Apple M3 vs AMD Ryzen 5 8600G
CPU · Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Oct 2023
Jan 2024
Manufacturer
Apple
AMD
Type
Laptop
Desktop
Instruction Set
ARMv8
x86-64
Core Architecture
Apple M3
Zen 4 (Phoenix)
Integrated Graphics
Apple M3 GPU
Radeon 760M
Generation
—
Ryzen 5 (Zen 4 (Phoenix))
Package
Transistor Count
25 billions
25 billions
Manufacturing Process
3 nm
4 nm
Socket
Apple M-Socket
AM5
Power Consumption
20 W
45-65 W
Peak Operating Temperature
100°C
95°C
Foundry
—
TSMC
Die Size
—
178 mm²
Package
—
FC-LGA1718
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
4
6
Performance Core Threads
4
12
Performance Core Base Frequency
4.05 GHz
4.3 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4.05 GHz
5 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
43x
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
Yes
Bus Frequency
—
100 MHz
SMP
—
1
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
LPDDR5-6400
DDR5-5200
Max Memory Size
24 GB
256 GB
Max Memory Channels
2
2
Max Memory Bandwidth
102.4 GB/s
83.2 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
No
Yes
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics
true
true
GPU Base Frequency
500 MHz
800 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
1600 MHz
2800 MHz
Shader Units
1280
512
Texture Units
80
32
Raster Operation Units
40
16
Execution Units
160
8
Power Consumption
—
15
Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
4.0
4.0
PCIe Lanes
—
20
AI Accelerator
NPU
—
AMD Ryzen™ AI
Theoretical performance
—
16 TOPS
Benchmark
Cinebench R23
1,920
1,738
Cinebench R23
10,448
13,359
Geekbench 6
3,009
2,725
Geekbench 6
11,805
12,453
Cinebench 2024
140
101
Cinebench 2024
707
767
Blender
168
223
Passmark CPU
4,850
3,864
Passmark CPU
19,597
25,316
▲ Specs Compare
Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.