Which Laptop CPU Reigns Supreme? Intel Lunar Lake Takes On Apple M3 In Shocking Benchmarks

We've finally got our hands on some of the first laptops packing the highly-anticipated Intel Lunar Lake chips, and we're excited to share the results with you. Intel has been working hard to close the gap with its competitors in the laptop CPU market, and it looks like they've made some significant strides. But do their latest efforts pay off?

For this review, we'll be comparing Intel's Lunar Lake chips to two of its biggest competitors: the Snapdragon X from Qualcomm and the Apple M3. Both of these chips have already proven themselves to be powerhouses in their own right, so it'll be interesting to see how they stack up against Intel's latest offering.

We'll start with the specs. The Intel Lunar Lake chip we tested comes with a maximum clock speed of 3.5 GHz, along with 16 GB of RAM and a 512 GB solid-state drive. The Snapdragon X we tested had a maximum clock speed of 3.2 GHz, with 16 GB of RAM and a 512 GB SSD. Meanwhile, the Apple M3 had a maximum clock speed of 3.8 GHz, with 16 GB of RAM and a 1 TB SSD.