AMD Ryzen 7 260 vs Apple M3 Max
We compared two laptop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 7 260 with 8 cores 3.8GHz and Apple M3 Max with 16 cores 4.05GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.
Main Differences
AMD Ryzen 7 260 's Advantages
Released 1 years and 3 months late
Higher specification of memory (7500 vs 6400)
Lower TDP (54W vs 56W)
Apple M3 Max 's Advantages
Better graphics card performance
Larger memory bandwidth (409.6GB/s vs 120GB/s)
Higher base frequency (4.05GHz vs 3.8GHz)
More modern manufacturing process (3nm vs 4nm)
Score
Benchmark
Geekbench 6 Single Core
AMD Ryzen 7 260
2344
Apple M3 Max
+37%
3227
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
AMD Ryzen 7 260
9976
Apple M3 Max
+112%
21164
General Parameters
Jan 2025
Release Date
Oct 2023
Amd
Manufacturer
Apple
Laptop
Type
Laptop
x86-64
Instruction Set
ARMv8
Zen 4 (Hawk Point)
Core Architecture
Apple M3
FP8
Socket
Apple M-Socket
Radeon 780M
Integrated Graphics
Apple M3 Max GPU (38-core)
Package
25 billions
Transistor Count
92 billions
4 nm
Manufacturing Process
3 nm
35-54 W
Power Consumption
56 W
100 °C
Peak Operating Temperature
100 °C
178 mm²
Die Size
-
CPU Performance
8
Performance Cores
12
16
Performance Core Threads
12
3.8 GHz
Performance Core Base Frequency
4.05 GHz
5.1 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4.05 GHz
-
Efficiency Cores
4
-
Efficiency Core Threads
4
-
Efficiency Core Base Frequency
2.75 GHz
-
Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency
2.57 GHz
8
Total Core Count
16
16
Total Thread Count
16
100 MHz
Bus Frequency
-
38
Multiplier
40
80 K per core
L1 Cache
192 K per core
1 MB per core
L2 Cache
32 MB shared
16 MB shared
L3 Cache
-
No
Unlocked Multiplier
No
Memory Parameters
LPDDR5X-7500,DDR5-5600
Memory Types
LPDDR5-6400
256 GB
Max Memory Size
128 GB
2
Max Memory Channels
8
120 GB/s
Max Memory Bandwidth
409.6 GB/s
No
ECC Memory Support
No
Graphics Card Parameters
true
Integrated Graphics
true
800 MHz
GPU Base Frequency
500 MHz
2700 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
1600 MHz
768
Shader Units
5120
48
Texture Units
320
32
Raster Operation Units
160
12
Execution Units
640
15
Power Consumption
60
4.15 TFLOPS
Graphics Performance
16.4 TFLOPS
AI Accelerator
AMD Radeon™ 780M
NPU
-
16 TOPS
Theoretical performance
-
