Apple M5 (10C10G-FL) vs Intel Core i3-3120M Full Specs

Summary

10 Cores(4P+6E) 10 Threads(4P+6E) 4.46GHz	2 Cores 4 Threads 2.5GHz
TDP 15W	TDP 35W
Bandwidth 153.6GB/s LPDDR5X	Bandwidth 25.6GB/s DDR3·DDR3L
iGPU 10-Core M5-FL	iGPU HD 4000 1100MHz
Peak·FP32·FP16 8.08 TFLOPSFP16	Peak·FP32·FP16 281.6 GFLOPSFP32
Socket -	Socket PGA 988

Highlights

Geekbench 6 Single

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

M5 (10C10G-FL)4,175

x9.49

Core i3-3120M440

x1

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Core Config

10 Cores 4P 6E	2 Cores 2P -
10 Threads 4P 6E	4 Threads 4P -

Clocks

Base Clock 4.46GHz	Base Clock 2.5GHz
Overclocking Locked	Overclocking Locked

Cache

L1i 192KB P 128KB E	L1i 32KB P -
L1d 128KB P 64KB E	L1d 32KB P -
L2 1MB P 16MB P shared 6MB E shared	L2 256KB P - -
L3 -	L3 3MB
SLC Cache 8MB	SLC Cache -

Memory

Type LPDDR5X	Type DDR3·DDR3L
Max Memory 32GB	Max Memory 32GB
ECC No	ECC No
Channels 2	Channels 2
Bus Width 128-bit	Bus Width 128-bit
Speed 9600MT/s	Speed 1600MT/s
Bandwidth 153.6GB/s	Bandwidth 25.6GB/s
Bandwidth Calculator Channels Transfer Rate9600MT/s Calculated Bandwidth 153.6GB/s	Bandwidth Calculator Channels Transfer Rate1600MT/s Calculated Bandwidth 25.6GB/s

Power & Thermals

TDP 15W	TDP 35W
Max Operating Temp 100°C Max	Max Operating Temp 90°C Max

Chipset Bus

Bus Type -	Bus Type DMI
Bus Config -	Bus Config 4 lanes
Bus Speed -	Bus Speed 5GT/s
Bus Bandwidth -	Bus Bandwidth 2.5GB/s

Expansion

PCIe PCIe 4.0 x5 9.8GB/sBandwidth

PCIe PCIe 2.0 x16 8GB/sBandwidth

iGPU

iGPU 10-Core M5-FL	iGPU HD 4000 1100MHz
Shaders 1280	Shaders 128
Boost Clock 1.58GHz	Boost Clock 1.1GHz
Peak·FP32·FP16 8.08 TFLOPSFP16	Peak·FP32·FP16 281.6 GFLOPSFP32

NPU

NPU Model H17 Theia	NPU Model -
NPU Cores 16	NPU Cores -
NPU Clock 2.45GHz	NPU Clock -
Performance 38 TOPSINT8	Performance -

Chip

Manufacturer Apple	Manufacturer Intel
ISA AArch64	ISA x86-64
Architecture Apple Silicon 15ARMv9.2-A	Architecture Ivy Bridge
Family M Series	Family Core 3rd Gen
Branding	Branding
Codename Hidra - M5Variant AS15PP-Core AS15EE-Core	Codename Ivy Bridge Ivy Bridge-H-2Die Ivy Bridge-2C-GT2Variant - -
Market Segment Tablet	Market Segment Laptop
Release Date Oct 15, 2025	Release Date Sep 1, 2012

Fabrication

Foundry TSMC	Foundry Intel
Fabrication Node N3P	Fabrication Node 22nm
Die Size -	Die Size 118mm²
Transistor Count -	Transistor Count 945 Million
Transistor Density -	Transistor Density 8 MTr/mm²

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Used In

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Tablets iPad Pro 11" Gen 6(M5, Late 2025)iPad Pro 13" Gen 8(M5, Late 2025)	Tablets -

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