Apple M3 Pro vs AMD Ryzen AI 9 365

72 out of 100
Apple M3 Pro
VS
68 out of 100
AMD Ryzen AI 9 365

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 4.05 GHz Apple M3 Pro with 12-cores against the 2.0 GHz AMD Ryzen AI 9 365 with 10-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 365 and Pro
Advantages of Apple M3 Pro
  • Around 64 GB/s (71%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
  • More powerful Apple M3 Pro GPU (18-core) integrated graphics: 6.4 vs 4.5 TFLOPS
  • More modern manufacturing process – 3 versus 4 nanometers
  • Has 2 more physical cores
Advantages of AMD Ryzen AI 9 365
  • Supports up to 256 GB DDR5-5600 RAM
  • Newer - released 7 months later

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 +22%
143
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
1059
1077
Cinebench Scores (141st and 137th place)

GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
M3 Pro +6%
3163
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
M3 Pro +11%
15512
File compression 1560 MB/sec 1240 MB/sec
Clang compilation 132.6 Klines/sec 101.4 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 382.9 pages/sec 296.9 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 393.2 Mpixels/sec 437.7 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 301 pages/sec 289 pages/sec
Background blur 61.4 images/sec 65.4 images/sec
Photo processing 144.1 images/sec 122.8 images/sec
Ray tracing 19.7 Mpixels/sec 25.9 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 991 & 1 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
M3 Pro +10%
4247
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
24046
30347
Integer math 55.9 GOps/sec 103.6 GOps/sec
Floating point math 64.8 GOps/sec 64.7 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 240M Primes/sec 120M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 35.2M Strings/sec 40.6M Strings/sec
Data encryption 14.4 GBytes/sec 18.8 GBytes/sec
Data compression 288.5 MBytes/sec 370.7 MBytes/sec
Physics 2060 Frames/sec 1711 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 14.1B Matrices/sec 26.3B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 1204 & 879 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
228.7
250.34

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 35.3 PPW 19.9 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 517.1 PPW 258.7 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 801.5 PPW 562 PPW
Blender / Watt 7.62 PPW 4.64 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 AI 9 365
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-01-11 (Mark)Cinebench 2024117 / 1077
πŸ“˜ 2025-03-10 (rrevi)Geekbench 6 CPU2967 / 15033

Specifications

Full technical specification of Apple M3 Pro and AMD Ryzen AI 9 365

General

Vendor Apple Amd
Released October 30, 2023 June 3, 2024
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set ARMv8 x86-64
Codename Apple M3 Zen 5 (Strix Point)
Model number - 365
Integrated GPU Apple M3 Pro GPU (18-core) Radeon 880M
Rival Equivalent - - Intel Core Ultra 9 285H
Successor - Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) - AMD Ryzen AI 9 465
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#38th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 6 4
P-Threads 6 8
Base Frequency (P) 4.05 GHz 2.0 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) - 5 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 6 6
E-Threads 6 12
Base Frequency (E) 2.75 GHz 2.0 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) - 3.3 GHz
Total
Total Cores 12 10
Total Threads 12 20
Bus Frequency - 100 MHz
Multiplier 40x 20x
L1 Cache 192K (per core) 80K (per core)
L2 Cache 16MB (shared) 1MB (per core)
L3 Cache - 24MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Transistors 37 billions -
Fabrication Process 3 nm 4 nm
TDP (PL1) 30 W 15-54 W (configurable)
Socket Apple M-Socket FP8
Peak Temperature 100Β°C 100Β°C
Laptop processors ranking (44th and 62nd place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Apple M3 Pro GPU (18-core) AMD Radeon 880M
GPU Base Clock 500 MHz 400 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1380 MHz 2900 MHz
Shading Units 2304 768
TMUs 144 48
ROPs 72 16
Execution Units 288 12
TGP 30 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
M3 Pro +42%
6.4 TFLOPS
4.5 TFLOPS

Memory Support

Memory Types - LPDDR5-6400 - DDR5-5600
- LPDDR5X-8000
Max. Memory Size 36 GB 256 GB
Memory Channels 12 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 153.6 GB/s 89.6 GB/s
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site - AMD Ryzen AI 9 365 official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes - 16

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