Apple M3 vs AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 8945HS
We compared two laptop CPUs: Apple M3 with 8 cores 4.05GHz and AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 8945HS with 8 cores 4GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.
Main Differences
Apple M3 Advantages
Higher base frequency (4.05GHz vs 4GHz)
Larger L3 cache size (64MB vs 16MB)
More modern manufacturing process (3nm vs 4nm)
Lower TDP (20W vs 54W)
AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 8945HS Advantages
Released 6 months late
Higher specification of memory (7500 vs 6400)
Larger memory bandwidth (120GB/s vs 102.4GB/s)
Newer PCIe version (4 vs 4.0)
Score
Benchmark
Cinebench R23 Single Core
Apple M3
+6%
1920
AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 8945HS
1805
Cinebench R23 Multi Core
Apple M3
10448
AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 8945HS
+66%
17376
Geekbench 6 Single Core
Apple M3
+61%
3009
AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 8945HS
1866
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Apple M3
+63%
11805
AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 8945HS
7242
Cinebench 2024 Single Core
Apple M3
+32%
140
AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 8945HS
106
Cinebench 2024 Multi Core
Apple M3
707
AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 8945HS
+39%
988
Blender
Apple M3
168
AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 8945HS
+47%
248
General Parameters
Oct 2023
Release Date
Apr 2024
Apple
Manufacturer
AMD
Laptop
Type
Laptop
ARMv8
Instruction Set
-
Apple M3
Core Architecture
Hawk Point
Apple M-Socket
Socket
AMD Socket FP7
Apple M3 GPU
Integrated Graphics
Radeon 780M
-
Generation
Ryzen 9 (Zen 4 (Hawk Point))
Package
25 billions
Transistor Count
25 billions
3 nm
Manufacturing Process
4 nm
20 W
Power Consumption
35-54 W
100°C
Peak Operating Temperature
-
-
Foundry
TSMC
-
Die Size
178 mm²
CPU Performance
4
Performance Cores
8
4
Performance Core Threads
16
4.05 GHz
Performance Core Base Frequency
4 GHz
4.05 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
5.2 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
8
Total Thread Count
16
-
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
40x
Multiplier
40.0
192 K per core
L1 Cache
64 KB per core
16 MB shared
L2 Cache
8 MB
64 MB shared
L3 Cache
16 MB
No
Unlocked Multiplier
No
-
SMP
1
Memory Parameters
LPDDR5-6400
Memory Types
DDR5-5600,LPDDR5X-7500
24 GB
Max Memory Size
256 GB
2
Max Memory Channels
2
102.4 GB/s
Max Memory Bandwidth
120 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
2800 MHz
1280
Shader Units
-
80
Texture Units
-
40
Raster Operation Units
-
160
Execution Units
12
4.1 TFLOPS
Graphics Performance
-
AI Accelerator
-
NPU
AMD Ryzen™ AI
-
Theoretical performance
16 TOPS
