AMD Ryzen 9 8945HX vs Apple M3
We compared two laptop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 9 8945HX with 16 cores 2.5GHz and Apple M3 with 8 cores 4.05GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.
Main Differences
AMD Ryzen 9 8945HX 's Advantages
Released 1 years and 6 months late
Newer PCIe version (5 vs 4.0)
Apple M3 's Advantages
Integrated graphics card
Higher specification of memory (6400 vs 5200)
Higher base frequency (4.05GHz vs 2.5GHz)
More modern manufacturing process (3nm vs 5nm)
Lower TDP (20W vs 55W)
Score
General Parameters
Apr 2025
Release Date
Oct 2023
AMD
Manufacturer
Apple
Laptop
Type
Laptop
-
Instruction Set
ARMv8
Dragon Range
Core Architecture
Apple M3
AMD Socket FL1
Socket
Apple M-Socket
Radeon 610M
Integrated Graphics
Apple M3 GPU
Ryzen 9 (Zen 4 (Dragon Range))
Generation
-
Package
13.14 billions
Transistor Count
25 billions
5 nm
Manufacturing Process
3 nm
55 W
Power Consumption
20 W
100°C
Peak Operating Temperature
100°C
TSMC
Foundry
-
2x71 mm²
Die Size
-
6 nm
I/O Process Size
-
122 mm²
I/O Die Size
-
CPU Performance
-
Performance Cores
4
-
Performance Core Threads
4
2.5 GHz
Performance Core Base Frequency
4.05 GHz
5.4 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
16
Total Core Count
8
32
Total Thread Count
8
100 MHz
Bus Frequency
-
24.0
Multiplier
40x
64 KB per core
L1 Cache
192 K per core
1 MB per core
L2 Cache
16 MB shared
64 MB shared
L3 Cache
64 MB shared
Yes
Unlocked Multiplier
No
1
SMP
-
Memory Parameters
DDR5-5200
Memory Types
LPDDR5-6400
-
Max Memory Size
24 GB
2
Max Memory Channels
2
-
Max Memory Bandwidth
102.4 GB/s
No
ECC Memory Support
No
Graphics Card Parameters
-
Integrated Graphics
true
-
GPU Base Frequency
500 MHz
-
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
1600 MHz
-
Shader Units
1280
-
Texture Units
80
-
Raster Operation Units
40
-
Execution Units
160
-
Graphics Performance
4.1 TFLOPS
Miscellaneous
5
PCIe Version
4.0
28
PCIe Lanes
-
