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Apple M3 vs AMD Ryzen 5 9600X3D

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
Apple M3
Rank 2 - 95 %
AMD Ryzen 5 9600X3D
Multi-core performance
Rank 2 - 70 %
Apple M3
Rank 1 - 100 %
AMD Ryzen 5 9600X3D
Cinebench 2024 Single-Core

Cinebench 2024 Single-Core
Single-core performance

Apple M3
Apple M3 100 %
8C / 8T · 4.06 GHz
137 pts
AMD Ryzen 5 9600X3D
6C / 12T · 4.90 GHz
120 pts
Cinebench 2024 Multi-Core

Cinebench 2024 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Apple M3
Apple M3 67 %
8C / 8T · 4.06 GHz
659 pts
AMD Ryzen 5 9600X3D
6C / 12T · 4.90 GHz
978 pts
Cinebench R23 Single-Core

Cinebench R23 Single-Core
Single-core performance

Apple M3
Apple M3 99 %
8C / 8T · 4.06 GHz
1,965 pts
AMD Ryzen 5 9600X3D
6C / 12T · 4.90 GHz
1,975 pts
Cinebench R23 Multi-Core

Cinebench R23 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Apple M3
Apple M3 60 %
8C / 8T · 4.06 GHz
10,437 pts
AMD Ryzen 5 9600X3D
6C / 12T · 4.90 GHz
17,460 pts
Geekbench 6 Single-Core

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

Apple M3
Apple M3 100 %
8C / 8T · 4.06 GHz
3,125
AMD Ryzen 5 9600X3D
6C / 12T · 4.90 GHz
3,025
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Apple M3
Apple M3 82 %
8C / 8T · 4.06 GHz
11,863
AMD Ryzen 5 9600X3D
6C / 12T · 4.90 GHz
14,417
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Apple M3
Apple M3 100 %
Apple M3 (10 Core)
3,550
AMD Ryzen 5 9600X3D
AMD Radeon Graphics (Raphael)
563

More benchmarks

At a glance

Wischen
Apple M3AMD Ryzen 5 9600X3D
FamilyApple M series (38)AMD Ryzen 5 (100)
CPU groupApple M3 (6)AMD Ryzen 9000 (17)
ArchitectureM3Granite Ridge (Zen 5)
Technology3 nm4 nm
SegmentNotebookDesktop
SocketAM5 (LGA 1718)
PredecessorApple M2AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D
SuccessorApple M4

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen
Apple M3AMD Ryzen 5 9600X3D
CPU Cores / Threads8 / 86 / 12
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturehybrid (big.LITTLE)normal
Core Cluster 1: 4x Ibiza P-Core
0.70 - 4.06 GHz
6x Zen 5
3.90 - 4.90 GHz
Core Cluster 2: 4x Ibiza E-Core
0.74 - 2.75 GHz
L2-Cache20.00 MB6.00 MB
L3-Cache96.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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Apple M3AMD Ryzen 5 9600X3D
GPU nameApple M3 (10 Core)AMD Radeon Graphics (Raphael)
GPU frequency0.39 - 1.40 GHz0.40 - 2.20 GHz
CUs / Shader160 / 12802 / 128
Raytracing
Max. displays23
Max. GPU Memory24 GB8 GB
Technology3 nm5 nm
Release dateQ4/2023Q3/2022

NPU AI performance

Wischen
Apple M3AMD Ryzen 5 9600X3D
AI hardwareApple Neural Engine
AI specifications16 Neural cores @ 35 TOPS
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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Apple M3AMD Ryzen 5 9600X3D
MemoryLPDDR5-6400 (102.4 GB/s)
DDR5-6000 (96.0 GB/s)
Max. Memory24 GB256 GB
Memory channels22
ECCNoYes
PCIe4.05.0 x 24
PCIe Bandwidth94.5 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen
Apple M3AMD Ryzen 5 9600X3D
TDP22 W65 W
TDP (PL2)88 W
TDP up105 W
TDP down15 W
T. junction max.100 °C95 °C

Technical details

Wischen
Apple M3AMD Ryzen 5 9600X3D
Chip designMonolithicChiplet
AES-NI
Operating systemsmacOS, iPadOSWindows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Instruction setArmv8-A (64 bit)x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensionsRosetta 2 x86-EmulationSSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2,FMA3, AVX2, AVX512
Release dateQ4/2023Q4/2024
Release price
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Apple M3
Apple M3
8C / 8T · 0.70 - 4.06 GHz
AMD Ryzen 5 9600X3D
AMD Ryzen 5 9600X3D
6C / 12T · 3.90 - 4.90 GHz

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