M3 Ultra (32C80G) vs Intel Core i7-12700T

M3 Ultra (32C80G)
Intel Core i7-12700T $339
32 Cores
32 Threads
4.05GHz Clock
12 Cores
20 Threads
1.4GHz Clock
Socket
Unknown
Socket
LGA 1700
iGPU
80-Core M3 Ultra
28.63 TFLOPS FP32
iGPU
UHD 770 1500MHz
770 GFLOPS FP32

GB6 Single-Core

  • 42% faster vs Core i7-12700T
  • 30% slower vs M3 Ultra (32C80G)
M3 Ultra (32C80G) - GB6S 3,220
x1.42
Core i7-12700T - GB6S 2,270
x1

GB6 Multi-Core

  • 2.91x faster vs Core i7-12700T
  • 66% slower vs M3 Ultra (32C80G)
M3 Ultra (32C80G) - GB6M 27,750
x2.91
Core i7-12700T - GB6M 9,520
x1
  • 10.67x faster vs Core i7-12700T
  • 91% slower vs M3 Ultra (32C80G)
M3 Ultra (32C80G) - 819.2GB/s
x10.67
Core i7-12700T - 76.8GB/s
x1
  • 414% higher vs Core i7-12700T
  • 81% lower vs M3 Ultra (32C80G)
M3 Ultra (32C80G) - 180W
x5.14
Core i7-12700T - 35W
x1
  • 37.18x faster vs Core i7-12700T
  • 97% slower vs M3 Ultra (32C80G)
M3 Ultra (32C80G) - 28.63 TFLOPS FP32
x37.18
Core i7-12700T - 770 GFLOPS FP32
x1
GB6S 3,220
79%
GB6M 27,750
104%
CB23S N/A
0%
CB23S 1,785
69%
CB23M N/A
0%
CB23M 11,730
27%
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
M3 Ultra
P-Core
AS13P
E-Core
AS13E
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
1005 mm²
Die Size
202 mm²
Transistor Count
184 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
1.4GHz
4.7GHz Boost
E-Core
2.75GHz
-
E-Core
1GHz
3.4GHz 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
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
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
-
TDP
35W
99W Peak
Temp
100°C Max
Temp
100°C Max
No PCIe
PCIe 5.0 x16 Lanes
PCIe 4.0 x4 Lanes
80-Core M3 Ultra
10240 Shaders
1398MHz
28.63 TFLOPS FP32
UHD 770 1500MHz
256 Shaders
1500MHz
770 GFLOPS FP32
-
GNA 3.0
32 Cores
-
36 TOPS FP16
-
No Cellular
No Cellular
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