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Intel Processor N100 vs Apple M3

27 out of 100
Intel Processor N100
VS
67 out of 100
Apple M3
Intel Processor N100
Apple M3

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 3.4 GHz Intel Processor N100 with 4-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 N100
Advantages of Apple M3
  • More powerful Apple M3 GPU integrated graphics: 3.5 vs 0.3 TFLOPS
  • More modern manufacturing process โ€“ 3 versus 10 nanometers
  • 2.5x faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 3009 vs 1216 points
  • Has 4 more physical cores
  • Supports up to 24 GB LPDDR5-6400 RAM
  • Newer - released 10 months later
  • Newer PCI Express version โ€“ 4.0

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Processor N100
vs
Apple M3

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Processor N100
60
Apple M3 +133%
140
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Processor N100
195
Apple M3 +265%
712
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) - 2341
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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)
Processor N100
1216
Apple M3 +147%
3009
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Processor N100
2595
Apple M3 +355%
11815
File compression 227.3 MB/sec 1260 MB/sec
Clang compilation 12.6 Klines/sec 94.7 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 65.5 pages/sec 264.5 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 86.6 Mpixels/sec 313.9 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 144.1 pages/sec 297 pages/sec
Background blur 11.6 images/sec 50.2 images/sec
Photo processing 22.6 images/sec 114.8 images/sec
Ray tracing 3.1 Mpixels/sec 12.9 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] โ€“ 677 & 438 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Processor N100
1881
Apple M3 +150%
4707
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Processor N100
5308
Apple M3 +259%
19065
Integer math 16 GOps/sec 42.6 GOps/sec
Floating point math 10.7 GOps/sec 48.3 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 22M Primes/sec 231M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 7.1M Strings/sec 27.3M Strings/sec
Data encryption 4 GBytes/sec 11.5 GBytes/sec
Data compression 57.1 MBytes/sec 225 MBytes/sec
Physics 385 Frames/sec 1867 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 2.9B Matrices/sec 10B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] โ€“ 4052 & 1563 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Processor N100
34.3
Apple M3 +367%
160.35

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 32.5 PPW 35.6 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 432.5 PPW 590.8 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 884.7 PPW 953.3 PPW
Blender / Watt 5.72 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 Processor N100
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Apple M3
DateBenchmarkResult
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-08-22 (doannguyenmfs)Geekbench 6 CPU2991 / 11735
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-06-16 (darkknightSup)Geekbench 6 CPU2990 / 11498
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Processor N100 and Apple M3

General

Vendor Intel Apple
Released January 3, 2023 October 30, 2023
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 ARMv8
Codename Alder Lake Apple M3
Model number N100 -
Integrated GPU UHD Graphics (24EU) Apple M3 GPU
Successor - Intel Processor N150 - Apple M5 (10-Core)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores - 4
P-Threads - 4
Base Frequency (P) - 4.05 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 4 4
E-Threads 4 4
Base Frequency (E) 3.4 GHz 2.75 GHz
Total
Total Cores 4 8
Total Threads 4 8
Bus Frequency 100 MHz -
Multiplier 34x 40x
L1 Cache 96K (per core) 192K (per core)
L2 Cache 2MB (shared) 16MB (shared)
L3 Cache 6MB (shared) -
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Transistors - 25 billions
Fabrication Process 10 nm 3 nm
TDP (PL1) 6 W 20 W
Socket BGA-1264 Apple M-Socket
Peak Temperature 105ยฐC 100ยฐC

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel UHD Graphics (24EU) Apple M3 GPU
GPU Base Clock - 500 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 750 MHz 1380 MHz
Shading Units 192 1280
TMUs 12 80
ROPs 6 40
Execution Units 24 160
TGP 6-10 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Processor N100
0.3 TFLOPS
Apple M3 +1067%
3.5 TFLOPS
More info: Apple M3 GPU (10-core) compared to UHD Graphics Gen 11 (24 EU)

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-4800
- DDR4-3200
- LPDDR5-4800		 - LPDDR5-6400
Max. Memory Size 16 GB 24 GB
Memory Channels 1 8
Max. Memory Bandwidth - 102.4 GB/s
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Intel Processor N100 official page -
PCI Express Version 3.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 9 -

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Comments

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