i3-1000G4 vs Apple M3 Pro 11-Core

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Primary details

Comparing Apple M3 Pro 11-Core and Core i3-1000G4 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking443not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesApple M3Intel Core i3
Power efficiency54.71no data
Architecture codenameno dataIce Lake (Client) (2019)
Release date30 October 2023 (1 year ago)1 August 2019 (5 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Apple M3 Pro 11-Core and Core i3-1000G4 basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores11 (Undeca-Core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads114
Base clock speed2.748 GHz1.1 GHz
Boost clock speed4.06 GHz3.2 GHz
Bus typeno dataOPI
Bus rateno data4 × 4 GT/s
Multiplierno data11
L1 cacheno data80 KB (per core)
L2 cacheno data256 KB (per core)
L3 cacheno data4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography3 nm10 nm
Die sizeno data123 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data72 °C
Number of transistors37000 Millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibilityno data+

Compatibility

Information on Apple M3 Pro 11-Core and Core i3-1000G4 compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configurationno data1 (Uniprocessor)
Socketno dataIntel BGA 1377
Power consumption (TDP)27 Watt9 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Apple M3 Pro 11-Core and Core i3-1000G4. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI-+
FMA-+
AVX-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Apple M3 Pro 11-Core and Core i3-1000G4 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data-
EDBno data+
Secure Keyno data+
SGXno dataYes with Intel® ME
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Apple M3 Pro 11-Core and Core i3-1000G4 are enumerated here.

VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Apple M3 Pro 11-Core and Core i3-1000G4. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR4
Maximum memory sizeno data32 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data59.732 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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Apple M3 Pro 14-Core GPUIntel Iris Plus Graphics
Quick Sync Video-+
Graphics max frequencyno data900 MHz

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Apple M3 Pro 11-Core and Core i3-1000G4 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data3
eDPno data+
DisplayPort-+
HDMI-+

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Apple M3 Pro 11-Core and Core i3-1000G4 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

Max resolution over HDMI 1.4no data4096 x 2304@60Hz
Max resolution over eDPno data5120 x 3200@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPortno data5120 x 3200@60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Apple M3 Pro 11-Core and Core i3-1000G4 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno data12
OpenGLno data4.6

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Apple M3 Pro 11-Core and Core i3-1000G4.

PCIe versionno data3.0

Pros & cons summary


Recency 30 October 2023 1 August 2019
Physical cores 11 2
Threads 11 4
Chip lithography 3 nm 10 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 27 Watt 9 Watt

Apple M3 Pro 11-Core has an age advantage of 4 years, 450% more physical cores and 175% more threads, and a 233.3% more advanced lithography process.

i3-1000G4, on the other hand, has 200% lower power consumption.

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