Apple M3 vs AMD Ryzen 5 4600HS
We compared two laptop CPUs: Apple M3 with 8 cores 4.05GHz and AMD Ryzen 5 4600HS with 6 cores 3.0GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.
Main Differences
Apple M3 's Advantages
Released 3 years and 9 months late
Higher specification of memory (6400 vs 4266)
Larger memory bandwidth (102.4GB/s vs 68.27GB/s)
Newer PCIe version (4.0 vs 3.0)
Higher base frequency (4.05GHz vs 3.0GHz)
Larger L3 cache size (64MB vs 8MB)
More modern manufacturing process (3nm vs 7nm)
Lower TDP (20W vs 54W)
Score
Benchmark
Cinebench R23 Single Core
Apple M3
+66%
1920
AMD Ryzen 5 4600HS
1151
Cinebench R23 Multi Core
Apple M3
+16%
10448
AMD Ryzen 5 4600HS
8931
Geekbench 6 Single Core
Apple M3
+120%
3009
AMD Ryzen 5 4600HS
1365
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Apple M3
+116%
11805
AMD Ryzen 5 4600HS
5454
Blender
Apple M3
+51%
168
AMD Ryzen 5 4600HS
111
Passmark CPU Single Core
Apple M3
+98%
4850
AMD Ryzen 5 4600HS
2441
Passmark CPU Multi Core
Apple M3
+35%
19597
AMD Ryzen 5 4600HS
14481
General Parameters
Oct 2023
Release Date
Jan 2020
Apple
Manufacturer
AMD
Laptop
Type
Laptop
ARMv8
Instruction Set
x86-64
Apple M3
Core Architecture
Zen 2
Apple M-Socket
Socket
FP6
Apple M3 GPU
Integrated Graphics
Radeon RX Vega 6
Package
25 billions
Transistor Count
-
3 nm
Manufacturing Process
7 nm
20 W
Power Consumption
35-54 W
100°C
Peak Operating Temperature
105 °C
CPU Performance
4
Performance Cores
6
4
Performance Core Threads
12
4.05 GHz
Performance Core Base Frequency
3.0 GHz
4.05 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4 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
30x
192 K per core
L1 Cache
32 K per core
16 MB shared
L2 Cache
512 K per core
64 MB shared
L3 Cache
8 MB shared
No
Unlocked Multiplier
No
Memory Parameters
LPDDR5-6400
Memory Types
DDR4-3200, LPDDR4-4266
24 GB
Max Memory Size
64 GB
2
Max Memory Channels
2
102.4 GB/s
Max Memory Bandwidth
68.27 GB/s
No
ECC Memory Support
Yes
Graphics Card Parameters
true
Integrated Graphics
true
500 MHz
GPU Base Frequency
-
1600 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
1500 MHz
1280
Shader Units
384
80
Texture Units
24
40
Raster Operation Units
8
160
Execution Units
-
-
Power Consumption
15 W
4.1 TFLOPS
Graphics Performance
-
