Apple M3 Max vs AMD Ryzen 5 6600U

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Apple M3 Max

AMD Ryzen 5 6600U

We compared two laptop CPUs: Apple M3 Max with 16 cores 4.05GHz and AMD Ryzen 5 6600U with 6 cores 2.9GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Apple M3 Max 's Advantages

Released 1 years and 9 months late

Better graphics card performance

Larger memory bandwidth (409.6GB/s vs 76.8GB/s)

Higher base frequency (4.05GHz vs 2.9GHz)

More modern manufacturing process (3nm vs 6nm)

AMD Ryzen 5 6600U 's Advantages

Higher specification of memory (6400 vs 6400)

Lower TDP (28W vs 40W)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

Apple M3 Max +32%

1968

AMD Ryzen 5 6600U

1490

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

Apple M3 Max +146%

24163

AMD Ryzen 5 6600U

9816

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Apple M3 Max +83%

3227

AMD Ryzen 5 6600U

1755

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Apple M3 Max +207%

21173

AMD Ryzen 5 6600U

6878

Passmark CPU Single Core

Apple M3 Max +50%

4793

AMD Ryzen 5 6600U

3190

Passmark CPU Multi Core

Apple M3 Max +124%

40041

AMD Ryzen 5 6600U

17827

Apple M3 Max

VS

AMD Ryzen 5 6600U

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 Max GPU (38-core)

Integrated Graphics

Radeon 660M

Package

92 billions

Transistor Count

-

3 nm

Manufacturing Process

6 nm

40 W

Power Consumption

15-28 W

100°C

Peak Operating Temperature

95 °C

CPU Performance

12

Performance Cores

6

12

Performance Core Threads

12

4.05 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.9 GHz

4.05 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.5 GHz

4

Efficiency Cores

-

4

Efficiency Core Threads

-

2.75 GHz

Efficiency Core Base Frequency

-

2.57 GHz

Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency

-

16

Total Core Count

6

16

Total Thread Count

12

-

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

40x

Multiplier

29x

192 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

32 MB shared

L2 Cache

512 K per core

-

L3 Cache

16 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

Memory Parameters

LPDDR5-6400

Memory Types

DDR5-4800, LPDDR5-6400

128 GB

Max Memory Size

-

8

Max Memory Channels

4

409.6 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

1500 MHz

1600 MHz

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

1900 MHz

5120

Shader Units

384

320

Texture Units

24

160

Raster Operation Units

16

640

Execution Units

6

-

Power Consumption

15 W

16.4 TFLOPS

Graphics Performance

1.46 TFLOPS

Miscellaneous

-

Official Website

AMD Ryzen 5 6600U

4.0

PCIe Version

4.0

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