Apple M3 vs AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 8945HS

VS

Apple M3

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 's 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 's 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

Apple M3

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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 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

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

Miscellaneous

-

Official Website

AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 8945HS

4.0

PCIe Version

4

-

PCIe Lanes

20

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