Apple M3 Pro 12 Core

Price and performance details for the Apple M3 Pro 12 Core can be found below. This is made using thousands of PerformanceTest benchmark results and is updated daily.

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The 2nd graph shows the value for money, in terms of the CPUMark per dollar.
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Apple M3 Pro 12 Core

Description: 18 Core GPU

Class: Laptop

Socket:

Total Cores: 12 Cores, 12 Threads

Primary Cores: 6 Cores, 6 Threads, 4.0 GHz Base, NA Turbo

Secondary Cores: 6 Cores, 6 Threads, NA Base, NA Turbo

Other names: ARM Apple M3 Pro 12 Core 0 MHz

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q4 2023

CPUmark/$Price: NA

Overall Rank: 298

Last Price Change: NA

Average CPU Mark

27056

Single Thread Rating: 4789
Samples: 49*
*Margin for error: Low

CPU Test Suite Average Results for Apple M3 Pro 12 Core

Integer Math	63,389 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	74,014 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	274 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	42,024 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	17,568 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	344,458 KBytes/Sec
Physics	2,348 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	12,517 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	4,789 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 11th of December 2023.

CPU Mark Distribution for Apple M3 Pro 12 Core

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 6th of December 2023

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 6th of December 2023.
For distribution graph only: Results are trimmed to exclude outliers by disregarding the bottom 1% and top 1% of submissions.

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	Apple 2023 MacBook Pro Laptop M3 Pro chip with 12‑core CPU, 18‑core GPU: 16.2-inch Liquid Retina XDR Display, 36GB Unified Memory, 1TB SSD Storage, Space Black (Z1AF0019Y)	$3099.00 (www.amazon.com)
	Apple 2023 MacBook Pro Laptop M3 Pro chip with 12‑core CPU, 18‑core GPU: 16.2-inch Liquid Retina XDR Display, 18GB Unified Memory, 1TB SSD Storage, Space Black (Z1AF0019L)	$2698.96 (www.amazon.com)
	Apple 2023 MacBook Pro Laptop M3 Pro chip with 12‑core CPU, 18‑core GPU: 14.2-inch Liquid Retina XDR Display, 18GB Unified Memory, 1TB SSD Storage. Works with iPhone/iPad; Space Black	$2373.95 (www.amazon.com)
	Apple 2023 MacBook Pro Laptop M3 Pro chip with 12‑core CPU, 18‑core GPU: 16.2-inch Liquid Retina XDR Display, 18GB Unified Memory, 512GB SSD Storage. Works with iPhone/iPad; Space Black	$2433.94 (www.amazon.com)
	Apple 2023 MacBook Pro Laptop M2 Pro chip with 12‑core CPU and 19‑core GPU: 16.2-inch Liquid Retina XDR Display, 16GB Unified Memory, 512GB SSD Storage. Works with iPhone/iPad; Space Gray	$2349.00 (www.amazon.com)

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CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Laptop CPUs
As of 11th of December 2023 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Apple M3 Pro 12 Core		27,056
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,030
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H		21,138
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz		20,760
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H		18,666
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,405
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,195
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U		13,147
Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz		12,018
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz		10,940
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz		9,897

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 11th of December 2023 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz		52.56
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz		32.03
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz		11.40
Apple M3 Pro 12 Core		NA
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		NA
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		NA
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		NA
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H		NA
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H		NA
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U		NA
Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 11th of December 2023 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Apple M3 Pro 12 Core		4,789
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,943
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,841
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,707
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz		3,099
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H		3,057
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz		2,701
Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz		2,678
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H		2,625
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U		2,454
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz		2,447

Last 5 Baselines for Apple M3 Pro 12 Core
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL5053436 - Dec 09 2023		27280
BL5053413 - Dec 09 2023		27373
BL5053280 - Dec 07 2023		27480
BL5053202 - Dec 06 2023		22155
BL5053138 - Dec 05 2023		26161

Additional baselines can be obtained using Windows version of PerformanceTest's Manage Baselines feature.

Popular comparisons for Apple M3 Pro 12 Core
As of 11th of December 2023 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Apple M3 Pro 12 Core		27,056
Apple M3 Pro 11 Core vs Apple M3 Pro 12 Core		23,777 (-12.1%)
AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS vs Apple M3 Pro 12 Core		30,679 (+13.4%)
Intel Core i5-13500H vs Apple M3 Pro 12 Core		23,350 (-13.7%)
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz vs Apple M3 Pro 12 Core		22,030 (-18.6%)
Apple M1 Pro 10 Core 3200 MHz vs Apple M3 Pro 12 Core		21,808 (-19.4%)
Intel Core i5-1340P vs Apple M3 Pro 12 Core		20,343 (-24.8%)
Intel Core i9-13900HK vs Apple M3 Pro 12 Core		32,267 (+19.3%)
Intel Core i9-13905H vs Apple M3 Pro 12 Core		31,882 (+17.8%)
AMD Ryzen 7 7840H vs Apple M3 Pro 12 Core		29,284 (+8.2%)
Intel Core i9-12900H vs Apple M3 Pro 12 Core		28,553 (+5.5%)
Intel Core i5-13500HX vs Apple M3 Pro 12 Core		28,024 (+3.6%)
AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 7940HS vs Apple M3 Pro 12 Core		27,909 (+3.2%)

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