Apple M3 vs AMD Ryzen 5 7540U

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Apple M3 AMD Ryzen 5 7540U

We compared two laptop CPUs: Apple M3 with 8 cores 4.05GHz and AMD Ryzen 5 7540U 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 's Advantages

Better graphics card performance

Higher base frequency (4.05GHz vs 3.2GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (64MB vs 16MB)

AMD Ryzen 5 7540U 's Advantages

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

Lower TDP (15W vs 20W)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

Apple M3 +5%

1909

AMD Ryzen 5 7540U

1804

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

Apple M3 +5%

10497

AMD Ryzen 5 7540U

9971

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Apple M3 +26%

3009

AMD Ryzen 5 7540U

2377

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Apple M3 +57%

11805

AMD Ryzen 5 7540U

7490

Blender

Apple M3 +23%

175

AMD Ryzen 5 7540U

142

Apple M3

VS

AMD Ryzen 5 7540U

General Parameters

Oct 2023

Release Date

May 2023

Apple

Manufacturer

AMD

Laptop

Type

Laptop

ARMv8

Instruction Set

x86-64

Apple M3

Core Architecture

Zen 4 (Phoenix)

Apple M-Socket

Socket

FP7

Apple M3 GPU

Integrated Graphics

Radeon 740M

Package

25 billions

Transistor Count

-

3 nm

Manufacturing Process

4 nm

Apple M-Socket

Socket

FP7

20 W

Power Consumption

15-30 W

100°C

Peak Operating Temperature

100°C

CPU Performance

4

Performance Cores

6

4

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

-

2.75 GHz

Efficiency Core Base Frequency

-

2.57 GHz

Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency

-

8

Total Core Count

6

8

Total Thread Count

12

-

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

40x

Multiplier

32x

192 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

16 MB shared

L2 Cache

1 MB per core

64 MB shared

L3 Cache

16 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

Memory Parameters

LPDDR5-6400

Memory Types

DDR5-5600, LPDDR5x-7500

24 GB

Max Memory Size

256 GB

2

Max Memory Channels

2

102.4 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

-

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

2500 MHz

1280

Shader Units

256

80

Texture Units

16

40

Raster Operation Units

8

160

Execution Units

4

-

Power Consumption

15 W

4.1 TFLOPS

Graphics Performance

2.56 TFLOPS

Miscellaneous

-

Official Website

AMD Ryzen 5 7540U

4.0

PCIe Version

4.0

-

PCIe Lanes

14

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