M3 Ultra (32C80G) vs Intel Core i7-12700F
            M3 Ultra (32C80G)
            
                
            
        
    
            Intel Core i7-12700F
            
                $313
            
        
    | 32 Cores 32 Threads 4.05GHz Clock | 12 Cores 20 Threads 2.1GHz Clock | 
| Socket Unknown | Socket LGA 1700 | 
| iGPU80-Core M3 Ultra 28.63 TFLOPS FP32 | iGPU No GPU - - | 
| GB6S 3,220 79% | 
                                            
                                                GB6S 2,400
                                            
                                             59% | 
| GB6M 27,750 104% | 
                                            
                                                GB6M 11,755
                                            
                                             44% | 
| CB23S N/A 0% | CB23S 1,860 72% | 
| CB23M N/A 0% | CB23M 21,560 50% | 
| ManufacturerApple | ManufacturerIntel | 
| ArchitectureApple Silicon 13 | ArchitectureAlder Lake | 
| FamilyM Series | FamilyCore 12th Gen | 
| Instruction Set (ISA) AArch64 | Instruction Set (ISA) x86-64 | 
| Codename Palma-2C - M3 Ultra P-Core Everest - - E-Core Sawtooth | Codename Alder Lake-S - Alder Lake-8P-8E P-Core Golden Cove - - E-Core Gracemont | 
| Market Segment Desktop | Market Segment Desktop | 
| Release Date 3/5/2025 | Release Date 1/18/2022 | 
| Foundry TSMC - - - | Foundry Intel - - - | 
| Node N3B - - - | Node Intel 7 - - - | 
| Die Size 2x 503 mm² - - - | Die Size 202 mm² - - - | 
| Transistor Count 2x 92 Billion - - - | Transistor Count 14.6 Billion - - - | 
| Unknown | LGA 1700 | 
| 32 Cores 24 P-Cores - 8 E-Cores | 12 Cores 8 P-Cores - 4 E-Cores | 
| 32 Threads 24 P-Threads - 8 E-Threads | 20 Threads 16 P-Threads - 4 E-Threads | 
| P-Core 4.05GHz - - | P-Core 2.1GHz 4.9GHz Boost - | 
| - - - | - - - | 
| E-Core 2.75GHz - | E-Core 1.6GHz 3.6GHz Boost | 
| Overclocking Locked - - - | Overclocking Locked - - - | 
| Integrated Chipset - | Type DMI | 
| - - | - - | 
| - - | - - | 
| - - | Transfer Rate 16GT/s | 
| - - | - - | 
| - - | Lanes 8 | 
| - - | Bandwidth 16GB/s | 
| - - | Bi-directional 32GB/s | 
| L0 Instruction - - | L0 Instruction - - | 
| L0 Data - - | L0 Data - - | 
| 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 1280KB/Core 10-way set associative - - - - - - - - 2MB Shared (E-Core) 16-way set associative | 
| - - - - - - - - - - | L3 - 25MB Shared - 12-way set associative - - - - - | 
| - - - 96MB SLC Cache | - - - - | 
| Channels 8 | Channels 2 | 
| Max Memory 128GB | Max Memory 128GB 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 1600MHz Transfer Rate 4800MT/s 3200MT/s | 
| Bandwidth/Channel 102.4GB/s Bandwidth 819.2GB/s | Bandwidth/Channel 38.4GB/s 25.6GB/s Bandwidth 76.8GB/s 51.2GB/s | 
| TDP 180W - - - | TDP 65W - - 180W Peak | 
| Temp 100°C Max - | Temp 100°C Max - | 
| Included Cooler Not Included | Included CoolerLaminar RM1 | 
| No PCIe | PCIe 5.0 x16 Lanes PCIe 4.0 x4 Lanes | 
| 80-Core M3 Ultra 10240 Shaders 1398MHz 28.63 TFLOPS FP32 | No GPU - - - - | 
| - | GNA 3.0 | 
| - 32 Cores | - - | 
| 36 TOPS FP16 | -  | 
| - - | - - | 
| No Cellular | No Cellular | 
 
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
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