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Intel Core i7 11800H vs Apple M3 Pro

44 out of 100
Intel Core i7 11800H
VS
72 out of 100
Apple M3 Pro
Intel Core i7 11800H
Apple M3 Pro

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 1.9-2.3 GHz Intel Core i7 11800H with 8-cores against the 4.05 GHz Apple M3 Pro with 12-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Performance
  4. Specs
  5. Comments

Review

General overview and comparison of the processors
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Multi-Core Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Power Efficiency
The efficiency score of power consumption
Integrated Graphics
iGPU capabilities for gaming and 3D-intensive tasks
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Key Differences

What are the key differences between Pro and 11800H
Advantages of Intel Core i7 11800H
  • Supports up to 128 GB DDR4-3200 RAM
Advantages of Apple M3 Pro
  • More powerful Apple M3 Pro GPU (18-core) integrated graphics: 6.4 vs 0.7 TFLOPS
  • More modern manufacturing process – 3 versus 10 nanometers
  • Around 102.4 GB/s (200%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
  • Newer - released 2 years and 6 months later
  • 61% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 3163 vs 1962 points
  • Has 4 more physical cores

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core i7 11800H
vs
M3 Pro

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Core i7 11800H
85
M3 Pro +68%
143
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Core i7 11800H
521
M3 Pro +103%
1059
Cinebench 2026 (Single) 392 -
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 1974 -
Cinebench Scores (#141st place)
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GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Core i7 11800H
1962
M3 Pro +61%
3163
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Core i7 11800H
8986
M3 Pro +73%
15512
File compression 765.8 MB/sec 1560 MB/sec
Clang compilation 64.3 Klines/sec 132.6 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 189.5 pages/sec 382.9 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 281.6 Mpixels/sec 393.2 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 186.6 pages/sec 301 pages/sec
Background blur 37.7 images/sec 61.4 images/sec
Photo processing 78.7 images/sec 144.1 images/sec
Ray tracing 15.3 Mpixels/sec 19.7 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 699 & 991 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Core i7 11800H
3007
M3 Pro +41%
4247
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core i7 11800H
19594
M3 Pro +23%
24046
Integer math 70.2 GOps/sec 55.9 GOps/sec
Floating point math 41.7 GOps/sec 64.8 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 83M Primes/sec 240M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 28M Strings/sec 35.2M Strings/sec
Data encryption 12 GBytes/sec 14.4 GBytes/sec
Data compression 233.7 MBytes/sec 288.5 MBytes/sec
Physics 919 Frames/sec 2060 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 15.7B Matrices/sec 14.1B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 12773 & 1204 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core i7 11800H
154.87
M3 Pro +48%
228.7

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 11.6 PPW 35.3 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 199.7 PPW 517.1 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 435.4 PPW 801.5 PPW
Blender / Watt 3.44 PPW 7.62 PPW
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Intel Core i7 11800H
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-30 (peppew517)Cinebench 202487 / 667
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-30 (peppew517)Cinebench 20260 / 0
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-25 (peppew517)Geekbench 6 CPU2193 / 10451
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-15 (MSI)Cinebench 2026392 / 1974
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-23 (SMS)Geekbench 6 CPU2006 / 9389
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Apple M3 Pro
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-01-25 (Kirich)Geekbench 6 CPU3198 / 14601
πŸ“˜ 2026-01-25 (Kirich)Cinebench 2024150 / 946
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i7 11800H and Apple M3 Pro

General

Vendor Intel Apple
Released May 11, 2021 October 30, 2023
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 ARMv8
Codename Tiger Lake Apple M3
Model number i7-11800H -
Integrated GPU UHD Graphics for 11th Gen (32 EU) Apple M3 Pro GPU (18-core)
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 7 5800H -
Successor - Intel Core Ultra 7 265H - Apple M5 Pro (18-Core)
Intel CPU rating (#194th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 8 6
P-Threads 16 6
Base Frequency (P) 1.9-2.3 GHz 4.05 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.6 GHz -
Efficient Cores
E-Cores - 6
E-Threads - 6
Base Frequency (E) - 2.75 GHz
Total
Total Cores 8 12
Total Threads 16 12
Bus Frequency 100 MHz -
Multiplier 19-23x 40x
Bus Bandwidth 8 GT/s -
L1 Cache 96K (per core) 192K (per core)
L2 Cache 1280K (per core) 16MB (shared)
L3 Cache 24MB (shared) -
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Transistors - 37 billions
Fabrication Process 10 nm 3 nm
TDP (PL1) 35-45 W (configurable) 30 W
Socket BGA-1787 Apple M-Socket
Peak Temperature 100Β°C 100Β°C

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel UHD Graphics for 11th Gen (32 EU) Apple M3 Pro GPU (18-core)
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 500 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1450 MHz 1380 MHz
Shading Units 256 2304
TMUs 16 144
ROPs 8 72
Execution Units 32 288
TGP 15 W 30 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core i7 11800H
0.7 TFLOPS
M3 Pro +814%
6.4 TFLOPS
More info: Apple M3 Pro GPU (18-core) compared to UHD Graphics Xe (32 EU)

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR4-3200 - LPDDR5-6400
Max. Memory Size 128 GB 36 GB
Memory Channels 2 12
Max. Memory Bandwidth 51.2 GB/s 153.6 GB/s
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i7 11800H official page -
PCI Express Version 4.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 20 -

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