Apple M3 Max vs AMD Ryzen 5 8540U

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Apple M3 Max AMD Ryzen 5 8540U

We compared two laptop CPUs: Apple M3 Max with 16 cores 4.05GHz and AMD Ryzen 5 8540U with 6 cores 3.2GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Apple M3 Max 's Advantages

Better graphics card performance

Larger memory bandwidth (409.6GB/s vs 89.6GB/s)

Higher base frequency (4.05GHz vs 3.2GHz)

AMD Ryzen 5 8540U 's Advantages

Higher specification of memory (LPDDR5x-7500 vs LPDDR5-6400)

Lower TDP (15W vs 40W)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

Apple M3 Max +8%

1968

AMD Ryzen 5 8540U

1814

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

Apple M3 Max +129%

24163

AMD Ryzen 5 8540U

10508

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Apple M3 Max +35%

3227

AMD Ryzen 5 8540U

2390

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Apple M3 Max +159%

21173

AMD Ryzen 5 8540U

8172

Apple M3 Max

VS

AMD Ryzen 5 8540U

General Parameters

Oct 2023

Release Date

Dec 2023

Apple

Manufacturer

Amd

Laptop

Type

Laptop

ARMv8

Instruction Set

x86-64

Apple M3

Core Architecture

Hawk Point

Apple M-Socket

Socket

FP7

Apple M3 Max GPU (38-core)

Integrated Graphics

Radeon 740M

-

Generation

Ryzen 5 (Zen 4 (Hawk Point))

Package

92 billions

Transistor Count

20.9 billions

3 nm

Manufacturing Process

4 nm

Apple M-Socket

Socket

FP7

40 W

Power Consumption

15-30 W

100°C

Peak Operating Temperature

100°C

-

Foundry

TSMC

-

Die Size

137 mm²

-

Package

FP7, FP7r2

CPU Performance

12

Performance Cores

6

12

Performance Core Threads

12

4.05 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.2 GHz

4.05 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.9 GHz

4

Efficiency Cores

4

Efficiency Core Threads

8

2.75 GHz

Efficiency Core Base Frequency

-

2.57 GHz

Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency

-

16

Total Core Count

6

16

Total Thread Count

12

-

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

40x

Multiplier

32x

192 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

32 MB shared

L2 Cache

1 MB per core

-

L3 Cache

16 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

-

SMP

1

Memory Parameters

LPDDR5-6400

Memory Types

DDR5-5600, LPDDR5x-7500

128 GB

Max Memory Size

256 GB

8

Max Memory Channels

2

409.6 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

89.6 GB/s

No

ECC Memory Support

No

Graphics Card Parameters

true

Integrated Graphics

true

500 MHz

GPU Base Frequency

1500 MHz

1600 MHz

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

2800 MHz

5120

Shader Units

256

320

Texture Units

16

160

Raster Operation Units

8

640

Execution Units

4

-

Power Consumption

15 W

16.4 TFLOPS

Graphics Performance

2.56 TFLOPS

Miscellaneous

-

Official Website

AMD Ryzen 5 8540U

4.0

PCIe Version

4.0

-

PCIe Lanes

14

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