Apple M3 vs AMD Ryzen AI Max 385
We compared two laptop CPUs: Apple M3 with 8 cores 4.05GHz and AMD Ryzen AI Max 385 with 8 cores 3.6GHz . 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 3.6GHz)
Larger L3 cache size (64MB vs 32MB)
More modern manufacturing process (3nm vs 4nm)
Lower TDP (20W vs 55W)
AMD Ryzen AI Max 385 Advantages
Released 1 years and 3 months late
Better graphics card performance
Higher specification of memory (8000 vs 6400)
Larger memory bandwidth (256GB/s vs 102.4GB/s)
Score
Benchmark
Cinebench R23 Single Core
Apple M3
1920
AMD Ryzen AI Max 385
+11%
2150
Cinebench R23 Multi Core
Apple M3
10448
AMD Ryzen AI Max 385
+176%
28876
Geekbench 6 Single Core
Apple M3
+4%
3009
AMD Ryzen AI Max 385
2892
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Apple M3
11805
AMD Ryzen AI Max 385
+45%
17206
Cinebench 2024 Single Core
Apple M3
+5%
140
AMD Ryzen AI Max 385
133
Cinebench 2024 Multi Core
Apple M3
707
AMD Ryzen AI Max 385
+138%
1688
General Parameters
Oct 2023
Release Date
Jan 2025
Apple
Manufacturer
AMD
Laptop
Type
Laptop
ARMv8
Instruction Set
x86-64
Apple M3
Core Architecture
Zen 5 (Strix Halo)
Apple M-Socket
Socket
FP11
Apple M3 GPU
Integrated Graphics
Radeon 8050S
-
Generation
Ryzen AI Max (Zen 5 (Strix Halo))
Package
25 billions
Transistor Count
3 nm
Manufacturing Process
4 nm
20 W
Power Consumption
45-55 W
-
Max Turbo Power Consumption
120 W
100°C
Peak Operating Temperature
100 °C
-
Foundry
TSMC
-
I/O Process Size
6 nm
CPU Performance
4
Performance Cores
8
4
Performance Core Threads
16
4.05 GHz
Performance Core Base Frequency
3.6 GHz
4.05 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
5 GHz
4
Efficiency Cores
0
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
36
192 K per core
L1 Cache
80 K per core
16 MB shared
L2 Cache
1 MB per core
64 MB shared
L3 Cache
32 MB shared
No
Unlocked Multiplier
No
-
SMP
1
Memory Parameters
LPDDR5-6400
Memory Types
LPDDR5X-8000
24 GB
Max Memory Size
128 GB
2
Max Memory Channels
2
102.4 GB/s
Max Memory Bandwidth
256 GB/s
No
ECC Memory Support
No
Graphics Card Parameters
true
Integrated Graphics
true
500 MHz
GPU Base Frequency
1600 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
2800 MHz
1280
Shader Units
2048
80
Texture Units
128
40
Raster Operation Units
64
160
Execution Units
32
-
Power Consumption
45-120
-
Max Resolution
4.1 TFLOPS
Graphics Performance
11.5 TFLOPS
AI Accelerator
-
NPU
AMD Ryzen™ AI
-
Theoretical performance
55 TOPS
