Apple M3 vs AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS
CPU · Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Oct 2023
Dec 2023
Manufacturer
Apple
AMD
Type
Laptop
Laptop
Instruction Set
ARMv8
x86-64
Core Architecture
Apple M3
Zen 4 (Hawk Point)
Integrated Graphics
Apple M3 GPU
Radeon 780M
Generation
—
Ryzen 9 (Zen 4 (Hawk Point))
Package
Transistor Count
25 billions
25 billions
Manufacturing Process
3 nm
4 nm
Socket
Apple M-Socket
FP8
Power Consumption
20 W
35-54 W
Peak Operating Temperature
100°C
100°C
Foundry
—
TSMC
Die Size
—
178 mm²
Package
—
FP8, FP7, FP7r2
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
4
8
Performance Core Threads
4
16
Performance Core Base Frequency
4.05 GHz
4.0 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4.05 GHz
5.2 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
40x
L1 Cache
192 K per core
64 K per core
L2 Cache
16 MB shared
1 MB per core
L3 Cache
64 MB shared
16 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
No
No
Bus Frequency
—
100 MHz
SMP
—
1
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
2800 MHz
Shader Units
1280
768
Texture Units
80
48
Raster Operation Units
40
32
Execution Units
160
12
Power Consumption
—
15 W
Max Resolution
—
7680x4320 - 60 Hz
Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
4.0
4.0
Official Website
—
AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS official page
PCIe Lanes
—
20
Benchmark
Cinebench R23
1,920
1,803
Cinebench R23
10,448
17,035
Geekbench 6
3,009
2,616
Geekbench 6
11,805
13,316
Cinebench 2024
140
106
Cinebench 2024
707
975
Blender
168
265
Passmark CPU
4,850
3,864
Passmark CPU
19,597
29,458
Geekbench 5
—
1,965
Geekbench 5
—
12,368
▲ Specs Compare
Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.