CPUs

Intel Core Ultra 9 285K vs Apple M3 Ultra (28C60G) Full Specs

24 Cores(8P+16E)
24 Threads(8P+16E)
3.7GHz
28 Cores(20P+8E)
28 Threads(20P+8E)
4.05GHz
TDP
125W
TDP
300W
Bandwidth
102.4GB/s
DDR5
Bandwidth
819.2GB/s
LPDDR5
iGPU
iGPU
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4.1 TFLOPSFP16
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21.2 TFLOPSFP16
Socket
Socket
-

Core Ultra 9 285KCore Ultra 9 285K3,379
x1.05
M3 Ultra (28C60G)M3 Ultra (28C60G)3,221
x1

24 Cores
8P
16E
28 Cores
20P
8E
24 Threads
8P
16E
28 Threads
20P
8E

Base Clock
3.7GHz
Base Clock
4.05GHz
Boost Clock
5.7GHz
Boost Clock
-
Overclocking
Unlocked
Overclocking
Locked

L1i
64KB P
64KB E
L1i
192KB P
128KB E
L1d
48KB P
32KB E
L1d
128KB P
64KB E
L2
3MB P
-
16MB E shared
L2
64MB P shared
4MB E shared
L3
36MB
L3
-
SLC Cache
-
SLC Cache
96MB

Type
DDR5
Type
LPDDR5
Max Memory
192GB
Max Memory
128GB
ECC
Yes
ECC
No
Channels
2
Channels
8
Bus Width
128-bit
Bus Width
1024-bit
Speed
6400MT/s
Speed
6400MT/s
Bandwidth
102.4GB/s
Bandwidth
819.2GB/s
Bandwidth Calculator
Channels
Transfer Rate
Calculated Bandwidth
102.4GB/s
Bandwidth Calculator
Channels
Transfer Rate
Calculated Bandwidth
819.2GB/s

TDP
125W
TDP
300W
Peak Power
250W
Peak Power
-
Max Operating Temp
105°C Max
Max Operating Temp
100°C Max
Included Cooler
0
Included Cooler
-

Bus Type
DMI
Bus Type
-
Bus Config
8 lanes
Bus Config
-
Bus Speed
16GT/s
Bus Speed
-
Bus Bandwidth
16GB/s
Bus Bandwidth
-

PCIe
PCIe 5.0 x20
78.8GB/sBandwidth
PCIe
PCIe 4.0 x32
63GB/sBandwidth
PCIe Secondary
PCIe 4.0 x4
7.9GB/sBandwidth
-

iGPU
iGPU
Shaders
512
Shaders
7680
Boost Clock
2GHz
Boost Clock
1.38GHz
··
4.1 TFLOPSFP16
··
21.2 TFLOPSFP16

NPU Model
AI Boost 3
NPU Model
H15 Erebus
NPU Cores
2
NPU Cores
32
NPU Clock
-
NPU Clock
2.36GHz
Performance
13 TOPSINT8
Performance
36 TOPSFP16

Manufacturer
Manufacturer
ISA
x86-64
ISA
AArch64
Architecture
Architecture
Family
Family
Branding
Core Ultra 9 2023 branding
Branding
M3 Ultra  branding
Codename
Arrow Lake-S
Arrow Lake-S-8P-16EVariant
Lion CoveP-Core
SkymontE-Core
Codename
Palma-D
M3 UltraVariant
EverestP-Core
Sawtooth E-Core
Market Segment
Desktop
Market Segment
Workstation
Release Date
Oct 24, 2024
Release Date
Mar 5, 2025

Foundry
TSMC
Foundry
TSMC
Other Foundries
TSMCiGPU
TSMCIO
TSMCSoC
Other Foundries
-
Fabrication Node
N3B
N5iGPU
N6IO
N6SoC
Fabrication Node
N3B
-
-
-
Die Size
135mm²
23mm²iGPU
28mm²IO
100mm²SoC
Die Size
954mm²
-
-
-
Transistor Count
-
Transistor Count
184 Billion
Transistor Density
-
Transistor Density
193 MTr/mm²

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