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-
Integrated Chipset
-
Type
DMI
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Transfer Rate
16GT/s
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-
Lanes
8
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-
Bandwidth
16GB/s
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-
Bi-directional
32GB/s
L0 Instruction
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-
L0 Instruction
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-
L0 Data
-
-
L0 Data
-
-
L1 Instruction
192KB/P-Core
6-way set associative
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-
128KB/E-Core
4-way set associative
L1 Instruction
32KB/P-Core
8-way set associative
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64KB/E-Core
8-way set associative
L1 Data
128KB/P-Core
4-way set associative
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64KB/E-Core
2-way set associative
L1 Data
48KB/P-Core
12-way set associative
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32KB/E-Core
8-way set associative
L2
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64MB Shared
16-way set associative
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-
-
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-
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4MB Shared (E-Core)
16-way set associative
L2
1280KB/Core
10-way set associative
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2MB Shared (E-Core)
16-way set associative
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L3
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25MB Shared
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12-way set associative
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96MB SLC Cache
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-
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-
Channels
8
Channels
2
Max Memory
128GB
Max Memory
128GB
ECC
Not Supported
ECC
Not Supported
Bus Width/Channel
128Bit
Bus Width
1024Bit
Bus Width/Channel
64Bit
Bus Width
128Bit
Clock
3200MHz
Transfer Rate
6400MT/s
Clock
2400MHz
Transfer Rate
4800MT/s
Bandwidth/Channel
102.4GB/s
Bandwidth
819.2GB/s
Bandwidth/Channel
38.4GB/s
Bandwidth
76.8GB/s
TDP
180W
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TDP
65W
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180W Peak
Temp
100°C Max
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Temp
100°C Max
-
Included Cooler
Not Included
Included Cooler
Laminar RM1
No PCIe
PCIe 5.0 x16 Lanes
PCIe 4.0 x4 Lanes
60-Core M3 Ultra
7680 Shaders
1398MHz
21.47 TFLOPS FP32
No GPU
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- -
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GNA 3.0
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32 Cores
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36 TOPS FP16
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No Cellular
No Cellular
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