M3 Ultra (32C80G) vs Intel Core i9-10900

M3 Ultra (32C80G)
Intel Core i9-10900 $438
32 Cores
32 Threads
4.05GHz Clock
10 Cores
20 Threads
2.8GHz Clock
Socket
Unknown
Socket
LGA 1200
iGPU
80-Core M3 Ultra
28.63 TFLOPS FP32
iGPU
UHD 630 1200MHz
460 GFLOPS FP32

GB6 Single-Core

  • 86% faster vs Core i9-10900
  • 46% slower vs M3 Ultra (32C80G)
M3 Ultra (32C80G) - GB6S 3,220
x1.86
Core i9-10900 - GB6S 1,730
x1

GB6 Multi-Core

  • 3.27x faster vs Core i9-10900
  • 69% slower vs M3 Ultra (32C80G)
M3 Ultra (32C80G) - GB6M 27,750
x3.27
Core i9-10900 - GB6M 8,490
x1
  • 17.47x faster vs Core i9-10900
  • 94% slower vs M3 Ultra (32C80G)
M3 Ultra (32C80G) - 819.2GB/s
x17.47
Core i9-10900 - 46.9GB/s
x1
  • 177% higher vs Core i9-10900
  • 64% lower vs M3 Ultra (32C80G)
M3 Ultra (32C80G) - 180W
x2.77
Core i9-10900 - 65W
x1
  • 62.24x faster vs Core i9-10900
  • 98% slower vs M3 Ultra (32C80G)
M3 Ultra (32C80G) - 28.63 TFLOPS FP32
x62.24
Core i9-10900 - 460 GFLOPS FP32
x1
GB6S 3,220
79%
GB6M 27,750
104%
CB23S N/A
0%
CB23S 1,355
52%
CB23M N/A
0%
CB23M 13,105
30%
Manufacturer
Apple
Manufacturer
Intel
Architecture
Apple Silicon 13
Architecture
Skylake
Family
M Series
Family
Core 10th Gen
Instruction Set (ISA)
AArch64
Instruction Set (ISA)
x86-64
Codename
Palma
M3 Ultra
P-Core
AS13P
E-Core
AS13E
Codename
Comet Lake-S
Comet Lake-10C
-
-
-
-
Market Segment
Desktop
Market Segment
Desktop
Release Date
3/5/2025
Release Date
4/30/2020
Foundry
TSMC
Foundry
Intel
Node
N3B
Node
14nm+++
Die Size
1005 mm²
Die Size
198 mm²
Transistor Count
184 Billion
Transistor Count
3.4 Billion
Unknown
LGA 1200
32 Cores
24 P-Cores
8 E-Cores
10 Cores
-
-
32 Threads
24 P-Threads
8 E-Threads
20 Threads
-
-
P-Core
4.05GHz
-
-
2.8GHz
5.1GHz Boost
E-Core
2.75GHz
-
-
Overclocking
Locked
Overclocking
Locked
Integrated Chipset
-
Type
DMI
-
-
Transfer Rate
8GT/s
-
-
Lanes
4
-
-
Bandwidth
4GB/s
-
-
Bi-directional
8GB/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
32KB/Core
8-way set associative
-
-
L2
-
-
64MB Shared
16-way set associative
4MB Shared (E-Core)
16-way set associative
L2
256KB/Core
4-way set associative
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
L3
20MB 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
1466MHz
Transfer Rate
2933MT/s
Bandwidth/Channel
102.4GB/s
Bandwidth
819.2GB/s
Bandwidth/Channel
23.5GB/s
Bandwidth
46.9GB/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 3.0 x16 Lanes
80-Core M3 Ultra
10240 Shaders
1398MHz
28.63 TFLOPS FP32
UHD 630 1200MHz
192 Shaders
1200MHz
460 GFLOPS FP32
No NPU
32 Cores
-
36 TOPS FP16
-
No Cellular
No Cellular
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