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AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme vs Apple M3

	CPU AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme	CPU Apple M3
General Parameters
Release Date	Jun 2025	Oct 2023
Manufacturer	Amd	Apple
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Instruction Set	x86-64	ARMv8
Core Architecture	Zen 5 (Strix Point)	Apple M3
Integrated Graphics	Radeon 890M	Apple M3 GPU
Package
Manufacturing Process	4 nm	3 nm
Socket	FP8	Apple M-Socket
Power Consumption	15-35 W	20 W
Peak Operating Temperature	100 °C	100°C
Transistor Count		25 billions
CPU Performance
Performance Cores	3	4
Performance Core Threads	6	4
Performance Core Base Frequency	2.0 GHz	4.05 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency	5 GHz	4.05 GHz
Efficiency Cores	5	4
Efficiency Core Threads	10	4
Efficiency Core Base Frequency	2.0 GHz	2.75 GHz
Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency	3.3 GHz	2.57 GHz
Total Core Count	8	8
Total Thread Count	16	8
Bus Frequency	100 MHz
Multiplier	20	40x
L1 Cache	80 K per core	192 K per core
L2 Cache	1 MB per core	16 MB shared
L3 Cache	16 MB shared	64 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier	No	No
Memory Parameters
Memory Types	DDR5-5600,LPDDR5X-8000	LPDDR5-6400
ECC Memory Support	Yes	No
Max Memory Size		24 GB
Max Memory Channels		2
Max Memory Bandwidth		102.4 GB/s
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics	true	true
GPU Base Frequency	800 MHz	500 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency	2900 MHz	1600 MHz
Shader Units	1024	1280
Texture Units	64	80
Raster Operation Units	40	40
Execution Units	16	160
Power Consumption	15
Miscellaneous
Official Website	Official Link ↗
PCIe Version	4.0	4.0
PCIe Lanes	16
Benchmarks
Cinebench R23 Single Core	1953	1920
Cinebench R23 Multi Core	14572	10448
Geekbench 6 Single Core	2753	3009
Geekbench 6 Multi Core	11860	11805
Cinebench 2024 Single Core	113	140
Cinebench 2024 Multi Core	791	707
Passmark CPU Single Core	4074	4850
Passmark CPU Multi Core	24157	19597