Apple M3 Max vs AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX
CPU Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Oct 2023
Jan 2022
Manufacturer
Apple
AMD
Type
Laptop
Laptop
Instruction Set
ARMv8
x86-64
Core Architecture
Apple M3
Rembrandt
Integrated Graphics
Apple M3 Max GPU (38-core)
Radeon 680M
Package
Transistor Count
92 billions
-
Manufacturing Process
3 nm
6 nm
Socket
Apple M-Socket
FP7
Power Consumption
56 W
45 W
Peak Operating Temperature
100 °C
95 °C
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
12
8
Performance Core Threads
12
16
Performance Core Base Frequency
4.05 GHz
3.3 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4.05 GHz
4.9 GHz
Efficiency Cores
4
-
Efficiency Core Threads
4
-
Efficiency Core Base Frequency
2.75 GHz
-
Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency
2.57 GHz
-
Total Core Count
16
8
Total Thread Count
16
16
Multiplier
40
33x
L1 Cache
192 K per core
64 K per core
L2 Cache
32 MB shared
512 K per core
Unlocked Multiplier
No
Yes
Bus Frequency
-
100 MHz
L3 Cache
-
16 MB shared
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
LPDDR5-6400
DDR5-4800, LPDDR5-6400
Max Memory Size
128 GB
-
Max Memory Channels
8
2
Max Memory Bandwidth
409.6 GB/s
76.8 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
No
-
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics
true
true
GPU Base Frequency
500 MHz
2000 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
1600 MHz
2400 MHz
Shader Units
5120
768
Texture Units
320
48
Raster Operation Units
160
32
Execution Units
640
12
Power Consumption
60
15 W
Miscellaneous
📊 Benchmark
Cinebench R23
1,950
1,610
Cinebench R23
24,002
14,096
Geekbench 6
3,227
2,097
Geekbench 6
21,164
10,086
Cinebench 2024
142
-
Cinebench 2024
1,683
-
Blender
415
205
Passmark CPU
4,790
3,421
Passmark CPU
41,188
24,494
Geekbench 5
-
1,583
Geekbench 5
-
10,087