Apple M3 Max vs Intel Core i9 9980HK

📋 Review
Apple M3 Max

Apple M3 Max

📋 Review
Intel Core i9 9980HK

Intel Core i9 9980HK

âš¡ Performance

System and application performance

Blender CPU
Max 403
9980HK 130
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Max 1684
9980HK 0
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Max 142
9980HK 0
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
Max 24020
9980HK 8370
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
Max 1950
9980HK 1186
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Max 21167
9980HK 6944

📊 Specifications

Technical specifications comparison

Background blur
68.9 images/sec
31.6 images/sec
Base Frequency (E)
2.75 GHz
-
Base Frequency (P)
4.05 GHz
2.4 GHz
Blender / Watt
7.21 PPW
2.89 PPW
Bus Bandwidth
N/A
8 GT/s
Cinebench 2024 / Watt
30.1 PPW
-
Clang compilation
198.5 Klines/sec
58.3 Klines/sec
Codename
Apple M3
Coffee Lake

💡 Key Differences

What are the key differences between the processors

Advantages of the Apple M3 Max

  • ✓ 119% better nanoreview final score performance

📋 Tests and Specifications

Detailed comparison table of test results

Metric
Apple M3 Max
Intel Core i9 9980HK
Blender CPU
403
130
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
1684
0
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
142
0
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
24020
8370
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
1950
1186
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
21167
6944
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
3227
1538
Integrated Graphics
99
23
Multi-Core Performance
70
23
NanoReview Final Score
81
37
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
41257
13964
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
4794
2509
Power Efficiency
82
44
Single-Core Performance
87
47
iGPU FLOPS
16
0