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Intel Core i9 14900KF vs Apple M3 Pro

85 out of 100
Intel Core i9 14900KF
VS
70 out of 100
Apple M3 Pro
Intel Core i9 14900KF
Apple M3 Pro

We compared two CPUs: the 3.2 GHz Intel Core i9 14900KF (desktop) with 24-cores against the 4.05 GHz Apple M3 Pro (laptop) 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

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Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Multi-Core Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
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Key Differences

What are the key differences between Pro and 14900KF
Advantages of Intel Core i9 14900KF
  • Supports up to 192 GB DDR5-5600 RAM
  • Has 12 more physical cores
  • Unlocked multiplier
  • Newer PCI Express version – 5.0
Advantages of Apple M3 Pro
  • More modern manufacturing process – 3 versus 10 nanometers
  • Around 64 GB/s (71%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
  • Includes an integrated GPU Apple M3 Pro GPU (18-core)

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core i9 14900KF
vs
M3 Pro

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Core i9 14900KF
129
M3 Pro +11%
143
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Core i9 14900KF +96%
2071
M3 Pro
1059
Cinebench 2026 (Single) 690 -
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 7372 -
Cinebench Scores (19th and 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 i9 14900KF +2%
3220
M3 Pro
3163
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Core i9 14900KF +31%
20374
M3 Pro
15512
File compression 1590 MB/sec 1560 MB/sec
Clang compilation 200.6 Klines/sec 132.6 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 491.5 pages/sec 382.9 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 554.9 Mpixels/sec 393.2 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 315.7 pages/sec 301 pages/sec
Background blur 74.9 images/sec 61.4 images/sec
Photo processing 151.1 images/sec 144.1 images/sec
Ray tracing 44.2 Mpixels/sec 19.7 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 908 & 991 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Core i9 14900KF +10%
4688
M3 Pro
4247
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core i9 14900KF +141%
58065
M3 Pro
24046
Integer math 208.3 GOps/sec 55.9 GOps/sec
Floating point math 151.4 GOps/sec 64.8 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 228M Primes/sec 240M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 86.4M Strings/sec 35.2M Strings/sec
Data encryption 46.2 GBytes/sec 14.4 GBytes/sec
Data compression 780.5 MBytes/sec 288.5 MBytes/sec
Physics 3112 Frames/sec 2060 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 44.5B Matrices/sec 14.1B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 7403 & 1204 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core i9 14900KF +126%
516.28
M3 Pro
228.7

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 16.6 PPW 35.3 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 163 PPW 517.1 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 464.5 PPW 801.5 PPW
Blender / Watt 4.13 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 i9 14900KF
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-04 (muffo)Cinebench 2026690 / 7372
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-06 (Alfredo)Cinebench 2024133 / 1883
πŸ“˜ 2026-01-15 (crysis1974)Cinebench 2024135 / 2070
πŸ“˜ 2026-01-15 (crysis1974)Cinebench 2024135 / 2070
πŸ“˜ 2026-01-04 (JJ)Cinebench 2024126 / 2086
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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 i9 14900KF and Apple M3 Pro

General

Vendor Intel Apple
Released October 16, 2023 October 30, 2023
Type Desktop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 ARMv8
Codename Raptor Lake Refresh Apple M3
Model number i9-14900KF -
Integrated GPU No Apple M3 Pro GPU (18-core)
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 9 7900X -
Successor - - Apple M5 Pro (18-Core)
Intel CPU rating (#9th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 8 6
P-Threads 16 6
Base Frequency (P) 3.2 GHz 4.05 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 6 GHz -
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 16 6
E-Threads 16 6
Base Frequency (E) 2.4 GHz 2.75 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 4.4 GHz -
Total
Total Cores 24 12
Total Threads 32 12
Bus Frequency 100 MHz -
Multiplier 32x 40x
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 192K (per core)
L2 Cache 2MB (per core) 16MB (shared)
L3 Cache 36MB (shared) -
Unlocked Multiplier Yes No

Package

Transistors - 37 billions
Fabrication Process 10 nm 3 nm
TDP (PL1) 125 W 30 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 253 W -
Socket LGA-1700 Apple M-Socket
Peak Temperature 100Β°C 100Β°C
Desktop CPU ranking (#16th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics - Apple M3 Pro GPU (18-core)
GPU Base Clock - 500 MHz
GPU Boost Clock - 1380 MHz
Shading Units - 2304
TMUs - 144
ROPs - 72
Execution Units - 288
TGP - 30 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core i9 14900KF
n/a
M3 Pro
6.4 TFLOPS
See: Apple M3 Pro GPU (18-core) benchmarks

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-5600
- DDR4-3200		 - LPDDR5-6400
Max. Memory Size 192 GB 36 GB
Memory Channels 2 12
Max. Memory Bandwidth 89.6 GB/s 153.6 GB/s
ECC Support Yes No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i9 14900KF official page -
PCI Express Version 5.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 20 -

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Comments

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