Intel Core Ultra 9 185H vs M3 Max (14C30G)
            Intel Core Ultra 9 185H
            
                
            
        
    
            M3 Max (14C30G)
            
                
            
        
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                             16 Cores 
                            22 Threads 
                            2.3GHz Clock 
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                             14 Cores 
                            14 Threads 
                            4.05GHz Clock 
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                             Socket 
                            BGA 2049 
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                             Socket 
                            Unknown 
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                             iGPU 
                            
                                Arc 8C 2350MHz
                            
                            4.81 TFLOPS FP32 
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                             iGPU 
                            
                                30-Core M3 Max
                            
                            10.74 TFLOPS FP32 
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                                                GB6S 2,500
                                            
                                             
                                    62% 
                                            
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                                         GB6S 3,180 
                                            
                                            78% 
                                            
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                                                GB6M 13,555
                                            
                                             
                                    51% 
                                            
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                                         GB6M 19,515 
                                            
                                            73% 
                                            
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                                         CB23S 1,810 
                                            70% 
                                            
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                                         CB23S 1,995 
                                            77% 
                                            
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                                         CB23M 18,420 
                                            43% 
                                            
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                                         CB23M 22,195 
                                            51% 
                                            
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                                         Manufacturer 
                                        
                                            Intel
                                        
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                                         Manufacturer 
                                        
                                            Apple
                                        
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                                         Architecture 
                                        
                                            Meteor Lake
                                        
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                                         Architecture 
                                        
                                            Apple Silicon 13
                                        
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                                         Family 
                                        
                                            Core Ultra Series 1
                                        
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                                         Family 
                                        
                                            M Series
                                        
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                                         Instruction Set (ISA) 
                                        x86-64 
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                                         Instruction Set (ISA) 
                                        AArch64 
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                                         Codename 
                                        Meteor Lake-H 
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                                        Meteor Lake-P-6P 
                                        P-Core 
                                        Redwood Cove 
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                                        - 
                                        E-Core 
                                        Crestmont 
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                                         Codename 
                                        Palma 
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                                        M3 Max 
                                        P-Core 
                                        Everest 
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                                        E-Core 
                                        Sawtooth 
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                                         Market Segment 
                                        Laptop 
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                                         Market Segment 
                                        Laptop 
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                                         Release Date 
                                        12/14/2023 
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                                         Release Date 
                                        10/30/2023 
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                                         Foundry 
                                        Intel 
                                        TSMC (iGPU Die) 
                                        TSMC (SoC Die) 
                                        TSMC (IO Die) 
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                                         Foundry 
                                        TSMC 
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                                        - 
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                                         Node 
                                        Intel 4 
                                        N5 (iGPU Die) 
                                        N6 (SoC Die) 
                                        N6 (IO Die) 
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                                         Node 
                                        N3B 
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                                         Die Size 
                                        68 mm² 
                                        44 mm² (iGPU Die) 
                                        100 mm² (SoC Die) 
                                        28 mm² (IO Die) 
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                                         Die Size 
                                        503 mm² 
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                                         Transistor Count 
                                        10 Billion 
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                                         Transistor Count 
                                        92 Billion 
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| BGA 2049 | 
                                        
                                             Unknown 
                                        
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                                         16 Cores 
                                        6 P-Cores 
                                        8 M-Cores 
                                        2 E-Cores 
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                                         14 Cores 
                                        10 P-Cores 
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                                        4 E-Cores 
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                                         22 Threads 
                                        12 P-Threads 
                                        8 M-Cores 
                                        2 E-Threads 
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                                         14 Threads 
                                        10 P-Threads 
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                                        4 E-Threads 
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                                         P-Core 
                                        2.3GHz 
                                        5.1GHz Boost 
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                                         P-Core 
                                        4.05GHz 
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                                         M-Core 
                                        1.8GHz 
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                                        - 
                                        - 
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                                         E-Core 
                                        1GHz 
                                        2.5GHz Boost 
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                                         E-Core 
                                        2.75GHz 
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                                         Overclocking 
                                        Locked 
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                                         Overclocking 
                                        Locked 
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                                         Integrated Chipset 
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                                         Integrated Chipset 
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                                         L0 Instruction 
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                                         L0 Instruction 
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                                         L0 Data 
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                                         L1 Instruction 
                                        64KB/P-Core 
                                        8-way set associative 
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                                        64KB/E-Core 
                                        8-way set associative 
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                                         L1 Instruction 
                                        192KB/P-Core 
                                        6-way set associative 
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                                        128KB/E-Core 
                                        4-way set associative 
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                                         L1 Data 
                                        48KB/P-Core 
                                        12-way set associative 
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                                        32KB/E-Core 
                                        8-way set associative 
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                                         L1 Data 
                                        128KB/P-Core 
                                        4-way set associative 
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                                        64KB/E-Core 
                                        2-way set associative 
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                                         L2 
                                        2048KB/Core 
                                        16-way set associative 
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                                        4MB Shared (E-Core) 
                                        16-way set associative 
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                                         L2 
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                                        32MB Shared 
                                        16-way set associative 
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                                        4MB Shared (E-Core) 
                                        16-way set associative 
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                                         L3 
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                                        24MB Shared 
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                                        12-way set associative 
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                                        48MB SLC Cache 
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                                         Channels 
                                        2 
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                                         Channels 
                                        3 
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                                         Max Memory 
                                        96GB 
                                        64GB 
                                        
                                        
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                                         Max Memory 
                                        96GB 
                                        
                                        
                                        
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                                         ECC 
                                        Not Supported 
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                                         ECC 
                                        Not Supported 
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                                         Bus Width/Channel 
                                        64Bit 
                                        Bus Width 
                                        128Bit 
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                                         Bus Width/Channel 
                                        128Bit 
                                        Bus Width 
                                        384Bit 
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                                         Clock 
                                        3733MHz 
                                        2800MHz 
                                        
                                        
                                        Transfer Rate 
                                        7466MT/s 
                                        5600MT/s 
                                        
                                        
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                                         Clock 
                                        3200MHz 
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                        Transfer Rate 
                                        6400MT/s 
                                        
                                        
                                        
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                                         Bandwidth/Channel 
                                        59.7GB/s 
                                        44.8GB/s 
                                        
                                        
                                        Bandwidth 
                                        119.5GB/s 
                                        89.6GB/s 
                                        
                                        
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                                         Bandwidth/Channel 
                                        102.4GB/s 
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                        Bandwidth 
                                        307.2GB/s 
                                        
                                        
                                        
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                                         TDP 
                                        45W 
                                        35W cTDP Down 
                                        65W cTDP Up 
                                        115W Peak 
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                                         TDP 
                                        90W 
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                                         Temp 
                                        110°C Max 
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                                         Temp 
                                        100°C Max 
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                                         Included Cooler 
                                            
                                            Not Included 
                                        
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                                         Included Cooler 
                                            
                                            Not Included 
                                        
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                                         PCIe 5.0 x8 Lanes 
                                        PCIe 4.0 x20 Lanes 
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                                         No PCIe 
                                        
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                                            Arc 8C 2350MHz
                                        
                                         1024 Shaders 
                                        2350MHz 
                                        4.81 TFLOPS FP32 
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                                            30-Core M3 Max
                                        
                                         3840 Shaders 
                                        1398MHz 
                                        10.74 TFLOPS FP32 
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                                         AI Boost 3 
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                                         1.4MHz 
                                        2 Cores 
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                                        16 Cores 
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                                         11.5 TOPS INT8 
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                                         18 TOPS FP16 
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                                         No Cellular 
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                                         No Cellular 
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