Apple M3 vs AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS

Last updated: 2024-03-22

CPU comparison with benchmarks


Apple M3		AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS
CPU comparison Apple M3 or AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results. The Apple M3 has 8 cores with 8 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.06 GHz. Up to 24 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The Apple M3 was released in Q4/2023. The AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS has 8 cores with 16 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 5.10 GHz. The CPU supports up to 256 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS was released in Q1/2024.

Apple M series (25)	Family	AMD Ryzen 7 (68)
Apple M3 (6)	CPU group	AMD Ryzen 8040 (20)
3	Generation	7
M3	Architecture	Hawk Point (Zen 4)
Mobile	Segment	Mobile
Apple M2	Predecessor	--
Apple M4	Successor	--

CPU Cores and Base Frequency The Apple M3 has 8 CPU cores and can calculate 8 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Apple M3 is 0.70 GHz (4.06 GHz) while the AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS has 8 CPU cores and 16 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS is at 3.80 GHz (5.10 GHz).
Apple M3	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS
8	Cores	8
8	Threads	16
hybrid (big.LITTLE)	Core architecture	normal
No	Hyperthreading	Yes
No	Overclocking ?	No
0.70 GHz (4.06 GHz) 4x P-Core	A-Core	3.80 GHz (5.10 GHz) 8x Zen 4
0.74 GHz (2.75 GHz) 4x E-Core	B-Core	--
Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.
Apple M3	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS
Apple Neural Engine	AI hardware	AMD Ryzen AI
16 Neural cores @ 35 TOPS	AI specifications	AMD Ryzen™ AI

Internal Graphics The Apple M3 or AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.
Apple M3 (10 Core)	GPU	AMD Radeon 780M
0.39 GHz	GPU frequency	0.80 GHz
1.40 GHz	GPU (Turbo)	2.70 GHz
3	GPU Generation	3
3 nm	Technology	4 nm
2	Max. displays	4
160	Compute units	12
1280	Shader	768
Yes	Hardware Raytracing	Yes
No	Frame Generation	AMD FSR
24 GB	Max. GPU Memory	32 GB
--	DirectX Version	12

Hardware codec support A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.
Apple M3 (10 Core)	GPU	AMD Radeon 780M
Decode / Encode	Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit)	Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode	Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit)	Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode	Codec h264	Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode	Codec VP9	Decode
Decode	Codec VP8	Decode
Decode	Codec AV1	Decode / Encode
Decode	Codec AVC	Decode
Decode	Codec VC-1	Decode
Decode / Encode	Codec JPEG	Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe The Apple M3 can use up to 24 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 102.4 GB/s. The AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS supports up to 256 GB of memory in 2 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 120.0 GB/s.
Apple M3	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS
LPDDR5-6400	Memory	DDR5-4800, DDR5-5600, LPDDR5-6400, LPDDR5X-7500
24 GB	Max. Memory	256 GB
2 (Dual Channel)	Memory channels	2 (Dual Channel)
102.4 GB/s	Max. Bandwidth	120.0 GB/s
No	ECC	Yes
20.00 MB	L2 Cache	8.00 MB
--	L3 Cache	16.00 MB
4.0	PCIe version	4.0
--	PCIe lanes	20
--	PCIe Bandwidth	39.4 GB/s
Thermal Management The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the Apple M3 is 22 W, while the AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS has a TDP of 45 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.
Apple M3	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS
22 W	TDP (PL1 / PBP)	45 W
--	TDP (PL2)	--
--	TDP up	54 W
15 W	TDP down	35 W
100 °C	Tjunction max.	100 °C
Technical details The Apple M3 is manufactured in 3 nm and has 20.00 MB cache. The AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS is manufactured in 4 nm and has a 24.00 MB cache.
Apple M3	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS
3 nm	Technology	4 nm
Chiplet	Chip design	Monolithic
Armv8-A (64 bit)	Instruction set (ISA)	x86-64 (64 bit)
Rosetta 2 x86-Emulation	ISA extensions	SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2,FMA3, AVX2, AVX512
--	Socket	FP8
Apple Virtualization Framework	Virtualization	AMD-V, SVM
Yes	AES-NI	Yes
macOS, iPadOS	Operating systems	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Q4/2023	Release date	Q1/2024
--	Release price	--

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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 4 CPU benchmarks

Apple M3 (100%)

AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS (82%)

⌀ Multi core performance in 5 CPU benchmarks

Apple M3 (80%)

AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS (100%)

Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)

The Cinebench 2024 benchmark is based on the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxon's 3D program Cinema 4D. The benchmark runs are each 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.


	Apple M3 8C 8T @ 4.06 GHz	137 (100%)
	AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS 8C 16T @ 5.10 GHz	102 (74%)

Cinebench 2024 (Multi-Core)

The Multi-Core test of the Cinebench 2024 benchmark uses all cpu cores to render using the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxons Cinema 4D. The benchmark run is 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.


	Apple M3 8C 8T @ 4.06 GHz	659 (76%)
	AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS 8C 16T @ 5.10 GHz	866 (100%)

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	Apple M3 8C 8T @ 4.06 GHz	1965 (100%)
	AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS 8C 16T @ 5.10 GHz	1757 (89%)

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	Apple M3 8C 8T @ 4.06 GHz	10437 (66%)
	AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS 8C 16T @ 4.25 GHz	15930 (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	Apple M3 8C 8T @ 4.06 GHz	2150 (100%)
	AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS 8C 16T @ 5.10 GHz	1857 (86%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	Apple M3 8C 8T @ 4.06 GHz	10450 (92%)
	AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS 8C 16T @ 4.25 GHz	11334 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.


	Apple M3 8C 8T @ 4.06 GHz	3125 (100%)
	AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS 8C 16T @ 5.10 GHz	2456 (79%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.


	Apple M3 8C 8T @ 4.06 GHz	11863 (98%)
	AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS 8C 16T @ 4.25 GHz	12135 (100%)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.


	Apple M3 Apple M3 (10 Core) @ 1.40 GHz	3550 (85%)
	AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS AMD Radeon 780M @ 2.70 GHz	4201 (100%)

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.


	Apple M3 8C 8T @ 4.06 GHz	18951 (67%)
	AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS 8C 16T @ 4.25 GHz	28412 (100%)

CPU performance per watt (efficiency)

Efficiency of the processor under full load in the Cinebench R23 (multi-core) benchmark. The benchmark result is divided by the average energy required (CPU package power in watts). The higher the value, the more efficient the CPU is under full load.


	Apple M3 10,437 CB R23 MC @ 22 W	474 (100%)
	AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS 15,930 CB R23 MC @ 55 W	287 (61%)

Performance for Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML)

Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. The performance is given in the number (trillions) of arithmetic operations per second (TOPS).


	Apple M3 8C 8T @ 0.70 GHz	35 (100%)
	AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS 8C 16T @ 3.80 GHz	16 (46%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Single-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.


	Apple M3 8C 8T @ 4.06 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS 8C 16T @ 4.25 GHz	624 (100%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.


	Apple M3 8C 8T @ 0.70 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS 8C 16T @ 3.80 GHz	6744 (100%)

Devices using this processor
Apple M3	AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS
Apple iMac 24 (2023)	Unknown

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