Apple M3 Pro 11-Core vs AMD Ryzen 9 7900
Apple M3 Pro 11-Core
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The Apple M3 Pro 11 Core is a system on a chip (SoC) from Apple for notebooks that was introduced late 2023. It integrates 11 of the 12 CPU cores with 5 of 6 performance cores with up to 4.06 GHz and 6 efficiency cores with 2.8 GHz.
Compared to the M2 Pro the M3 Pro has been slimmed down somewhat and swaps two performance cores for efficiency cores. This is due to the changed core configuration, as 6 cores are now used per cluster (the M2 Pro and M3 still have 4 cores per cluster). Furthermore, the memory bus has been reduced from 256 bits to 192 bits (150 GB/s vs. 200 GB/s). Thanks to the new architecture and higher clock rates, the new M3 Pro is still slightly faster.
The M3 Pro also integrates a new graphics card with dynamic caching, mesh shading and ray tracing acceleration via hardware. In the entry-level model, only 14 of the chip's 18 cores are used and support up to 3 displays simultaneously (internal and 2 external).
GPU and CPU can jointly access the shared memory on the package (unified memory). This is available in 18 or 36 GB variants and offers 150 GB/s maximum bandwidth (192 bit bus).
The integrated 16-core Neural Engine has also been revised and now offers 18 TOPS peak performance (compared to 15.8 TOPS in the M2 but 35 TOPS in the new A17 Pro). The video engine now also supports AV1 decoding in hardware. H.264, HEVC and ProRes (RAW) can still be decoded and encoded.
Unfortunately, the integrated WLAN only continues to support WiFi 6E (no WiFi 7), unlike the small M3 SoC thunderbolt 4 is also supported (max 40 Gbit/s).
The chip is manufactured in the current 3nm process (N3B) at TSMC and contains 37 billion transistors (-7.5% vs. Apple M2 Pro).
AMD Ryzen 9 7900
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The AMD Ryzen 9 79 00 is a high-end desktop processorfrom the Raphael series with 12 cores and hyperthreading (SMT), which means it can process up to 24 threads simultaneously. Launched in early 2023, the Ryzen 9 7900 is the fastest 12-core processor with 65 watts TDP.
The Ryzen 9 7900 clocks at 3.7 GHz base clock and reaches up to 5.4 GHz on one core in Turbo mode. This is also the difference to the higher clocked Ryzen 9 7900X.
At first glance, the internal structure of the processor has not changed fundamentally. The AMD Ryzen 9 7900 is still based on the chiplet design consisting of two CCD clusters, each containing a CCX with 8 cores. However, the manufacturing process has been scaled down to 5 nm, which ensures higher clock rates. There is also the IO die, which contains the memory controller and the iGPU, among other things. This is now manufactured in a 6 nm structure width.
The AMD Ryzen 9 7900 can impress in games thanks to the significantly improved IPC.
| Model | Apple M3 Pro 11-Core | AMD Ryzen 9 7900 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Series | Apple M3 | AMD Raphael (Zen 4, Ryzen 7000) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Series: Raphael (Zen 4, Ryzen 7000) Raphael (Zen4) |
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| Clock | 2748 - 4056 MHz | 3700 - 5400 MHz | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cores / Threads | 11 / 11 5 x 4.1 GHz Apple M3 P-Core 6 x 2.7 GHz Apple M3 E-Core | 12 / 24 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| TDP | 27 Watt | 65 Watt | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Transistors | 37000 Million | 9.9 Million | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Technology | 3 nm | 5 nm | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Features | ARMv8 Instruction Set | MMX(+), SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4A, x86-64, AMD-V, AES, AVX, AVX2, AVX512F, FMA3, SHA, Precision Boost 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| iGPU | Apple M3 Pro 14-Core GPU | AMD Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000) ( - 2200 MHz) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Architecture | ARM | x86 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Announced | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Manufacturer | www.apple.com | www.amd.com | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Codename | Raphael (Zen4) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| L1 Cache | 768 KB | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| L2 Cache | 12 MB | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| L3 Cache | 64 MB | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Voltage | 0.650 - 1.475V V | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Die Size | 262 mm2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| max. Temp. | 95 °C | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Socket | AM5 (LGA 1718) |
Benchmarks
Average Benchmarks Apple M3 Pro 11-Core → 100% n=15
Average Benchmarks AMD Ryzen 9 7900 → 148% n=15
- Average benchmark values for this graphics card* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance
1 This benchmark is not used for the average calculation
