Apple M3 Pro vs AMD Ryzen 3 3100U

CPU · Specs Compare

CPU Apple M3 Pro Apple · 2023-10

CPU AMD Ryzen 3 3100U AMD · 2026-06

General Parameters

Release Date

Oct 2023

Jun 2026

Manufacturer

Apple

AMD

Type

Laptop

Laptop

Instruction Set

ARMv8

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Core Architecture

Apple M3

Picasso

Integrated Graphics

Apple M3 Pro GPU (19-core)

Radeon Vega 8

Generation

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Ryzen 3 (Zen+ (Picasso))

Package

Transistor Count

37 billions

4.94 billions

Manufacturing Process

3 nm

12 nm

Socket

Apple M-Socket

AMD Socket FP5

Power Consumption

30 W

15 W

Peak Operating Temperature

100 °C

105°C

Foundry

—

GlobalFoundries

Die Size

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210 mm²

Package

—

FP5

CPU Performance

Performance Cores

6

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Performance Core Threads

6

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Performance Core Base Frequency

4.05 GHz

1.9 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.05 GHz

3.2 GHz

Efficiency Cores

6

—

Efficiency Core Threads

6

—

Efficiency Core Base Frequency

2.75 GHz

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Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency

2.57 GHz

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Total Core Count

12

2

Total Thread Count

12

2

Multiplier

40

19.0

L1 Cache

192 K per core

96 KB per core

L2 Cache

16 MB shared

512 KB per core

Unlocked Multiplier

No

No

Bus Frequency

—

100 MHz

L3 Cache

—

4 MB shared

SMP

—

1

Memory Parameters

Memory Types

LPDDR5-6400

DDR4-2400

Max Memory Size

36 GB

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Max Memory Channels

3

2

Max Memory Bandwidth

153.6 GB/s

38.4 GB/s

ECC Memory Support

No

No

Graphics Card Parameters

Integrated Graphics

true

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GPU Base Frequency

500 MHz

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GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

1600 MHz

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Shader Units

2304

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Texture Units

144

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Raster Operation Units

72

—

Execution Units

288

—

Power Consumption

30

—

Miscellaneous

PCIe Version

4.0

3

Benchmark

Cinebench R23

1,978

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Cinebench R23

15,098

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Geekbench 6

3,160

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Geekbench 6

15,083

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Cinebench 2024

143

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Cinebench 2024

1,058

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Passmark CPU

4,401

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Passmark CPU

25,201

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▲ Specs Compare Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.