i5-11300H vs Apple M3 Pro 12-Core

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Aggregate performance score

Apple M3 Pro 12-Core
2023
12 cores / 12 threads, 27 Watt
16.14
+135%
Core i5-11300H
2021
4 cores / 8 threads, 28 Watt
6.87

Apple M3 Pro 12-Core outperforms Core i5-11300H by a whopping 135% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Apple M3 Pro 12-Core and Core i5-11300H processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking4161024
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesApple M3no data
Power efficiency56.2823.10
Architecture codenameno dataTiger Lake-H35 (2021)
Release date30 October 2023 (1 year ago)11 January 2021 (3 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Apple M3 Pro 12-Core and Core i5-11300H 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 cores12 (Dodeca-Core)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads128
Base clock speed2.748 GHz2.6 GHz
Boost clock speed4.06 GHz4.4 GHz
Bus rateno data4 GT/s
L1 cacheno data80K (per core)
L2 cacheno data1.25 MB (per core)
L3 cacheno data8 MB (shared)
Chip lithography3 nm10 nm SuperFin
Die sizeno data146.1 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 12-Core and Core i5-11300H 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
Socketno dataFCBGA1449,FCLGA1449
Power consumption (TDP)27 Watt28 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Apple M3 Pro 12-Core and Core i5-11300H. 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+
TSX-+
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Apple M3 Pro 12-Core and Core i5-11300H technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
SGXno data-
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Apple M3 Pro 12-Core and Core i5-11300H 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 12-Core and Core i5-11300H. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR4
Maximum memory sizeno data64 GB
Max memory channelsno data2

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardApple M3 Pro 18-Core GPUIntel® Iris® Xe Graphics
Quick Sync Video-+
Clear Video HDno data+
Graphics max frequencyno data1.3 GHz
Execution Unitsno data80

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Apple M3 Pro 12-Core and Core i5-11300H integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data4

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Apple M3 Pro 12-Core and Core i5-11300H integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

Max resolution over HDMI 1.4no data4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over eDPno data4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPortno data7680x4320@60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Apple M3 Pro 12-Core and Core i5-11300H integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno data12.1
OpenGLno data4.6

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Apple M3 Pro 12-Core and Core i5-11300H.

PCIe versionno data4.0
PCI Express lanesno data20

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Apple M3 Pro 12-Core 16.14
+135%
i5-11300H 6.87

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Apple M3 Pro 12-Core 25641
+135%
i5-11300H 10908

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 15 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R15 which uses all the processor threads.

Apple M3 Pro 12-Core 2163
+125%
i5-11300H 961

Geekbench 5.5 Multi-Core

Apple M3 Pro 12-Core 15298
+222%
i5-11300H 4749

Geekbench 5.5 Single-Core

Apple M3 Pro 12-Core 2327
+64.5%
i5-11300H 1415

WebXPRT 3

Apple M3 Pro 12-Core 427
+79.4%
i5-11300H 238

CrossMark Overall

Apple M3 Pro 12-Core 1977
+57.2%
i5-11300H 1258

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 16.14 6.87
Recency 30 October 2023 11 January 2021
Physical cores 12 4
Threads 12 8
Chip lithography 3 nm 10 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 27 Watt 28 Watt

Apple M3 Pro 12-Core has a 134.9% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 2 years, 200% more physical cores and 50% more threads, a 233.3% more advanced lithography process, and 3.7% lower power consumption.

The Apple M3 Pro 12-Core is our recommended choice as it beats the Core i5-11300H in performance tests.


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