Apple M3 vs AMD Ryzen 5 5600F
CPU Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Oct 2023
Sep 2025
Manufacturer
Apple
Amd
Type
Laptop
Desktop
Instruction Set
ARMv8
x86-64
Core Architecture
Apple M3
Zen 3 (Vermeer)
Integrated Graphics
Apple M3 GPU
No
Generation
-
Ryzen 5 (Zen 3 (Vermeer))
Package
Transistor Count
25 billions
4.15 billions
Manufacturing Process
3 nm
7 nm
Socket
Apple M-Socket
AM4
Power Consumption
20 W
65 W
Peak Operating Temperature
100°C
95 °C
Foundry
-
TSMC
Die Size
-
74 mm²
I/O Process Size
-
12 nm
I/O Die Size
-
125 mm²
Package
-
µOPGA-1331
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
4
6
Performance Core Threads
4
12
Performance Core Base Frequency
4.05 GHz
3.0 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4.05 GHz
4 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
30
L1 Cache
192 K per core
64 K per core
L2 Cache
16 MB shared
512 K per core
L3 Cache
64 MB shared
32 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
No
Yes
Bus Frequency
-
100 MHz
SMP
-
1
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
LPDDR5-6400
DDR4-3200
Max Memory Size
24 GB
-
Max Memory Channels
2
2
Max Memory Bandwidth
102.4 GB/s
47.68 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
1,450
Cinebench R23
10,448
10,505
Geekbench 6
3,009
2,084
Geekbench 6
11,805
8,816
Cinebench 2024
140
86
Cinebench 2024
707
610
Blender
168
-
Passmark CPU
4,850
-
Passmark CPU
19,597
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