Apple M3 vs AMD Ryzen 7 1700X
CPU · Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Oct 2023
Mar 2017
Manufacturer
Apple
AMD
Type
Laptop
Desktop
Instruction Set
ARMv8
x86-64
Core Architecture
Apple M3
Zen
Integrated Graphics
Apple M3 GPU
N/A
Package
Transistor Count
25 billions
4.8 billions
Manufacturing Process
3 nm
14 nm
Socket
Apple M-Socket
AM4
Power Consumption
20 W
95 W
Peak Operating Temperature
100°C
95 °C
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
4
8
Performance Core Threads
4
16
Performance Core Base Frequency
4.05 GHz
3.4 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4.05 GHz
3.8 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
8
Total Thread Count
8
16
Multiplier
40x
34x
L1 Cache
192 K per core
96 K per core
L2 Cache
16 MB shared
512 K per core
L3 Cache
64 MB shared
16 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
No
Yes
Bus Frequency
—
100 MHz
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
LPDDR5-6400
DDR4-2666
Max Memory Size
24 GB
64 GB
Max Memory Channels
2
2
Max Memory Bandwidth
102.4 GB/s
39.74 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
No
Yes
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics
true
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GPU Base Frequency
500 MHz
—
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
1600 MHz
—
Shader Units
1280
—
Texture Units
80
—
Raster Operation Units
40
—
Execution Units
160
—
Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
4.0
3.0
PCIe Lanes
—
20
Benchmark
Cinebench R23
1,920
971
Cinebench R23
10,448
8,737
Geekbench 6
3,009
949
Geekbench 6
11,805
4,457
Cinebench 2024
140
—
Cinebench 2024
707
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Blender
168
—
Passmark CPU
4,850
2,084
Passmark CPU
19,597
15,538
Geekbench 5
—
937
Geekbench 5
—
6,302
▲ Specs Compare
Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.