AMD Ryzen 9 3950X vs Apple M3
CPU · Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Nov 2019
Oct 2023
Manufacturer
AMD
Apple
Type
Desktop
Laptop
Instruction Set
x86-64
ARMv8
Core Architecture
Zen 2
Apple M3
Integrated Graphics
N/A
Apple M3 GPU
Package
Transistor Count
3.8 billions
25 billions
Manufacturing Process
7 nm
3 nm
Socket
AM4
Apple M-Socket
Power Consumption
105 W
20 W
Peak Operating Temperature
—
100°C
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
16
4
Performance Core Threads
32
4
Performance Core Base Frequency
3.5 GHz
4.05 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4.7 GHz
4.05 GHz
Total Core Count
16
8
Total Thread Count
32
8
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
—
Multiplier
35x
40x
L1 Cache
64 K per core
192 K per core
L2 Cache
512 K per core
16 MB shared
L3 Cache
64 MB shared
64 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
Yes
No
Efficiency Cores
—
4
Efficiency Core Threads
—
4
Efficiency Core Base Frequency
—
2.75 GHz
Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency
—
2.57 GHz
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR4-3200
LPDDR5-6400
Max Memory Size
128 GB
24 GB
Max Memory Channels
2
2
Max Memory Bandwidth
47.68 GB/s
102.4 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
Yes
No
Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
4.0
4.0
PCIe Lanes
16
—
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
Benchmark
Cinebench R23
1,349
1,920
Cinebench R23
24,396
10,448
Geekbench 6
1,709
3,009
Geekbench 6
11,656
11,805
Cinebench 2024
72
140
Cinebench 2024
1,325
707
Passmark CPU
2,692
4,850
Passmark CPU
38,953
19,597
Blender
—
168
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Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.