Apple M3 Pro vs AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX

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Apple M3 Pro AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX

We compared two laptop CPUs: Apple M3 Pro with 12 cores 4.05GHz and AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX with 8 cores 3.3GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Apple M3 Pro 's Advantages

Released 1 years and 9 months late

Better graphics card performance

Larger memory bandwidth (153.6GB/s vs 76.8GB/s)

Higher base frequency (4.05GHz vs 3.3GHz)

Lower TDP (30W vs 45W)

AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX 's Advantages

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

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

Apple M3 Pro +24%

1992

AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX

1605

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

Apple M3 Pro +5%

15139

AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX

14392

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Apple M3 Pro +50%

3155

AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX

2097

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Apple M3 Pro +49%

15057

AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX

10086

Blender

Apple M3 Pro +41%

261

AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX

184

Passmark CPU Single Core

Apple M3 Pro +40%

4790

AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX

3421

Passmark CPU Multi Core

Apple M3 Pro +10%

26949

AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX

24494

Apple M3 Pro

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AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX

General Parameters

Oct 2023

Release Date

Jan 2022

Apple

Manufacturer

AMD

Laptop

Type

Laptop

ARMv8

Instruction Set

x86-64

Apple M3

Core Architecture

Rembrandt

Apple M-Socket

Socket

FP7

Apple M3 Pro GPU (19-core)

Integrated Graphics

Radeon 680M

Package

37 billions

Transistor Count

-

3 nm

Manufacturing Process

6 nm

Apple M-Socket

Socket

FP7

30 W

Power Consumption

45 W

100°C

Peak Operating Temperature

95 °C

CPU Performance

6

Performance Cores

8

6

Performance Core Threads

16

4.05 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.3 GHz

4.05 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.9 GHz

6

Efficiency Cores

-

6

Efficiency Core Threads

-

2.75 GHz

Efficiency Core Base Frequency

-

2.57 GHz

Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency

-

12

Total Core Count

8

12

Total Thread Count

16

-

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

40x

Multiplier

33x

192 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

16 MB shared

L2 Cache

512 K per core

-

L3 Cache

16 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

Memory Parameters

LPDDR5-6400

Memory Types

DDR5-4800, LPDDR5-6400

36 GB

Max Memory Size

64 GB

3

Max Memory Channels

2

153.6 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

76.8 GB/s

No

ECC Memory Support

-

Graphics Card Parameters

true

Integrated Graphics

true

500 MHz

GPU Base Frequency

2000 MHz

1600 MHz

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

2400 MHz

2304

Shader Units

768

144

Texture Units

48

72

Raster Operation Units

32

288

Execution Units

12

-

Power Consumption

15 W

7.4 TFLOPS

Graphics Performance

3.686 TFLOPS

Miscellaneous

-

Official Website

AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX

4.0

PCIe Version

4.0

-

PCIe Lanes

16

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