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Intel Core i7 13700HX vs Apple M3

59 out of 100
Intel Core i7 13700HX
VS
67 out of 100
Apple M3
Intel Core i7 13700HX
Apple M3

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 2.1 GHz Intel Core i7 13700HX with 16-cores against the 4.05 GHz Apple M3 with 8-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 M3 and 13700HX
Advantages of Intel Core i7 13700HX
  • Supports up to 192 GB DDR5-4800 RAM
  • Has 8 more physical cores
  • Newer PCI Express version – 5.0
Advantages of Apple M3
  • More powerful Apple M3 GPU integrated graphics: 3.5 vs 0.8 TFLOPS
  • More modern manufacturing process – 3 versus 10 nanometers
  • Newer - released 10 months later
  • Around 25.6 GB/s (33%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
  • 20% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 3009 vs 2503 points

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core i7 13700HX
vs
Apple M3

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Core i7 13700HX
111
Apple M3 +26%
140
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Core i7 13700HX +79%
1275
Apple M3
712
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) - 2341
Cinebench Scores (#99th 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 13700HX
2503
Apple M3 +20%
3009
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Core i7 13700HX +17%
13824
Apple M3
11815
File compression 1030 MB/sec 1260 MB/sec
Clang compilation 125.3 Klines/sec 94.7 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 302.7 pages/sec 264.5 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 380.8 Mpixels/sec 313.9 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 249.2 pages/sec 297 pages/sec
Background blur 52.9 images/sec 50.2 images/sec
Photo processing 113.6 images/sec 114.8 images/sec
Ray tracing 27.9 Mpixels/sec 12.9 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 606 & 438 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Core i7 13700HX
3789
Apple M3 +24%
4707
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core i7 13700HX +66%
31601
Apple M3
19065
Integer math 113.4 GOps/sec 42.6 GOps/sec
Floating point math 83.4 GOps/sec 48.3 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 118M Primes/sec 231M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 40.9M Strings/sec 27.3M Strings/sec
Data encryption 21.7 GBytes/sec 11.5 GBytes/sec
Data compression 381.2 MBytes/sec 225 MBytes/sec
Physics 1782 Frames/sec 1867 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 23.4B Matrices/sec 10B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 2352 & 1563 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core i7 13700HX +63%
261.4
Apple M3
160.35

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 23.2 PPW 35.6 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 251.3 PPW 590.8 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 574.6 PPW 953.3 PPW
Blender / Watt 4.75 PPW 8.02 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 13700HX
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-19 (Pckopat)Cinebench 202473 / 972
πŸ“˜ 2026-03-15 (LinyanShu)Geekbench 6 CPU2535 / 14327
πŸ“˜ 2026-03-15 (LinyanShu)Cinebench 2024108 / 1068
πŸ“˜ 2025-11-23 (Kuppi)Cinebench 2024105 / 858
πŸ“˜ 2025-11-11 (AsimKhan)Cinebench 2024105 / 859
Add View all (7)
Apple M3
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-22 (doannguyenmfs)Geekbench 6 CPU2991 / 11735
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-16 (darkknightSup)Geekbench 6 CPU2990 / 11498
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i7 13700HX and Apple M3

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 i7-13700HX -
Integrated GPU UHD Graphics (32EU) Apple M3 GPU
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 7 7745HX -
Successor - Intel Core Ultra 7 265HX - Apple M5 (10-Core)
Intel CPU rating (#90th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 8 4
P-Threads 16 4
Base Frequency (P) 2.1 GHz 4.05 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5 GHz -
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 8 4
E-Threads 8 4
Base Frequency (E) 1.5 GHz 2.75 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.7 GHz -
Total
Total Cores 16 8
Total Threads 24 8
Bus Frequency 100 MHz -
Multiplier 21x 40x
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 192K (per core)
L2 Cache 2MB (per core) 16MB (shared)
L3 Cache 30MB (shared) -
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Transistors - 25 billions
Fabrication Process 10 nm 3 nm
TDP (PL1) 45-55 W (configurable) 20 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 157 W -
Socket BGA-1964 Apple M-Socket
Peak Temperature 100Β°C 100Β°C
Laptop processors ranking (114th and 68th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel UHD Graphics (32EU) Apple M3 GPU
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 500 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1550 MHz 1380 MHz
Shading Units 256 1280
TMUs 16 80
ROPs 8 40
Execution Units 32 160
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core i7 13700HX
0.8 TFLOPS
Apple M3 +338%
3.5 TFLOPS
More info: Apple M3 GPU (10-core) compared to UHD Graphics 770

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-4800
- DDR4-3200		 - LPDDR5-6400
Max. Memory Size 192 GB 24 GB
Memory Channels 2 8
Max. Memory Bandwidth 76.8 GB/s 102.4 GB/s
ECC Support Yes No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i7 13700HX official page -
PCI Express Version 5.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 20 -

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Comments

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