Apple M3 Pro vs AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX
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We compared two laptop CPUs: the 4.05 GHz Apple M3 Pro with 12-cores against the 3.3 GHz AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX with 8-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.
Review
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
Choose your main usage scenario to recalculate the Final Score and see which CPU suits your needs.
Key Differences
Advantages of Apple M3 Pro
- More modern manufacturing process โ 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 3.7 TFLOPS
- Newer - released 1 year and 10 months later
- 58% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 3163 vs 2004 points
- Has 4 more physical cores
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX
- Unlocked multiplier
- Supports up to 64 GB DDR5-4800 RAM
Test in Benchmarks
Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasksCinebench
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench Scores (#141st place)
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
| File compression | 1560 MB/sec | 984.2 MB/sec |
| Clang compilation | 132.6 Klines/sec | 80.9 Klines/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | 382.9 pages/sec | 221.3 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | 393.2 Mpixels/sec | 331.2 Mpixels/sec |
| Text processing | 301 pages/sec | 209.8 pages/sec |
| Background blur | 61.4 images/sec | 34.6 images/sec |
| Photo processing | 144.1 images/sec | 82.9 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | 19.7 Mpixels/sec | 20 Mpixels/sec |
PassMark
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
| Integer math | 55.9 GOps/sec | 88.1 GOps/sec |
| Floating point math | 64.8 GOps/sec | 49.4 GOps/sec |
| Find prime numbers | 240M Primes/sec | 62M Primes/sec |
| Random string sorting | 35.2M Strings/sec | 31.7M Strings/sec |
| Data encryption | 14.4 GBytes/sec | 18.9 GBytes/sec |
| Data compression | 288.5 MBytes/sec | 303 MBytes/sec |
| Physics | 2060 Frames/sec | 1129 Frames/sec |
| Extended instructions | 14.1B Matrices/sec | 20.7B Matrices/sec |
Blender
Blender CPU
Performance Per Watt
| Cinebench 2024 / Watt | 35.3 PPW | 17 PPW |
| Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt | 517.1 PPW | 228.2 PPW |
| Passmark CPU Mark / Watt | 801.5 PPW | 534 PPW |
| Blender / Watt | 7.62 PPW | 4.16 PPW |
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.
Recent User Tests
Apple M3 Pro
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| ๐ 2026-01-25 (Kirich) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 3198 / 14601 |
| ๐ 2026-01-25 (Kirich) | Cinebench 2024 | 150 / 946 |
AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX
No benchmark results yet
Specifications
Full technical specification of Apple M3 Pro and AMD Ryzen 9 6900HXGeneral
| Vendor | Apple | Amd |
| Released | October 30, 2023 | January 4, 2022 |
| 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 i9 12900HX |
| Successor | - Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) | - AMD Ryzen 9 9850HX |
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#104th place)
CPU
| P-Cores | 6 | 8 |
| P-Threads | 6 | 16 |
| Base Frequency (P) | 4.05 GHz | 3.3 GHz |
| Turbo Boost Frequency (P) | - | 4.9 GHz |
| E-Cores | 6 | - |
| E-Threads | 6 | - |
| Base Frequency (E) | 2.75 GHz | - |
| Total Cores | 12 | 8 |
| Total Threads | 12 | 16 |
| Bus Frequency | - | 100 MHz |
| Multiplier | 40x | 33x |
| L1 Cache | 192K (per core) | 64K (per core) |
| L2 Cache | 16MB (shared) | 512K (per core) |
| L3 Cache | - | 16MB (shared) |
| Unlocked Multiplier | No | Yes |
Package
| Transistors | 37 billions | - |
| Fabrication Process | 3 nm | 6 nm |
| TDP (PL1) | 30 W | 45 W |
| Socket | Apple M-Socket | FP7 |
| Peak Temperature | 100ยฐC | 95ยฐC |
Laptop processors ranking (44th and 184th place)
iGPU
| Integrated Graphics | Apple M3 Pro GPU (18-core) | AMD Radeon 680M |
| GPU Base Clock | 500 MHz | 400 MHz |
| GPU Boost Clock | 1380 MHz | 2400 MHz |
| Shading Units | 2304 | 768 |
| TMUs | 144 | 48 |
| ROPs | 72 | 32 |
| Execution Units | 288 | 12 |
| TGP | 30 W | 15 W |
iGPU FLOPS
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 | No |
Misc
| Official Site | - | AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX official page |
| PCI Express Version | 4.0 | 4.0 |
| PCI Express Lanes | - | 20 |
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