Apple M3 vs AMD Ryzen 9 6980HX

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Apple M3 AMD Ryzen 9 6980HX

We compared two laptop CPUs: Apple M3 with 8 cores 4.05GHz and AMD Ryzen 9 6980HX 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

Released 1 years and 9 months late

Better graphics card performance

Larger memory bandwidth (102.4GB/s vs 76.8GB/s)

Higher base frequency (4.05GHz vs 3.3GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (64MB vs 16MB)

Lower TDP (20W vs 45W)

AMD Ryzen 9 6980HX 's Advantages

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

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

Apple M3 +15%

1909

AMD Ryzen 9 6980HX

1650

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

Apple M3

10497

AMD Ryzen 9 6980HX +38%

14576

Apple M3

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AMD Ryzen 9 6980HX

General Parameters

Oct 2023

Release Date

Jan 2022

Apple

Manufacturer

AMD

Laptop

Type

Laptop

ARMv8

Instruction Set

x86-64

Apple M3

Core Architecture

Rembrandt

Apple M-Socket

Socket

FP7

Apple M3 GPU

Integrated Graphics

Radeon 680M

Package

25 billions

Transistor Count

-

3 nm

Manufacturing Process

6 nm

Apple M-Socket

Socket

FP7

20 W

Power Consumption

45 W

100°C

Peak Operating Temperature

95 °C

CPU Performance

4

Performance Cores

8

4

Performance Core Threads

16

4.05 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.3 GHz

4.05 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

5 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

33x

192 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

16 MB shared

L2 Cache

512 K per core

64 MB shared

L3 Cache

16 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

Memory Parameters

LPDDR5-6400

Memory Types

DDR5-5200, LPDDR5-6400

24 GB

Max Memory Size

-

2

Max Memory Channels

4

102.4 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

76.8 GB/s

No

ECC Memory Support

-

Graphics Card Parameters

true

Integrated Graphics

true

500 MHz

GPU Base Frequency

2000 MHz

1600 MHz

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

2400 MHz

1280

Shader Units

768

80

Texture Units

48

40

Raster Operation Units

32

160

Execution Units

12

-

Power Consumption

15 W

4.1 TFLOPS

Graphics Performance

3.686 TFLOPS

Miscellaneous

-

Official Website

AMD Ryzen 9 6980HX

4.0

PCIe Version

4.0

-

PCIe Lanes

20

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