M3 Ultra (32C80G) vs Intel Core i5-11500

M3 Ultra (32C80G)
Intel Core i5-11500 $192
32 Cores
32 Threads
4.05GHz Clock
6 Cores
12 Threads
2.7GHz Clock
Socket
Unknown
Socket
LGA 1200
iGPU
80-Core M3 Ultra
28.63 TFLOPS FP32
iGPU
UHD 750 1300MHz
670 GFLOPS FP32

GB6 Single-Core

  • 53% faster vs Core i5-11500
  • 35% slower vs M3 Ultra (32C80G)
M3 Ultra (32C80G) - GB6S 3,220
x1.53
Core i5-11500 - GB6S 2,100
x1

GB6 Multi-Core

  • 3.7x faster vs Core i5-11500
  • 73% slower vs M3 Ultra (32C80G)
M3 Ultra (32C80G) - GB6M 27,750
x3.7
Core i5-11500 - GB6M 7,500
x1
  • 16x faster vs Core i5-11500
  • 94% slower vs M3 Ultra (32C80G)
M3 Ultra (32C80G) - 819.2GB/s
x16
Core i5-11500 - 51.2GB/s
x1
  • 177% higher vs Core i5-11500
  • 64% lower vs M3 Ultra (32C80G)
M3 Ultra (32C80G) - 180W
x2.77
Core i5-11500 - 65W
x1
  • 42.73x faster vs Core i5-11500
  • 98% slower vs M3 Ultra (32C80G)
M3 Ultra (32C80G) - 28.63 TFLOPS FP32
x42.73
Core i5-11500 - 670 GFLOPS FP32
x1
GB6S 3,220
79%
GB6M 27,750
104%
CB23S N/A
0%
CB23S 1,415
54%
CB23M N/A
0%
CB23M 10,725
25%
Manufacturer
Apple
Manufacturer
Intel
Architecture
Apple Silicon 13
Architecture
Rocket Lake
Family
M Series
Family
Core 11th Gen
Instruction Set (ISA)
AArch64
Instruction Set (ISA)
x86-64
Codename
Palma
M3 Ultra
P-Core
AS13P
E-Core
AS13E
Codename
Rocket Lake-S
-
-
Cypress Cove
-
-
Market Segment
Desktop
Market Segment
Desktop
Release Date
3/5/2025
Release Date
3/16/2021
Foundry
TSMC
Foundry
Intel
Node
N3B
Node
14nm++++
Die Size
1005 mm²
Die Size
276 mm²
Transistor Count
184 Billion
Transistor Count
6.9 Billion
Unknown
LGA 1200
32 Cores
24 P-Cores
8 E-Cores
6 Cores
-
-
32 Threads
24 P-Threads
8 E-Threads
12 Threads
-
-
P-Core
4.05GHz
-
-
2.7GHz
4.6GHz Boost
E-Core
2.75GHz
-
-
Overclocking
Locked
Overclocking
Locked
Integrated Chipset
-
Type
DMI
-
-
Transfer Rate
8GT/s
-
-
Lanes
8
-
-
Bandwidth
8GB/s
-
-
Bi-directional
16GB/s
L1 Instruction
192KB/P-Core
6-way set associative
128KB/E-Core
4-way set associative
L1 Instruction
32KB/Core
8-way set associative
-
-
L1 Data
128KB/P-Core
4-way set associative
64KB/E-Core
2-way set associative
L1 Data
48KB/Core
12-way set associative
-
-
L2
-
-
64MB Shared
16-way set associative
4MB Shared (E-Core)
16-way set associative
L2
512KB/Core
8-way set associative
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
L3
12MB Shared
16-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
1600MHz
Transfer Rate
3200MT/s
Bandwidth/Channel
102.4GB/s
Bandwidth
819.2GB/s
Bandwidth/Channel
25.6GB/s
Bandwidth
51.2GB/s
TDP
180W
TDP
65W
Temp
100°C Max
Temp
100°C Max
Included Cooler
Not Included
Included Cooler
Stock Cooler 1200
No PCIe
PCIe 4.0 x20 Lanes
80-Core M3 Ultra
10240 Shaders
1398MHz
28.63 TFLOPS FP32
UHD 750 1300MHz
256 Shaders
1300MHz
670 GFLOPS FP32
-
GNA 2.0
32 Cores
-
36 TOPS FP16
-
No Cellular
No Cellular
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