Apple M3 vs AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme

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Apple M3 AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme

We compared two laptop CPUs: Apple M3 with 8 cores 4.05GHz and AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme 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 's Advantages

Higher specification of memory (LPDDR5-6400 vs DDR5-5600)

Larger memory bandwidth (102.4GB/s vs 89.6GB/s)

Higher base frequency (4.05GHz vs 3.3GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (64MB vs 16MB)

AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme 's Advantages

Better graphics card performance

Newer PCIe version (4 vs 4.0)

Lower TDP (9W vs 20W)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

Apple M3 +13%

1909

AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme

1676

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

Apple M3

10497

AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme +3%

10818

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Apple M3 +32%

3009

AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme

2264

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Apple M3 +11%

11805

AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme

10616

Blender

Apple M3

175

AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme +11%

195

Passmark CPU Single Core

Apple M3 +24%

4850

AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme

3894

Passmark CPU Multi Core

Apple M3

19597

AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme +34%

26266

Apple M3

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AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme

General Parameters

Oct 2023

Release Date

May 2023

Apple

Manufacturer

AMD

Laptop

Type

Laptop

ARMv8

Instruction Set

-

Apple M3

Core Architecture

Phoenix

Apple M-Socket

Socket

AMD Socket FP8

Apple M3 GPU

Integrated Graphics

AMD Radeon 780M

-

Generation

Ryzen 7 (Zen 4 (Phoenix))

Package

25 billions

Transistor Count

25 billions

3 nm

Manufacturing Process

4 nm

Apple M-Socket

Socket

AMD Socket FP8

20 W

Power Consumption

9-30 W

100°C

Peak Operating Temperature

100°C

-

Foundry

TSMC

-

Die Size

178 mm²

-

Package

FP8

CPU Performance

4

Performance Cores

-

4

Performance Core Threads

-

4.05 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.3 GHz

4.05 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

5.1 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

8

Total Thread Count

16

-

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

40x

Multiplier

33.0

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

-

SMP

1

Memory Parameters

LPDDR5-6400

Memory Types

DDR5-5600

24 GB

Max Memory Size

-

2

Max Memory Channels

2

102.4 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

89.6 GB/s

No

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Graphics Card Parameters

true

Integrated Graphics

true

500 MHz

GPU Base Frequency

1500 MHz

1600 MHz

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

2700 MHz

1280

Shader Units

768

80

Texture Units

-

40

Raster Operation Units

-

160

Execution Units

12

4.1 TFLOPS

Graphics Performance

8.6 TFLOPS

Miscellaneous

-

Official Website

AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme

4.0

PCIe Version

4

-

PCIe Lanes

20

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