Apple M3 vs AMD Ryzen 9 9900X
CPU Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Oct 2023
Jun 2024
Manufacturer
Apple
Amd
Type
Laptop
Desktop
Instruction Set
ARMv8
x86-64
Core Architecture
Apple M3
Zen 5 (Granite Ridge)
Integrated Graphics
Apple M3 GPU
Radeon Graphics
Generation
-
Ryzen 9 (Zen 5 (Granite Ridge))
Series
-
Ryzen 9000 Series
Package
Transistor Count
25 billions
-
Manufacturing Process
3 nm
4 nm
Socket
Apple M-Socket
AM5
Power Consumption
20 W
120 W
Peak Operating Temperature
100°C
95 °C
Foundry
-
TSMC
I/O Process Size
-
6 nm
Package
-
FC-LGA1718
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
4
12
Performance Core Threads
4
24
Performance Core Base Frequency
4.05 GHz
4.4 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4.05 GHz
5.6 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
12
Total Thread Count
8
24
Multiplier
40x
44x
L1 Cache
192 K per core
80 K per core
L2 Cache
16 MB shared
1 MB per core
L3 Cache
64 MB shared
64 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
No
Yes
Bus Frequency
-
100 MHz
SMP
-
1
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
LPDDR5-6400
DDR5-5600
Max Memory Size
24 GB
192 GB
Max Memory Channels
2
2
Max Memory Bandwidth
102.4 GB/s
89.6 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
No
Yes
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics
true
true
GPU Base Frequency
500 MHz
MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
1600 MHz
2200 MHz
Shader Units
1280
-
Texture Units
80
-
Raster Operation Units
40
-
Execution Units
160
2
Miscellaneous
📊 Benchmark
Cinebench R23
1,920
2,232
Cinebench R23
10,448
32,626
Geekbench 6
3,009
3,342
Geekbench 6
11,805
19,527
Cinebench 2024
140
134
Cinebench 2024
707
1,764
Blender
168
-
Passmark CPU
4,850
4,648
Passmark CPU
19,597
53,832