Apple M3 Ultra (32C80G) vs Intel Core i7-12700F Full Specs

Summary

32 Cores(24P+8E) 32 Threads(24P+8E) 4.05GHz	12 Cores(8P+4E) 20 Threads(16P+4E) 2.1GHz
TDP 300W	TDP 65W
Bandwidth 819.2GB/s LPDDR5	Bandwidth 76.8GB/s DDR5·DDR4
iGPU 80-Core M3 Ultra	iGPU -
Peak·FP32·FP16 28.26 TFLOPSFP16	Peak·FP32·FP16 -
Socket -	Socket LGA 1700

Highlights

Geekbench 6 Single

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

M3 Ultra (32C80G)3,221

x1.31

Core i7-12700F2,464

x1

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Core Config

32 Cores 24P 8E	12 Cores 8P 4E
32 Threads 24P 8E	20 Threads 16P 4E

Clocks

Base Clock 4.05GHz	Base Clock 2.1GHz
Boost Clock -	Boost Clock 4.9GHz
Overclocking Locked	Overclocking Locked

Cache

L1i 192KB P 128KB E	L1i 32KB P 64KB E
L1d 128KB P 64KB E	L1d 48KB P 32KB E
L2 64MB P shared 4MB E shared	L2 1.25MB P - 2MB E shared
L3 -	L3 25MB
SLC Cache 96MB	SLC Cache -

Memory

Type LPDDR5	Type DDR5·DDR4
Max Memory 128GB	Max Memory 128GB
ECC No	ECC No
Channels 8	Channels 2
Bus Width 1024-bit	Bus Width 128-bit
Speed 6400MT/s	Speed 4800MT/s
Bandwidth 819.2GB/s	Bandwidth 76.8GB/s
Bandwidth Calculator Channels Transfer Rate6400MT/s Calculated Bandwidth 819.2GB/s	Bandwidth Calculator Channels Transfer Rate4800MT/s Calculated Bandwidth 76.8GB/s

Power & Thermals

TDP 300W	TDP 65W
Peak Power -	Peak Power 180W
Max Operating Temp 100°C Max	Max Operating Temp 100°C Max
Included Cooler -	Included Cooler 1

Chipset Bus

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

Expansion

PCIe PCIe 4.0 x32 63GB/sBandwidth	PCIe PCIe 5.0 x16 63GB/sBandwidth
-	PCIe Secondary PCIe 4.0 x4 7.9GB/sBandwidth

iGPU

iGPU 80-Core M3 Ultra	iGPU -
Shaders 10240	Shaders -
Boost Clock 1.38GHz	Boost Clock -
Peak·FP32·FP16 28.26 TFLOPSFP16	Peak·FP32·FP16 -

NPU

NPU Model H15 Erebus	NPU Model GNA 3.0
NPU Cores 32	NPU Cores -
NPU Clock 2.36GHz	NPU Clock -
Performance 36 TOPSFP16	Performance -

Chip

Manufacturer Apple	Manufacturer Intel
ISA AArch64	ISA x86-64
Architecture Apple Silicon 13ARMv8.6-A	Architecture Alder Lake
Family M Series	Family Core 12th Gen
Branding	Branding
Codename Palma-D M3 UltraVariant EverestP-Core Sawtooth E-Core	Codename Alder Lake-HX Alder Lake-8P-8EVariant Golden CoveP-Core GracemontE-Core
Market Segment Workstation	Market Segment Desktop
Release Date Mar 5, 2025	Release Date Jan 18, 2022

Fabrication

Foundry TSMC	Foundry Intel
Fabrication Node N3B	Fabrication Node Intel 7
Die Size 954mm²	Die Size 202mm²
Transistor Count 184 Billion	Transistor Count 14.6 Billion
Transistor Density 193 MTr/mm²	Transistor Density 72 MTr/mm²

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Used In

Desktops Mac Studio(M3 Ultra, Early 2025)

Desktops Aurora(R13, Late 2021)

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