Intel Core i7 13620H vs Apple M3 Pro

54 out of 100
Intel Core i7 13620H
VS
72 out of 100
Apple M3 Pro

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 2.4 GHz Intel Core i7 13620H with 10-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.

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 13620H
Advantages of Intel Core i7 13620H
  • Supports up to 96 GB DDR5-5200 RAM
  • Newer PCI Express version – 5.0
Advantages of Apple M3 Pro
  • More powerful Apple M3 Pro GPU (18-core) integrated graphics: 6.4 vs 1.5 TFLOPS
  • More modern manufacturing process – 3 versus 10 nanometers
  • Newer - released 10 months later
  • 27% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 3163 vs 2494 points
  • Has 2 more physical cores

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
M3 Pro +30%
143
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
M3 Pro +30%
1059
Cinebench Scores (#141st place)

GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
M3 Pro +27%
3163
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
M3 Pro +26%
15512
File compression 1100 MB/sec 1560 MB/sec
Clang compilation 86.7 Klines/sec 132.6 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 293.8 pages/sec 382.9 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 338.2 Mpixels/sec 393.2 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 251.9 pages/sec 301 pages/sec
Background blur 52.1 images/sec 61.4 images/sec
Photo processing 107.8 images/sec 144.1 images/sec
Ray tracing 20 Mpixels/sec 19.7 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 978 & 991 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
M3 Pro +20%
4247
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
M3 Pro +3%
24046
Integer math 79.1 GOps/sec 55.9 GOps/sec
Floating point math 58.1 GOps/sec 64.8 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 94M Primes/sec 240M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 28.5M Strings/sec 35.2M Strings/sec
Data encryption 15 GBytes/sec 14.4 GBytes/sec
Data compression 270 MBytes/sec 288.5 MBytes/sec
Physics 1561 Frames/sec 2060 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 16.8B Matrices/sec 14.1B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 7401 & 1204 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
M3 Pro +23%
228.7

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 18.1 PPW 35.3 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 273.2 PPW 517.1 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 516.7 PPW 801.5 PPW
Blender / Watt 4.12 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 13620H
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-20 (Texar)Cinebench 2026531 / 1297
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-17 (kam)Geekbench 6 CPU2647 / 13329
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-03 (Sus Go0d)Geekbench 6 CPU2523 / 11616
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-23 (Gigant)Geekbench 6 CPU2644 / 11794
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-23 (Gigant)Cinebench 2024113 / 914
Apple M3 Pro
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-01-25 (Kirich)Geekbench 6 CPU3198 / 14601
πŸ“˜ 2026-01-25 (Kirich)Cinebench 2024150 / 946

Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i7 13620H and Apple M3 Pro

General

Vendor Intel Apple
Released January 3, 2023 October 30, 2023
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 ARMv8
Codename Raptor Lake Apple M3
Model number i7-13620H -
Integrated GPU UHD Graphics (64EU) Apple M3 Pro GPU (18-core)
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS -
Successor - Intel Core 7 240H - Apple M5 Pro (18-Core)
Intel CPU rating (#122nd place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 6 6
P-Threads 12 6
Base Frequency (P) 2.4 GHz 4.05 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.9 GHz -
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 4 6
E-Threads 4 6
Base Frequency (E) 1.8 GHz 2.75 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.6 GHz -
Total
Total Cores 10 12
Total Threads 16 12
Bus Frequency 100 MHz -
Multiplier 24x 40x
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 192K (per core)
L2 Cache 2MB (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
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 115 W -
Socket BGA-1744 Apple M-Socket
Peak Temperature 100Β°C 100Β°C
Laptop processors ranking (161st and 44th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel UHD Graphics (64EU) Apple M3 Pro GPU (18-core)
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 500 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1500 MHz 1380 MHz
Shading Units 512 2304
TMUs 32 144
ROPs 16 72
Execution Units 64 288
TGP 15 W 30 W
iGPU FLOPS
1.5 TFLOPS
M3 Pro +327%
6.4 TFLOPS

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-5200
- DDR4-3200
- LPDDR5-5200
- LPDDR5x-5200
- LPDDR4x-4267
- LPDDR5-6400
Max. Memory Size 96 GB 36 GB
Memory Channels 2 12
Max. Memory Bandwidth - 153.6 GB/s
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i7 13620H official page -
PCI Express Version 5.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 28 -

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