Apple M3 (8C9G-FL) vs Intel Pentium Gold 4425Y Full Specs

Summary

8 Cores(4P+4E) 8 Threads(4P+4E) 4.05GHz	2 Cores 4 Threads 1.7GHz
TDP 15W	TDP 6W
Bandwidth 102.4GB/s LPDDR5	Bandwidth 29.9GB/s LPDDR3·DDR3L
iGPU 9-Core M3-FL	iGPU UHD 615 850MHz
Peak·FP32·FP16 3.08 TFLOPSFP16	Peak·FP32·FP16 326.4 GFLOPSFP16
Socket -	Socket BGA 1515

Highlights

Geekbench 6 Single

Geekbench 6 Single Geekbench 6 Multi Max Bandwidth iGPU Peak iGPU FP32 iGPU FP16 NPU TOPS TDP

M3 (8C9G-FL)3,130

x7.36

Pentium Gold 4425Y425

x1

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Core Config

8 Cores 4P 4E	2 Cores 2P -
8 Threads 4P 4E	4 Threads 4P -

Clocks

Base Clock 4.05GHz	Base Clock 1.7GHz
Overclocking Locked	Overclocking Locked

Cache

L1i 192KB P 128KB E	L1i 32KB P -
L1d 128KB P 64KB E	L1d 32KB P -
L2 16MB P shared 4MB E shared	L2 256KB P - -
L3 -	L3 2MB
SLC Cache 8MB	SLC Cache -

Memory

Type LPDDR5	Type LPDDR3·DDR3L
Max Memory 24GB	Max Memory 16GB
ECC No	ECC No
Channels 2	Channels 2
Bus Width 128-bit	Bus Width 128-bit
Speed 6400MT/s	Speed 1866MT/s
Bandwidth 102.4GB/s	Bandwidth 29.9GB/s
Bandwidth Calculator Channels Transfer Rate6400MT/s Calculated Bandwidth 102.4GB/s	Bandwidth Calculator Channels Transfer Rate1866MT/s Calculated Bandwidth 29.9GB/s

Power & Thermals

TDP 15W	TDP 6W
cTDP-down -	cTDP-down 5W
Max Operating Temp 100°C Max	Max Operating Temp 100°C Max

Chipset Bus

Bus Type -	Bus Type OPI
Bus Config -	Bus Config 4 lanes
Bus Speed -	Bus Speed 4GT/s
Bus Bandwidth -	Bus Bandwidth 2GB/s

Expansion

PCIe PCIe 4.0 x6 11.8GB/sBandwidth

PCIe PCIe 3.0 x10 9.8GB/sBandwidth

iGPU

iGPU 9-Core M3-FL	iGPU UHD 615 850MHz
Shaders 1152	Shaders 192
Boost Clock 1.34GHz	Boost Clock 850MHz
Peak·FP32·FP16 3.08 TFLOPSFP16	Peak·FP32·FP16 326.4 GFLOPSFP16

NPU

NPU Model H15 Themis	NPU Model -
NPU Cores 16	NPU Cores -
NPU Clock 2.36GHz	NPU Clock -
Performance 18 TOPSFP16	Performance -

Controller

Controller Model -	Controller Model 300 Series Y+
Codename -	Codename Amber Lake
PCIe -	PCIe -

Chip

Manufacturer Apple	Manufacturer Intel
ISA AArch64	ISA x86-64
Architecture Apple Silicon 13ARMv8.6-A	Architecture Skylake
Family M Series	Family Pentium
Branding	Branding
Codename Ibiza M3Variant EverestP-Core Sawtooth E-Core	Codename Amber Lake-Y Amber Lake-2CVariant - -
Market Segment Tablet	Market Segment Laptop
Release Date Mar 4, 2025	Release Date Jan 7, 2018

Fabrication

Foundry TSMC	Foundry Intel
Other Foundries -	Other Foundries IntelPCH
Fabrication Node N3B -	Fabrication Node 14nm++ 22nmPCH
Die Size 153mm² -	Die Size 103mm² 52mm²PCH
Transistor Count 25 Billion	Transistor Count 1.8 Billion
Transistor Density 164 MTr/mm²	Transistor Density 17 MTr/mm²

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Used In

Tablets iPad Air 11" Gen 2(M3, Early 2025)iPad Air 13" Gen 2(M3, Early 2025)

Tablets Surface Go 2(Amber Lake, Mid 2020)

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