Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) vs AMD Ryzen 3 3100U

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CPU Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) Apple · 2026-03

CPU AMD Ryzen 3 3100U AMD · 2026-06

General Parameters

Release Date

Mar 2026

Jun 2026

Manufacturer

Apple

AMD

Type

Laptop

Laptop

Instruction Set

ARMv9

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Core Architecture

Apple M5

Picasso

Integrated Graphics

Apple M5 Max GPU (32-core)

Radeon Vega 8

Generation

—

Ryzen 3 (Zen+ (Picasso))

Package

Transistor Count

28 billions

4.94 billions

Manufacturing Process

3 nm

12 nm

Socket

Apple M-Socket

AMD Socket FP5

Power Consumption

64 W

15 W

Peak Operating Temperature

100 °C

105°C

Foundry

—

GlobalFoundries

Die Size

—

210 mm²

Package

—

FP5

CPU Performance

Performance Cores

6

—

Performance Core Threads

6

—

Performance Core Base Frequency

4.61 GHz

1.9 GHz

Efficiency Cores

12

—

Efficiency Core Threads

12

—

Efficiency Core Base Frequency

4.38 GHz

—

Total Core Count

18

2

Total Thread Count

18

2

Multiplier

46

19.0

L1 Cache

192 K per core

96 KB per core

Unlocked Multiplier

No

No

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

—

3.2 GHz

Bus Frequency

—

100 MHz

L2 Cache

—

512 KB per core

L3 Cache

—

4 MB shared

SMP

—

1

Memory Parameters

Memory Types

LPDDR5X-9600

DDR4-2400

Max Memory Size

128 GB

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Max Memory Bandwidth

460.8 GB/s

38.4 GB/s

ECC Memory Support

No

No

Max Memory Channels

—

2

Graphics Card Parameters

Integrated Graphics

true

—

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

2005 MHz

—

Shader Units

4096

—

Texture Units

256

—

Raster Operation Units

128

—

Execution Units

512

—

Miscellaneous

PCIe Version

—

3

Benchmark

Geekbench 6

4,282

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Geekbench 6

29,052

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Cinebench 2024

200

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Cinebench 2024

2,065

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