Apple M3 Max vs AMD Ryzen 5 7500X3D
CPU Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Oct 2023
Nov 2025
Manufacturer
Apple
AMD
Type
Laptop
Desktop
Instruction Set
ARMv8
x86-64
Core Architecture
Apple M3
Raphael
Integrated Graphics
Apple M3 Max GPU (38-core)
Radeon Graphics
Generation
-
Ryzen 5 (Zen 4 (Raphael))
Package
Transistor Count
92 billions
11.27 billions
Manufacturing Process
3 nm
5 nm
Socket
Apple M-Socket
AMD Socket AM5
Power Consumption
56 W
65 W
Peak Operating Temperature
100 °C
89°C
Foundry
-
TSMC
Die Size
-
71 mm²
I/O Process Size
-
6 nm
I/O Die Size
-
122 mm²
Package
-
FC-LGA1718
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
12
6
Performance Core Threads
12
12
Performance Core Base Frequency
4.05 GHz
4 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4.05 GHz
4.5 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
6
Total Thread Count
16
12
Multiplier
40
40.0
L1 Cache
192 K per core
64 KB per core
L2 Cache
32 MB shared
1 MB per core
Unlocked Multiplier
No
No
Bus Frequency
-
100 MHz
L3 Cache
-
96 MB shared
SMP
-
1
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
LPDDR5-6400
DDR5-5200
Max Memory Size
128 GB
128 GB
Max Memory Channels
8
2
Max Memory Bandwidth
409.6 GB/s
83.2 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
No
Yes
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics
true
true
GPU Base Frequency
500 MHz
-
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
1600 MHz
2200 MHz
Shader Units
5120
-
Texture Units
320
-
Raster Operation Units
160
-
Execution Units
640
2
Power Consumption
60
-
Miscellaneous
📊 Benchmark
Cinebench R23
1,950
-
Cinebench R23
24,002
-
Geekbench 6
3,227
-
Geekbench 6
21,164
-
Cinebench 2024
142
-
Cinebench 2024
1,683
-
Blender
415
-
Passmark CPU
4,790
-
Passmark CPU
41,188
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