Apple M3 Pro 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 Pro GPU (19-core)
Radeon RX Vega 8
Package
Transistor Count
37 billions
10.7 billions
Manufacturing Process
3 nm
7 nm
Socket
Apple M-Socket
FP6
Power Consumption
30 W
35-54 W
Peak Operating Temperature
100 °C
105°C
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
6
8
Performance Core Threads
6
16
Performance Core Base Frequency
4.05 GHz
3.3 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4.05 GHz
4.8 GHz
Efficiency Cores
6
—
Efficiency Core Threads
6
—
Efficiency Core Base Frequency
2.75 GHz
—
Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency
2.57 GHz
—
Total Core Count
12
8
Total Thread Count
12
16
Multiplier
40
33x
L1 Cache
192 K per core
64 K per core
L2 Cache
16 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
36 GB
64 GB
Max Memory Channels
3
2
Max Memory Bandwidth
153.6 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
2304
512
Texture Units
144
32
Raster Operation Units
72
8
Execution Units
288
—
Power Consumption
30
15 W
Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
4.0
3.0
PCIe Lanes
—
12
Benchmark
Cinebench R23
1,978
1,626
Cinebench R23
15,098
11,891
Geekbench 6
3,160
2,047
Geekbench 6
15,083
8,439
Cinebench 2024
143
—
Cinebench 2024
1,058
—
Passmark CPU
4,401
—
Passmark CPU
25,201
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▲ Specs Compare
Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.