Apple M3 vs AMD Ryzen 5 7540U
CPU · Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Oct 2023
May 2023
Manufacturer
Apple
Amd
Type
Laptop
Laptop
Instruction Set
ARMv8
x86-64
Core Architecture
Apple M3
Zen 4 (Phoenix)
Integrated Graphics
Apple M3 GPU
Radeon 740M
Package
Transistor Count
25 billions
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Manufacturing Process
3 nm
4 nm
Socket
Apple M-Socket
FP7
Power Consumption
20 W
15-30 W
Peak Operating Temperature
100°C
100 °C
Die Size
—
178 mm²
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
4
6
Performance Core Threads
4
12
Performance Core Base Frequency
4.05 GHz
3.2 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4.05 GHz
4.9 GHz
Efficiency Cores
4
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Efficiency Core Threads
4
—
Efficiency Core Base Frequency
2.75 GHz
—
Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency
2.57 GHz
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Total Core Count
8
6
Total Thread Count
8
12
Multiplier
40x
32
L1 Cache
192 K per core
64 K per core
L2 Cache
16 MB shared
6 MB
L3 Cache
64 MB shared
16 MB
Unlocked Multiplier
No
No
Bus Frequency
—
100 MHz
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
LPDDR5-6400
DDR5-5600, LPDDR5x-7500
Max Memory Size
24 GB
256 GB
Max Memory Channels
2
2
Max Memory Bandwidth
102.4 GB/s
89.6 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
No
No
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics
true
true
GPU Base Frequency
500 MHz
800 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
1600 MHz
2500 MHz
Shader Units
1280
256
Texture Units
80
16
Raster Operation Units
40
8
Execution Units
160
4
Power Consumption
—
15
Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
4.0
4.0
PCIe Lanes
—
14
Benchmark
Cinebench R23
1,920
1,783
Cinebench R23
10,448
9,824
Geekbench 6
3,009
2,404
Geekbench 6
11,805
8,827
Cinebench 2024
140
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Cinebench 2024
707
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Blender
168
142
Passmark CPU
4,850
3,680
Passmark CPU
19,597
18,838
▲ Specs Compare
Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.