Apple M3 Pro 12 Core

Benchmarks for the Apple M3 Pro 12 Core can be found below. Release dates, price and performance comparisons are also listed when available. This is made using thousands of PerformanceTest benchmark results and is updated daily.

The first graph shows the relative performance of the CPU compared to the 10 other common (single) CPUs in terms of PassMark CPU Mark.
The 2nd graph shows the value for money, in terms of the CPUMark per dollar.
The pricing history data shows the price for a single Processor. For multiple Processors, multiply the price shown by the number of CPUs.

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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

Typical TDP: 27 W

Other names: ARM Apple M3 Pro 12 Core 0 MHz

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q4 2023

CPUmark/$Price: NA

Overall Rank:
820th fastest in multithreading out of 6046 CPUs
142nd fastest in single threading out of 6046 CPUs
139th fastest in out of 1652 Laptop CPUs

Last Price Change: NA

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

24076

Single Thread Rating

4252

Samples: 1216*
*Margin for error: Low

CPU Test Suite Average Results for Apple M3 Pro 12 Core

Integer Math	55,916 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	64,834 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	241 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	35,198 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	14,422 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	288,862 KBytes/Sec
Physics	2,064 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	14,119 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	4,252 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 10th of October 2026.

CPU Mark Distribution for Apple M3 Pro 12 Core

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 7th of October 2026

From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 7th of October 2026.
For distribution graph only: Results are trimmed to exclude outliers by disregarding the bottom 1% and top 1% of submissions.

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CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Laptop CPUs
As of 10th of October 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i7-12700H		24,929
Apple M3 Pro 12 Core		24,076
Apple M4 10 Core		23,568
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H		20,444
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz		19,558
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H		17,803
AMD Ryzen 5 5600H		16,338
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,648
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,119
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz		10,540
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz		9,286

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 10th of October 2026 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
Intel Core i7-12700H		54.55
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz		49.51
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz		30.05
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz		10.98
Apple M3 Pro 12 Core		NA
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		NA
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		NA
Apple M4 10 Core		NA
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H		NA
AMD Ryzen 5 5600H		NA
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 10th of October 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Apple M4 10 Core		4,491
Apple M3 Pro 12 Core		4,252
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,881
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,672
Intel Core i7-12700H		3,479
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz		3,003
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H		2,985
AMD Ryzen 5 5600H		2,868
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz		2,592
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H		2,578
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz		2,381

Last 5 Baselines for Apple M3 Pro 12 Core
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL5126787 - Oct 03 2026		28888
BL5126772 - Oct 03 2026		28229
BL5126345 - Sep 25 2026		29203
BL5126064 - Sep 21 2026		29740
BL5126022 - Sep 20 2026		29687

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

Popular comparisons for Apple M3 Pro 12 Core
As of 10th of October 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Apple M3 Pro 12 Core		24,076
Intel Core Ultra 5 125H vs Apple M3 Pro 12 Core		19,962 (-17.1%)
Apple M3 8 Core vs Apple M3 Pro 12 Core		19,051 (-20.9%)
Apple M3 Pro 11 Core vs Apple M3 Pro 12 Core		24,786 (+2.9%)
AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS vs Apple M3 Pro 12 Core		29,718 (+23.4%)
AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS vs Apple M3 Pro 12 Core		29,167 (+21.1%)
Intel Core Ultra 9 185H vs Apple M3 Pro 12 Core		28,932 (+20.2%)
AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS vs Apple M3 Pro 12 Core		28,261 (+17.4%)
Intel Core Ultra 7 165H vs Apple M3 Pro 12 Core		25,856 (+7.4%)
Intel Core Ultra 7 155H vs Apple M3 Pro 12 Core		24,434 (+1.5%)
Intel Core i5-13450HX vs Apple M3 Pro 12 Core		24,387 (+1.3%)
Apple M4 10 Core vs Apple M3 Pro 12 Core		23,568 (-2.1%)
AMD Ryzen 5 7640HS vs Apple M3 Pro 12 Core		22,681 (-5.8%)

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