Apple M3 Max 16-Core vs 7 245HX
Aggregate performance score
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Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 313 | 317 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | Intel Arrow Lake | Apple M3 |
| Power efficiency | no data | 12.79 |
| Designer | Intel | Apple |
| Architecture codename | Arrow Lake-HX (2025−2026) | no data |
| Release date | 1 April 2026 (less than a year ago) | 30 October 2023 (2 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Basic parameters of Core 7 245HX and M3 Max 16-Core: 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 cores | 14 (Tetradeca-Core) | 16 (Hexadeca-Core) |
| Threads | 14 | 16 |
| Base clock speed | 2.6 GHz | 2.748 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 5.1 GHz | 4.06 GHz |
| L2 cache | 24 MB | no data |
| L3 cache | 26 MB | no data |
| Chip lithography | 3 nm | 3 nm |
| Number of transistors | no data | 92000 Million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
Compatibility
Information on Core 7 245HX and M3 Max 16-Core 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.
| Power consumption (TDP) | no data | 78 Watt |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | Intel Graphics 3-Core iGPU (Arrow Lake) (300 - 1800 MHz) | Apple M3 Max 40-Core GPU |
Synthetic benchmarks
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.
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. Other than that, Passmark measures multi-core performance.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 24.17 | 24.10 |
| Recency | 1 April 2026 | 30 October 2023 |
| Physical cores | 14 | 16 |
| Threads | 14 | 16 |
7 245HX has a 0% higher aggregate performance score, and an age advantage of 2 years.
Apple M3 Max 16-Core, on the other hand, has 14% more physical cores and 14% more threads.
Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between Intel Core 7 245HX and Apple M3 Max 16-Core.
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