Apple M3 Max vs AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 8945HS

VS

Apple M3 Max

AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 8945HS

We compared two laptop CPUs: Apple M3 Max with 16 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 Max 's Advantages

Larger memory bandwidth (409.6GB/s vs 120GB/s)

Higher base frequency (4.05GHz vs 4GHz)

More modern manufacturing process (3nm vs 4nm)

Lower TDP (40W vs 54W)

AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 8945HS 's Advantages

Released 6 months late

Higher specification of memory (7500 vs 6400)

Newer PCIe version (4 vs 4.0)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

Apple M3 Max +9%

1968

AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 8945HS

1805

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

Apple M3 Max +39%

24163

AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 8945HS

17376

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Apple M3 Max +72%

3227

AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 8945HS

1866

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Apple M3 Max +192%

21173

AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 8945HS

7242

Cinebench 2024 Single Core

Apple M3 Max +39%

148

AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 8945HS

106

Cinebench 2024 Multi Core

Apple M3 Max +71%

1692

AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 8945HS

988

Blender

Apple M3 Max +67%

415

AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 8945HS

248

Apple M3 Max

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AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 8945HS

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 780M

-

Generation

Ryzen 9 (Zen 4 (Hawk Point))

Package

92 billions

Transistor Count

25 billions

3 nm

Manufacturing Process

4 nm

40 W

Power Consumption

35-54 W

100°C

Peak Operating Temperature

-

Foundry

TSMC

-

Die Size

178 mm²

CPU Performance

12

Performance Cores

8

12

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

-

16

Total Core Count

8

16

Total Thread Count

16

-

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

40x

Multiplier

40.0

192 K per core

L1 Cache

64 KB per core

32 MB shared

L2 Cache

8 MB

-

L3 Cache

16 MB

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

-

SMP

1

Memory Parameters

LPDDR5-6400

Memory Types

DDR5-5600,LPDDR5X-7500

128 GB

Max Memory Size

256 GB

8

Max Memory Channels

2

409.6 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

5120

Shader Units

-

320

Texture Units

-

160

Raster Operation Units

-

640

Execution Units

12

16.4 TFLOPS

Graphics Performance

-

AI Accelerator

-

NPU

AMD Ryzen™ AI

-

Theoretical performance

16 TOPS

Miscellaneous

-

Official Website

AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 8945HS

4.0

PCIe Version

4

-

PCIe Lanes

20

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