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Apple M3 Pro (12-core)
Apple's odd middle child trades the M2 Pro's 8P+4E layout for a 6P+6E split that prioritizes efficiency. Single-core speed jumps anyway, but heavy multi-core barely moves — the Max earns its premium this generation.
Pros
- Excellent single-core performance
- Efficient 6P+6E layout stretches battery life
- Hardware ray tracing and mesh shading
- Meaningfully cheaper than Max configurations
Cons
- Marginal multi-core gain over M2 Pro
- Memory bandwidth cut to 150GB/s
- 36GB memory ceiling
Good
Computed from specs & benchmarks via our public methodology.
Full specifications
Everything we track for the Apple M3 Pro (12-core)
General
- Announced
- 2023
- Process
- 3 nm
Cores & Clocks
- Cores
- 12
- Performance cores
- 6
- Efficiency cores
- 6
- Threads
- 12
- Boost clock
- 4.1 GHz
Integrated GPU
- iGPU
- Apple 18-core GPU
Memory
- Memory support
- LPDDR5-6400
- Max memory
- 36 GB
Benchmarks
- Geekbench 6 (single)
- 3,100Top 14%
- Geekbench 6 (multi)
- 15,300Top 24%
- Cinebench R23 (single)
- 1,930Top 27%
- Cinebench R23 (multi)
- 14,800Top 35%
- PassMark
- 24,069Top 38%
Quick answers
Is the Apple M3 Pro (12-core) good in 2026?
The Apple M3 Pro (12-core) earns an Inno Score of 62.7/100 (“Good”) based on its specs and benchmark results. Apple's odd middle child trades the M2 Pro's 8P+4E layout for a 6P+6E split that prioritizes efficiency. Single-core speed jumps anyway, but heavy multi-core barely moves — the Max earns its premium this generation.
Does the Apple M3 Pro (12-core) count as "Core i7 or equivalent"?
Its PassMark CPU Mark average is 24,069 (cpubenchmark.net, retrieved Sep 26, 2026), which puts it in Tier A of our CPU tier checker: current Core i7 H / Core Ultra 7 / Ryzen 7 class and above. It is an Arm-based chip, so a requirement that asks specifically for an Intel or AMD (x86-64) processor excludes it. Requirement pages word this differently, so check the exact wording with your department.
What are the key specs of the Apple M3 Pro (12-core)?
Cores: 12 · Threads: 12 · Boost clock: 4.1 GHz
What are the closest alternatives to the Apple M3 Pro (12-core)?
Its closest rivals on InnoReviews are Intel Core Ultra 7 251HX, AMD Ryzen AI 7 450, Intel Core i9-14900HX — open the comparison pages for a spec-by-spec breakdown.
