Apple M3 Max vs AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX
CPU Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Oct 2023
Jan 2021
Manufacturer
Apple
AMD
Type
Laptop
Laptop
Instruction Set
ARMv8
x86-64
Core Architecture
Apple M3
Zen 3 (Cezanne)
Integrated Graphics
Apple M3 Max GPU (38-core)
Radeon RX Vega 8
Package
Transistor Count
92 billions
10.7 billions
Manufacturing Process
3 nm
7 nm
Socket
Apple M-Socket
FP6
Power Consumption
56 W
35-54 W
Peak Operating Temperature
100 °C
105°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
4.8 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
No
Bus Frequency
-
100 MHz
L3 Cache
-
16 MB shared
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
LPDDR5-6400
DDR4-3200, LPDDR4-4266
Max Memory Size
128 GB
64 GB
Max Memory Channels
8
2
Max Memory Bandwidth
409.6 GB/s
51.2 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
No
No
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics
true
true
GPU Base Frequency
500 MHz
-
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
1600 MHz
2100 MHz
Shader Units
5120
512
Texture Units
320
32
Raster Operation Units
160
8
Execution Units
640
-
Power Consumption
60
15 W
Miscellaneous
📊 Benchmark
Cinebench R23
1,950
1,626
Cinebench R23
24,002
11,891
Geekbench 6
3,227
2,047
Geekbench 6
21,164
8,439
Cinebench 2024
142
-
Cinebench 2024
1,683
-
Blender
415
-
Passmark CPU
4,790
-
Passmark CPU
41,188
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