Apple M3 Max vs AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 8540U

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Apple M3 Max AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 8540U

We compared two laptop CPUs: Apple M3 Max with 16 cores 4.05GHz and AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 8540U with 6 cores 3.2GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Apple M3 Max 's Advantages

Integrated graphics card

Higher specification of memory (LPDDR5-6400 vs DDR5-5600)

Higher base frequency (4.05GHz vs 3.2GHz)

AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 8540U 's Advantages

Released 6 months late

Newer PCIe version (4 vs 4.0)

Lower TDP (28W vs 40W)

Score

Apple M3 Max

VS

AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 8540U

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 Max GPU (38-core)

Integrated Graphics

Radeon 740M

-

Generation

Ryzen 5 (Zen 4 (Hawk Point))

Package

92 billions

Transistor Count

20.9 billions

3 nm

Manufacturing Process

4 nm

Apple M-Socket

Socket

AMD Socket FP7

40 W

Power Consumption

28 W

100°C

Peak Operating Temperature

-

Foundry

TSMC

-

Die Size

137 mm²

-

Package

FP7, FP7r2

CPU Performance

12

Performance Cores

-

12

Performance Core Threads

-

4.05 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.2 GHz

4.05 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.9 GHz

4

Efficiency Cores

-

4

Efficiency Core Threads

-

2.75 GHz

Efficiency Core Base Frequency

3 GHz

2.57 GHz

Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency

3.5 GHz

16

Total Core Count

6

16

Total Thread Count

12

-

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

40x

Multiplier

32.0

192 K per core

L1 Cache

64 KB per core

32 MB shared

L2 Cache

1 MB per core

-

L3 Cache

16 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

-

SMP

1

Memory Parameters

LPDDR5-6400

Memory Types

DDR5-5600

128 GB

Max Memory Size

-

8

Max Memory Channels

2

409.6 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

-

No

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Graphics Card Parameters

true

Integrated Graphics

-

500 MHz

GPU Base Frequency

-

1600 MHz

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

-

5120

Shader Units

-

320

Texture Units

-

160

Raster Operation Units

-

640

Execution Units

-

16.4 TFLOPS

Graphics Performance

-

Miscellaneous

-

Official Website

AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 8540U

4.0

PCIe Version

4

-

PCIe Lanes

14

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