M3 Ultra (28C60G) vs Intel Core i9-13900

M3 Ultra (28C60G)
Intel Core i9-13900 $579
28 Cores
28 Threads
4.05GHz Clock
24 Cores
32 Threads
2GHz Clock
Socket
Unknown
Socket
LGA 1700
iGPU
60-Core M3 Ultra
21.47 TFLOPS FP32
iGPU
UHD 770 1650MHz
850 GFLOPS FP32

GB6 Single-Core

  • 16% faster vs Core i9-13900
  • 14% slower vs M3 Ultra (28C60G)
M3 Ultra (28C60G) - GB6S 3,220
x1.16
Core i9-13900 - GB6S 2,765
x1

GB6 Multi-Core

  • 67% faster vs Core i9-13900
  • 40% slower vs M3 Ultra (28C60G)
M3 Ultra (28C60G) - GB6M 27,750
x1.67
Core i9-13900 - GB6M 16,590
x1
  • 9.14x faster vs Core i9-13900
  • 89% slower vs M3 Ultra (28C60G)
M3 Ultra (28C60G) - 819.2GB/s
x9.14
Core i9-13900 - 89.6GB/s
x1
  • 177% higher vs Core i9-13900
  • 64% lower vs M3 Ultra (28C60G)
M3 Ultra (28C60G) - 180W
x2.77
Core i9-13900 - 65W
x1
  • 25.26x faster vs Core i9-13900
  • 96% slower vs M3 Ultra (28C60G)
M3 Ultra (28C60G) - 21.47 TFLOPS FP32
x25.26
Core i9-13900 - 850 GFLOPS FP32
x1
GB6S 3,220
79%
GB6M 27,750
104%
CB23S N/A
0%
CB23S 2,190
84%
CB23M N/A
0%
CB23M 38,495
89%
Manufacturer
Apple
Manufacturer
Intel
Architecture
Apple Silicon 13
Architecture
Raptor Lake
Family
M Series
Family
Core 13th Gen
Instruction Set (ISA)
AArch64
Instruction Set (ISA)
x86-64
Codename
Palma
M3 Ultra
P-Core
AS13P
E-Core
AS13E
Codename
Raptor Lake-S
Raptor Lake-8P-16E
P-Core
Raptor Cove
E-Core
Gracemont
Market Segment
Desktop
Market Segment
Desktop
Release Date
3/5/2025
Release Date
1/1/2023
Foundry
TSMC
Foundry
Intel
Node
N3B
Node
Intel 7
Die Size
1005 mm²
Die Size
257 mm²
Transistor Count
184 Billion
Transistor Count
18.5 Billion
Unknown
LGA 1700
28 Cores
20 P-Cores
8 E-Cores
24 Cores
8 P-Cores
16 E-Cores
28 Threads
20 P-Threads
8 E-Threads
32 Threads
16 P-Threads
16 E-Threads
P-Core
4.05GHz
-
P-Core
2GHz
5.6GHz Boost
E-Core
2.75GHz
-
E-Core
1.5GHz
4.2GHz Boost
Overclocking
Locked
Overclocking
Locked
Integrated Chipset
-
Type
DMI
-
-
Transfer Rate
16GT/s
-
-
Lanes
8
-
-
Bandwidth
16GB/s
-
-
Bi-directional
32GB/s
L1 Instruction
192KB/P-Core
6-way set associative
128KB/E-Core
4-way set associative
L1 Instruction
32KB/P-Core
8-way set associative
64KB/E-Core
8-way set associative
L1 Data
128KB/P-Core
4-way set associative
64KB/E-Core
2-way set associative
L1 Data
48KB/P-Core
12-way set associative
32KB/E-Core
8-way set associative
L2
-
-
64MB Shared
16-way set associative
4MB Shared (E-Core)
16-way set associative
L2
2048KB/Core
16-way set associative
-
-
16MB Shared (E-Core)
16-way set associative
-
-
-
L3
36MB Shared
12-way set associative
96MB SLC Cache
-
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
2800MHz
Transfer Rate
5600MT/s
Bandwidth/Channel
102.4GB/s
Bandwidth
819.2GB/s
Bandwidth/Channel
44.8GB/s
Bandwidth
89.6GB/s
TDP
180W
-
TDP
65W
219W Peak
Temp
100°C Max
Temp
100°C Max
Included Cooler
Not Included
Included Cooler
Laminar RH1
No PCIe
PCIe 5.0 x16 Lanes
PCIe 4.0 x4 Lanes
60-Core M3 Ultra
7680 Shaders
1398MHz
21.47 TFLOPS FP32
UHD 770 1650MHz
256 Shaders
1650MHz
850 GFLOPS FP32
-
GNA 3.0
32 Cores
-
36 TOPS FP16
-
No Cellular
No Cellular
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