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Apple M3 Max (14-CPU 30-GPU) vs AMD C-60
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Benchmarks
Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks
Single-core performance
Multi-core performance
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance
14C / 14T · 4.06 GHz
AMD C-60
5 %
2C / 2T · 1.33 GHz
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
14C / 14T · 3.60 GHz
AMD C-60
1 %
2C / 2T · 1.33 GHz
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
Apple M3 Max (30 Core)
AMD C-60
1 %
AMD Radeon HD 6290
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Specifications
At a glance
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Wischen
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Apple M3 Max (14-CPU 30-GPU) | AMD C-60 |
|---|---|---|
| Family | Apple M series (38) | AMD C (6) |
| CPU group | Apple M3 (6) | AMD C (6) |
| Architecture | M3 | Ontario (Bobcat) |
| Technology | 3 nm | 40 nm |
| Segment | Notebook | Notebook |
| Socket | BGA 413 | |
| Predecessor | Apple M2 Max (30-GPU) | |
| Successor | Apple M4 Max (14-CPU 32-GPU) |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
|
Wischen
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Apple M3 Max (14-CPU 30-GPU) | AMD C-60 |
|---|---|---|
| CPU Cores / Threads | 14 / 14 | 2 / 2 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT | ✗ | ✗ |
| Core architecture | hybrid (big.LITTLE) | normal |
| Core Cluster 1: | 10x Palma P-Core 0.70 - 4.06 GHz |
2x 1.00 - 1.33 GHz |
| Core Cluster 2: | 4x Palma E-Core 0.74 - 2.75 GHz |
|
| L2-Cache | 36.00 MB | |
| L3-Cache | 1.00 MB | |
| Overclocking | ✗ | ✓ |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)
|
Wischen
|
Apple M3 Max (14-CPU 30-GPU) | AMD C-60 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU name | Apple M3 Max (30 Core) | AMD Radeon HD 6290 |
| GPU frequency | 0.39 - 1.40 GHz | 0.28 - 0.40 GHz |
| CUs / Shader | 480 / 3840 | 1 / 80 |
| Raytracing | ✓ | ✗ |
| Max. displays | 5 | 2 |
| Max. GPU Memory | 96 GB | 1 GB |
| Technology | 3 nm | 40 nm |
| Release date | Q4/2023 | Q3/2011 |
NPU AI performance
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Wischen
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Apple M3 Max (14-CPU 30-GPU) | AMD C-60 |
|---|---|---|
| AI hardware | Apple Neural Engine | |
| AI specifications | 16 Neural cores @ 35 TOPS | |
| NPU + CPU + iGPU |
Memory & PCIe
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Wischen
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Apple M3 Max (14-CPU 30-GPU) | AMD C-60 |
|---|---|---|
| Memory | LPDDR5-6400 (307.2 GB/s) | DDR3-1066 (8.5 GB/s) |
| Max. Memory | 96 GB | |
| Memory channels | 3 | 1 |
| ECC | No | No |
| PCIe | 4.0 | |
| PCIe Bandwidth |
Thermal Management
|
Wischen
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Apple M3 Max (14-CPU 30-GPU) | AMD C-60 |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 50 W | 9 W |
| TDP (PL2) | ||
| TDP up | ||
| TDP down | ||
| T. junction max. | 100 °C |
Technical details
|
Wischen
|
Apple M3 Max (14-CPU 30-GPU) | AMD C-60 |
|---|---|---|
| Chip design | Monolithic | Unknown |
| AES-NI | ✓ | ✗ |
| Operating systems | macOS, iPadOS | |
| Instruction set | Armv8-A (64 bit) | x86-64 (64 bit) |
| ISA extensions | Rosetta 2 x86-Emulation | SSE3, SSE4a |
| Release date | Q4/2023 | Q3/2011 |
| Release price | ||
| Documents |
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Your rating
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