Apple M3 Pro vs AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS

72 out of 100
Apple M3 Pro
VS
52 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 4.05 GHz Apple M3 Pro with 12-cores against the 3.2 GHz AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS with 8-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

Review

General overview and comparison of the processors
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Multi-Core Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Power Efficiency
The efficiency score of power consumption
Integrated Graphics
iGPU capabilities for gaming and 3D-intensive tasks
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Key Differences

What are the key differences between 7735HS and Pro
Advantages of Apple M3 Pro
  • More modern manufacturing process – 3 versus 6 nanometers
  • Around 76.8 GB/s (100%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
  • More powerful Apple M3 Pro GPU (18-core) integrated graphics: 6.4 vs 3.4 TFLOPS
  • Has 4 more physical cores
  • 49% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 3163 vs 2123 points
  • Newer - released 10 months later
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS
  • Supports up to 64 GB DDR5-4800 RAM

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
M3 Pro +66%
143
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
M3 Pro +45%
1059
Cinebench Scores (#141st place)

GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
M3 Pro +49%
3163
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
M3 Pro +56%
15512
File compression 1560 MB/sec 1023.1 MB/sec
Clang compilation 132.6 Klines/sec 70.9 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 382.9 pages/sec 213.6 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 393.2 Mpixels/sec 301.7 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 301 pages/sec 212.8 pages/sec
Background blur 61.4 images/sec 43.7 images/sec
Photo processing 144.1 images/sec 84.2 images/sec
Ray tracing 19.7 Mpixels/sec 17.3 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 991 & 519 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
M3 Pro +31%
4247
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
M3 Pro +8%
24046
Integer math 55.9 GOps/sec 82.5 GOps/sec
Floating point math 64.8 GOps/sec 46.2 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 240M Primes/sec 56M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 35.2M Strings/sec 29.3M Strings/sec
Data encryption 14.4 GBytes/sec 17.4 GBytes/sec
Data compression 288.5 MBytes/sec 281 MBytes/sec
Physics 2060 Frames/sec 1018 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 14.1B Matrices/sec 19.1B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 1204 & 4429 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
M3 Pro +28%
228.7

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 35.3 PPW 13.5 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 517.1 PPW 184.6 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 801.5 PPW 411 PPW
Blender / Watt 7.62 PPW 3.3 PPW
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Apple M3 Pro
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-01-25 (Kirich)Geekbench 6 CPU3198 / 14601
πŸ“˜ 2026-01-25 (Kirich)Cinebench 2024150 / 946
AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-31 (bobschieffer)Geekbench 6 CPU2057 / 8148
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-29 (bobschieffer)Cinebench 2026452 / 2782
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-29 (bobschieffer)Cinebench 202489 / 691
πŸ“˜ 2026-03-23 (Vijay)Cinebench 202482 / 583
πŸ“˜ 2026-03-19 (MaidElle)Cinebench 202489 / 685

Specifications

Full technical specification of Apple M3 Pro and AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS

General

Vendor Apple Amd
Released October 30, 2023 January 4, 2023
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set ARMv8 x86-64
Codename Apple M3 Zen 3+ (Rembrandt)
Integrated GPU Apple M3 Pro GPU (18-core) Radeon 680M
Rival Equivalent - - Intel Core i7 13620H
Successor - Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) -
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#102nd place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 6 8
P-Threads 6 16
Base Frequency (P) 4.05 GHz 3.2 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) - 4.75 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 6 -
E-Threads 6 -
Base Frequency (E) 2.75 GHz -
Total
Total Cores 12 8
Total Threads 12 16
Bus Frequency - 100 MHz
Multiplier 40x 32x
L1 Cache 192K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 16MB (shared) 512K (per core)
L3 Cache - 16MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Transistors 37 billions -
Fabrication Process 3 nm 6 nm
TDP (PL1) 30 W 35-54 W (configurable)
Socket Apple M-Socket FP7
Peak Temperature 100Β°C 95Β°C
Laptop processors ranking (44th and 181st place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Apple M3 Pro GPU (18-core) Radeon 680M
GPU Base Clock 500 MHz 400 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1380 MHz 2200 MHz
Shading Units 2304 768
TMUs 144 48
ROPs 72 32
Execution Units 288 12
TGP 30 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
M3 Pro +88%
6.4 TFLOPS
3.4 TFLOPS

Memory Support

Memory Types - LPDDR5-6400 - DDR5-4800
- LPDDR5-6400
Max. Memory Size 36 GB 64 GB
Memory Channels 12 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 153.6 GB/s 76.8 GB/s
ECC Support No Yes

Misc

Official Site - AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes - 20

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