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.
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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:
738th fastest in multithreading out of 5819 CPUs
124th fastest in single threading out of 5819 CPUs
128th fastest in out of 1618 Laptop CPUs

Last Price Change: NA

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

23932

Single Thread Rating

4232

Samples: 1166*
*Margin for error: Low

CPU Test Suite Average Results for Apple M3 Pro 12 Core

Integer Math	55,750 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	64,615 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	239 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	35,007 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	14,333 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	287,081 KBytes/Sec
Physics	2,045 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	13,986 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	4,232 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 14th of March 2026.

CPU Mark Distribution for Apple M3 Pro 12 Core

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 10th of March 2026

From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 10th of March 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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	Apple 2023 MacBook Pro Laptop M3 Pro chip with 12‑core CPU, 18‑core GPU: Built for Apple Intelligence, 14.2-inch Liquid Retina XDR Display, 18GB Unified Memory, 1TB SSD Storage; Silver	$2366.19 (www.amazon.com)
	2021 Apple MacBook Pro (16-inch, M1 Pro chip with 10‑core CPU and 16‑core GPU, 16GB RAM, 1TB SSD) - Space Gray	$2638.94 (www.amazon.com)
	Microsoft Surface Laptop (2024), Windows 11 Copilot+ PC, 13.8" Touchscreen Display, Snapdragon X Elite (12 core), 32GB RAM, 1TB SSD Storage, Black	$1656.25 (www.amazon.com)
	2021 Apple MacBook Pro (14-inch, Apple M1 Pro chip with 10‑core CPU and 16‑core GPU, 16GB RAM, 1TB SSD) - Space Gray AppleCare+ for 14-inch MacBook Pro	$2005.03 (www.amazon.com)

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CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Laptop CPUs
As of 14th of March 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i7-12700H		25,220
Apple M3 Pro 12 Core		23,932
Apple M4 10 Core		23,685
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H		20,605
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz		19,738
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H		17,996
AMD Ryzen 5 5600H		16,459
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,644
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,130
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz		10,590
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz		9,382

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 14th of March 2026 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
Intel Core i7-12700H		55.19
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz		49.97
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz		30.36
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz		11.03
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 14th of March 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Apple M4 10 Core		4,514
Apple M3 Pro 12 Core		4,232
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,886
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,675
Intel Core i7-12700H		3,501
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz		3,021
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H		3,002
AMD Ryzen 5 5600H		2,885
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz		2,612
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H		2,587
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz		2,391

Last 5 Baselines for Apple M3 Pro 12 Core
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL5115040 - Mar 11 2026		28053
BL5114997 - Mar 10 2026		21565
BL5114939 - Mar 09 2026		21888
BL5114865 - Mar 08 2026		19088
BL5114801 - Mar 07 2026		29259

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

Popular comparisons for Apple M3 Pro 12 Core
As of 14th of March 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Apple M3 Pro 12 Core		23,932
Intel Core Ultra 5 125H vs Apple M3 Pro 12 Core		20,572 (-14.0%)
Apple M3 8 Core vs Apple M3 Pro 12 Core		19,093 (-20.2%)
Apple M3 Pro 11 Core vs Apple M3 Pro 12 Core		24,835 (+3.8%)
AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS vs Apple M3 Pro 12 Core		29,913 (+25.0%)
AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS vs Apple M3 Pro 12 Core		29,483 (+23.2%)
Intel Core Ultra 9 185H vs Apple M3 Pro 12 Core		29,247 (+22.2%)
AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS vs Apple M3 Pro 12 Core		28,412 (+18.7%)
Intel Core Ultra 7 165H vs Apple M3 Pro 12 Core		25,908 (+8.3%)
Intel Core i5-13450HX vs Apple M3 Pro 12 Core		24,894 (+4.0%)
Intel Core Ultra 7 155H vs Apple M3 Pro 12 Core		24,615 (+2.9%)
Apple M4 10 Core vs Apple M3 Pro 12 Core		23,685 (-1.0%)
AMD Ryzen AI 7 PRO 360 vs Apple M3 Pro 12 Core		22,097 (-7.7%)

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