Apple M3 Pro vs AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS
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We compared two laptop CPUs: the 4.05 GHz Apple M3 Pro with 12-cores against the 4.0 GHz AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS 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
- Has 4 more physical cores
- More powerful Apple M3 Pro GPU (18-core) integrated graphics: 6.4 vs 4.3 TFLOPS
- More modern manufacturing process β 3 versus 4 nanometers
- 32% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 3163 vs 2394 points
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS
- Supports up to 256 GB DDR5-5600 RAM
Test in Benchmarks
Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasksCinebench
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench Scores (141st and 172nd place)
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
| File compression | 1560 MB/sec | 494.2 MB/sec |
| Clang compilation | 132.6 Klines/sec | 92.7 Klines/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | 382.9 pages/sec | 287.4 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | 393.2 Mpixels/sec | 280.8 Mpixels/sec |
| Text processing | 301 pages/sec | 251.5 pages/sec |
| Background blur | 61.4 images/sec | 65.5 images/sec |
| Photo processing | 144.1 images/sec | 104.2 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | 19.7 Mpixels/sec | 27.1 Mpixels/sec |
PassMark
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
| Integer math | 55.9 GOps/sec | 99.6 GOps/sec |
| Floating point math | 64.8 GOps/sec | 60.7 GOps/sec |
| Find prime numbers | 240M Primes/sec | 90M Primes/sec |
| Random string sorting | 35.2M Strings/sec | 42.5M Strings/sec |
| Data encryption | 14.4 GBytes/sec | 20.9 GBytes/sec |
| Data compression | 288.5 MBytes/sec | 349.6 MBytes/sec |
| Physics | 2060 Frames/sec | 1409 Frames/sec |
| Extended instructions | 14.1B Matrices/sec | 26.4B Matrices/sec |
Blender
Blender CPU
Performance Per Watt
| Cinebench 2024 / Watt | 35.3 PPW | 17.5 PPW |
| Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt | 517.1 PPW | 219.9 PPW |
| Passmark CPU Mark / Watt | 801.5 PPW | 541.7 PPW |
| Blender / Watt | 7.62 PPW | 4.05 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 |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-01-25 (Kirich) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 3198 / 14601 |
| π 2026-01-25 (Kirich) | Cinebench 2024 | 150 / 946 |
AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2025-08-12 (Ash) | Cinebench 2024 | 100 / 870 |
| π 2025-07-14 (END) | Cinebench 2024 | 105 / 943 |
Specifications
Full technical specification of Apple M3 Pro and AMD Ryzen 9 8945HSGeneral
| Vendor | Apple | Amd |
| Released | October 30, 2023 | December 6, 2023 |
| Type | Laptop | Laptop |
| Instruction Set | ARMv8 | x86-64 |
| Codename | Apple M3 | Zen 4 (Hawk Point) |
| Integrated GPU | Apple M3 Pro GPU (18-core) | Radeon 780M |
| Rival Equivalent | - | - Intel Core Ultra 9 185H |
| Successor | - Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) | - AMD Ryzen 9 270 |
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#65th place)
CPU
| P-Cores | 6 | 8 |
| P-Threads | 6 | 16 |
| Base Frequency (P) | 4.05 GHz | 4.0 GHz |
| Turbo Boost Frequency (P) | - | 5.2 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 | 40x |
| L1 Cache | 192K (per core) | 64K (per core) |
| L2 Cache | 16MB (shared) | 1MB (per core) |
| L3 Cache | - | 16MB (shared) |
| Unlocked Multiplier | No | No |
Package
| Transistors | 37 billions | 25 billions |
| Fabrication Process | 3 nm | 4 nm |
| TDP (PL1) | 30 W | 35-54 W (configurable) |
| Socket | Apple M-Socket | FP8 |
| Peak Temperature | 100Β°C | 100Β°C |
Laptop processors ranking (44th and 104th place)
iGPU
| Integrated Graphics | Apple M3 Pro GPU (18-core) | Radeon 780M |
| GPU Base Clock | 500 MHz | 800 MHz |
| GPU Boost Clock | 1380 MHz | 2800 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 | - DDR5-5600 - LPDDR5x-7500 |
| Max. Memory Size | 36 GB | 256 GB |
| Memory Channels | 12 | 2 |
| Max. Memory Bandwidth | 153.6 GB/s | - |
| ECC Support | No | No |
Misc
| Official Site | - | AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS official page |
| PCI Express Version | 4.0 | 4.0 |
| PCI Express Lanes | - | 20 |
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