M3 Ultra (28C60G) vs Intel Core Ultra 9 285

M3 Ultra (28C60G)
Intel Core Ultra 9 285 $579
28 Cores
28 Threads
4.05GHz Clock
24 Cores
24 Threads
2.5GHz Clock
Socket
Unknown
Socket
LGA 1851
iGPU
60-Core M3 Ultra
21.47 TFLOPS FP32
iGPU
Graphics 4C 2000MHz
2.05 TFLOPS FP32

GB6 Single-Core

  • 2% faster vs Core Ultra 9 285
  • 2% slower vs M3 Ultra (28C60G)
M3 Ultra (28C60G) - GB6S 3,220
x1.02
Core Ultra 9 285 - GB6S 3,150
x1

GB6 Multi-Core

  • 38% faster vs Core Ultra 9 285
  • 28% slower vs M3 Ultra (28C60G)
M3 Ultra (28C60G) - GB6M 27,750
x1.38
Core Ultra 9 285 - GB6M 20,110
x1
  • 8x faster vs Core Ultra 9 285
  • 88% slower vs M3 Ultra (28C60G)
M3 Ultra (28C60G) - 819.2GB/s
x8
Core Ultra 9 285 - 102.4GB/s
x1
  • 177% higher vs Core Ultra 9 285
  • 64% lower vs M3 Ultra (28C60G)
M3 Ultra (28C60G) - 180W
x2.77
Core Ultra 9 285 - 65W
x1
  • 10.47x faster vs Core Ultra 9 285
  • 90% slower vs M3 Ultra (28C60G)
M3 Ultra (28C60G) - 21.47 TFLOPS FP32
x10.47
Core Ultra 9 285 - 2.05 TFLOPS FP32
x1
  • 2.77x faster vs Core Ultra 9 285
  • 64% slower vs M3 Ultra (28C60G)
M3 Ultra (28C60G) - 36 TOPS FP16
x2.77
Core Ultra 9 285 - 13 TOPS INT8
x1
GB6S 3,220
79%
GB6M 27,750
104%
Manufacturer
Apple
Manufacturer
Intel
Architecture
Apple Silicon 13
Architecture
Arrow Lake
Family
M Series
Family
Core Ultra Series 2
Instruction Set (ISA)
AArch64
Instruction Set (ISA)
x86-64
Codename
Palma
M3 Ultra
P-Core
AS13P
E-Core
AS13E
Codename
-
Arrow Lake-S-8P-16E
P-Core
Lion Cove
E-Core
Skymont
Market Segment
Desktop
Market Segment
Desktop
Release Date
3/5/2025
Release Date
1/6/2025
Foundry
TSMC
-
-
-
Foundry
TSMC
TSMC (iGPU Die)
TSMC (SoC Die)
TSMC (IO Die)
Node
N3B
-
-
-
Node
N3B
N5 (iGPU Die)
N6 (SoC Die)
N6 (IO Die)
Die Size
1005 mm²
-
-
-
Die Size
135 mm²
23 mm² (iGPU Die)
100 mm² (SoC Die)
28 mm² (IO Die)
Transistor Count
184 Billion
Transistor Count
Unknown
Unknown
LGA 1851
28 Cores
20 P-Cores
8 E-Cores
24 Cores
8 P-Cores
16 E-Cores
28 Threads
20 P-Threads
8 E-Threads
24 Threads
8 P-Threads
16 E-Threads
P-Core
4.05GHz
-
P-Core
2.5GHz
5.6GHz Boost
E-Core
2.75GHz
-
E-Core
1.9GHz
4.6GHz 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
64KB/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
3072KB/Core
10-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
192GB
ECC
Not Supported
ECC
Supported
Bus Width/Channel
128Bit
Bus Width
1024Bit
Bus Width/Channel
64Bit
Bus Width
128Bit
Clock
3200MHz
Transfer Rate
6400MT/s
Clock
3200MHz
Transfer Rate
6400MT/s
Bandwidth/Channel
102.4GB/s
Bandwidth
819.2GB/s
Bandwidth/Channel
51.2GB/s
Bandwidth
102.4GB/s
TDP
180W
-
TDP
65W
182W Peak
Temp
100°C Max
Temp
105°C Max
Included Cooler
Not Included
Included Cooler
Laminar RH1
No PCIe
PCIe 5.0 x20 Lanes
PCIe 4.0 x4 Lanes
60-Core M3 Ultra
7680 Shaders
1398MHz
21.47 TFLOPS FP32
Graphics 4C 2000MHz
512 Shaders
2000MHz
2.05 TFLOPS FP32
-
AI Boost 3
32 Cores
2 Cores
36 TOPS FP16
13 TOPS INT8
No Cellular
No Cellular
Change Comparison