Apple M3 vs AMD Ryzen 5 2600
CPU Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Oct 2023
Sep 2018
Manufacturer
Apple
AMD
Type
Laptop
Desktop
Instruction Set
ARMv8
x86-64
Core Architecture
Apple M3
Zen+
Integrated Graphics
Apple M3 GPU
N/A
Package
Transistor Count
25 billions
4.8 billions
Manufacturing Process
3 nm
12 nm
Socket
Apple M-Socket
AM4
Power Consumption
20 W
65 W
Peak Operating Temperature
100°C
95 °C
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
4
6
Performance Core Threads
4
12
Performance Core Base Frequency
4.05 GHz
3.4 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4.05 GHz
3.9 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
8
6
Total Thread Count
8
12
Multiplier
40x
34x
L1 Cache
192 K per core
96 K per core
L2 Cache
16 MB shared
512 K per core
L3 Cache
64 MB shared
16 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
No
Yes
Bus Frequency
-
100 MHz
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
LPDDR5-6400
DDR4-2933
Max Memory Size
24 GB
64 GB
Max Memory Channels
2
2
Max Memory Bandwidth
102.4 GB/s
43.71 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
No
Yes
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics
true
-
GPU Base Frequency
500 MHz
-
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
1600 MHz
-
Shader Units
1280
-
Texture Units
80
-
Raster Operation Units
40
-
Execution Units
160
-
Miscellaneous
📊 Benchmark
Cinebench R23
1,920
1,016
Cinebench R23
10,448
7,101
Geekbench 6
3,009
1,170
Geekbench 6
11,805
4,526
Cinebench 2024
140
-
Cinebench 2024
707
-
Blender
168
129
Passmark CPU
4,850
2,242
Passmark CPU
19,597
13,124
Geekbench 5
-
1,029
Geekbench 5
-
5,638