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Apple M3 vs AMD Ryzen 7 250

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
Apple M3
Rank 2 - 80 %
AMD Ryzen 7 250
Multi-core performance
Rank 2 - 90 %
Apple M3
Rank 1 - 100 %
AMD Ryzen 7 250
Cinebench 2026 Single-Thread

Cinebench 2026 Single-Thread
Single-core performance

Apple M3
Apple M3 100 %
8C / 8T · 4.06 GHz
557 pts
AMD Ryzen 7 250
8C / 16T · 5.10 GHz
421 pts
Cinebench 2026 Multi-Core

Cinebench 2026 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Apple M3
Apple M3 85 %
8C / 8T · 4.06 GHz
2,672 pts
AMD Ryzen 7 250
8C / 16T · 5.10 GHz
3,129 pts
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 7 250
8C / 16T · 5.10 GHz
104 pts
Cinebench 2024 Multi-Core

Cinebench 2024 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Apple M3
Apple M3 78 %
8C / 8T · 4.06 GHz
659 pts
AMD Ryzen 7 250
8C / 16T · 5.10 GHz
848 pts
Cinebench R23 Single-Core

Cinebench R23 Single-Core
Single-core performance

Apple M3
Apple M3 100 %
8C / 8T · 4.06 GHz
1,965 pts
AMD Ryzen 7 250
8C / 16T · 5.10 GHz
1,717 pts
Cinebench R23 Multi-Core

Cinebench R23 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Apple M3
Apple M3 76 %
8C / 8T · 4.06 GHz
10,437 pts
AMD Ryzen 7 250
8C / 16T · 3.30 GHz
13,816 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 7 250
8C / 16T · 5.10 GHz
2,440
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Apple M3
Apple M3 100 %
8C / 8T · 4.06 GHz
11,863
AMD Ryzen 7 250
8C / 16T · 3.30 GHz
8,200
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Apple M3
Apple M3 85 %
Apple M3 (10 Core)
3,550
AMD Ryzen 7 250
AMD Radeon 780M
4,201
AI performance (NPU)

AI performance (NPU)

Apple M3
Apple M3 100 %
8C / 8T · 0.70 GHz
35.0 TOPS
AMD Ryzen 7 250
8C / 16T · 3.30 GHz
16.0 TOPS

More benchmarks

At a glance

Wischen
Apple M3AMD Ryzen 7 250
FamilyApple M series (38)AMD Ryzen 7 (79)
CPU groupApple M3 (6)AMD Ryzen 200 (11)
ArchitectureM3Hawk Point (Zen 4)
Technology3 nm4 nm
SegmentNotebookNotebook
SocketFP8
PredecessorApple M2
SuccessorApple M4

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen
Apple M3AMD Ryzen 7 250
CPU Cores / Threads8 / 88 / 16
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturehybrid (big.LITTLE)normal
Core Cluster 1: 4x Ibiza P-Core
0.70 - 4.06 GHz
8x Zen 4
3.30 - 5.10 GHz
Core Cluster 2: 4x Ibiza E-Core
0.74 - 2.75 GHz
L2-Cache20.00 MB8.00 MB
L3-Cache16.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen
Apple M3AMD Ryzen 7 250
GPU nameApple M3 (10 Core)AMD Radeon 780M
GPU frequency0.39 - 1.40 GHz0.80 - 2.70 GHz
CUs / Shader160 / 128012 / 768
Raytracing
Max. displays24
Max. GPU Memory24 GB32 GB
Technology3 nm4 nm
Release dateQ4/2023Q1/2023

NPU AI performance

Wischen
Apple M3AMD Ryzen 7 250
AI hardwareApple Neural EngineAMD Ryzen™ AI
AI specifications16 Neural cores @ 35 TOPSAMD Ryzen™ AI (XDNA) @ 16 TOPS
NPU + CPU + iGPU38 TOPS

Memory & PCIe

Wischen
Apple M3AMD Ryzen 7 250
MemoryLPDDR5-6400 (102.4 GB/s)
LPDDR5X-7500 (120.0 GB/s)
DDR5-5600 (89.6 GB/s)
Max. Memory24 GB256 GB
Memory channels22
ECCNoNo
PCIe4.04.0 x 20
PCIe Bandwidth39.4 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen
Apple M3AMD Ryzen 7 250
TDP22 W28 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up30 W
TDP down15 W15 W
T. junction max.100 °C100 °C

Technical details

Wischen
Apple M3AMD Ryzen 7 250
Chip designMonolithicMonolithic
AES-NI
Operating systemsmacOS, iPadOSWindows 11, Linux
Instruction setArmv8-A (64 bit)x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensionsRosetta 2 x86-EmulationSSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2,FMA3, AVX2, AVX512
Release dateQ4/2023Q1/2024
Release price
DocumentsTechnical data sheet

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Apple M3
Apple M3
8C / 8T · 0.70 - 4.06 GHz
AMD Ryzen 7 250
AMD Ryzen 7 250
8C / 16T · 3.30 - 5.10 GHz

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