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Apple M3 vs AMD Ryzen AI 5 340
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Benchmarks
Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks
Single-core performance
Multi-core performance
Cinebench 2024 Single-Core
Single-core performance
Apple M3
100 %
8C / 8T · 4.06 GHz
AMD Ryzen AI 5 340
82 %
6C / 12T · 4.80 GHz
Cinebench 2024 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
Apple M3
100 %
8C / 8T · 4.06 GHz
AMD Ryzen AI 5 340
99 %
6C / 12T · 4.80 GHz
Cinebench R23 Single-Core
Single-core performance
Apple M3
100 %
8C / 8T · 4.06 GHz
AMD Ryzen AI 5 340
98 %
6C / 12T · 4.80 GHz
Cinebench R23 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
Apple M3
86 %
8C / 8T · 4.06 GHz
AMD Ryzen AI 5 340
100 %
6C / 12T · 2.00 GHz
Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance
Apple M3
100 %
8C / 8T · 4.06 GHz
AMD Ryzen AI 5 340
87 %
6C / 12T · 4.80 GHz
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
Apple M3
100 %
8C / 8T · 4.06 GHz
AMD Ryzen AI 5 340
87 %
6C / 12T · 2.00 GHz
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
Apple M3
100 %
Apple M3 (10 Core)
AMD Ryzen AI 5 340
44 %
AMD Radeon 840M
AI performance (NPU)
Apple M3
70 %
8C / 8T · 0.70 GHz
AMD Ryzen AI 5 340
100 %
6C / 12T · 2.00 GHz
More benchmarks
Cinebench 2026 (ST)
218 entries
218 entries
Cinebench 2026 (MC)
219 entries
219 entries
Cinebench 2024 (SC)
427 entries
427 entries
Cinebench 2024 (MC)
422 entries
422 entries
Cinebench R23 (SC)
690 entries
690 entries
Cinebench R23 (MC)
665 entries
665 entries
Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,989 entries
1,989 entries
Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 entries
1,927 entries
Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries
2,512 entries
Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries
2,483 entries
FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries
2,219 entries
PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries
2,504 entries
CPU performance per watt (efficiency)
140 entries
140 entries
AI performance (NPU)
218 entries
218 entries
Specifications
At a glance
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Wischen
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Apple M3 | AMD Ryzen AI 5 340 |
|---|---|---|
| Family | Apple M series (38) | AMD Ryzen AI (9) |
| CPU group | Apple M3 (6) | AMD Ryzen AI 300 (Krackan) (3) |
| Architecture | M3 | Krackan Point (Zen 5) |
| Technology | 3 nm | 4 nm |
| Segment | Notebook | Notebook |
| Socket | FP8 | |
| Predecessor | Apple M2 | |
| Successor | Apple M4 |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
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Wischen
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Apple M3 | AMD Ryzen AI 5 340 |
|---|---|---|
| CPU Cores / Threads | 8 / 8 | 6 / 12 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT | ✗ | ✓ |
| Core architecture | hybrid (big.LITTLE) | hybrid (big.LITTLE) |
| Core Cluster 1: | 4x Ibiza P-Core 0.70 - 4.06 GHz |
3x Zen 5 2.00 - 4.80 GHz |
| Core Cluster 2: | 4x Ibiza E-Core 0.74 - 2.75 GHz |
3x Zen 5c 2.00 - 3.40 GHz |
| L2-Cache | 20.00 MB | 6.00 MB |
| L3-Cache | 16.00 MB | |
| Overclocking | ✗ | ✗ |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)
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Wischen
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Apple M3 | AMD Ryzen AI 5 340 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU name | Apple M3 (10 Core) | AMD Radeon 840M |
| GPU frequency | 0.39 - 1.40 GHz | 0.80 - 2.90 GHz |
| CUs / Shader | 160 / 1280 | 4 / 256 |
| Raytracing | ✓ | ✓ |
| Max. displays | 2 | 4 |
| Max. GPU Memory | 24 GB | 32 GB |
| Technology | 3 nm | 4 nm |
| Release date | Q4/2023 | Q2/2025 |
NPU AI performance
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Wischen
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Apple M3 | AMD Ryzen AI 5 340 |
|---|---|---|
| AI hardware | Apple Neural Engine | AMD Ryzen™ AI |
| AI specifications | 16 Neural cores @ 35 TOPS | AMD Ryzen™ AI (XDNA 2) @ 50 TOPS |
| NPU + CPU + iGPU | 59 TOPS |
Memory & PCIe
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Wischen
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Apple M3 | AMD Ryzen AI 5 340 |
|---|---|---|
| Memory | LPDDR5-6400 (102.4 GB/s) | LPDDR5X-8000 (128.0 GB/s) |
| Max. Memory | 24 GB | 256 GB |
| Memory channels | 2 | 2 |
| ECC | No | Yes |
| PCIe | 4.0 | 4.0 x 16 |
| PCIe Bandwidth | 31.5 GB/s |
Thermal Management
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Wischen
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Apple M3 | AMD Ryzen AI 5 340 |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 22 W | 28 W |
| TDP (PL2) | ||
| TDP up | 54 W | |
| TDP down | 15 W | 15 W |
| T. junction max. | 100 °C | 100 °C |
Technical details
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Wischen
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Apple M3 | AMD Ryzen AI 5 340 |
|---|---|---|
| Chip design | Monolithic | Monolithic |
| AES-NI | ✓ | ✓ |
| Operating systems | macOS, iPadOS | Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux |
| Instruction set | Armv8-A (64 bit) | x86-64 (64 bit) |
| ISA extensions | Rosetta 2 x86-Emulation | SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2,FMA3, AVX2, AVX512 |
| Release date | Q4/2023 | Q2/2025 |
| Release price | ||
| Documents | Technical data sheet |
User Reviews
Your rating
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