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Apple M3 vs AMD Ryzen 5 5600H

67 out of 100
Apple M3
VS
42 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 5 5600H
Apple M3
AMD Ryzen 5 5600H

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 4.05 GHz Apple M3 with 8-cores against the 3.3 GHz AMD Ryzen 5 5600H with 6-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Performance
  4. Specs
  5. Comments

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 5600H and M3
Advantages of Apple M3
  • More modern manufacturing process – 3 versus 7 nanometers
  • More powerful Apple M3 GPU integrated graphics: 3.5 vs 1.6 TFLOPS
  • Newer - released 2 years and 10 months later
  • 63% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 3009 vs 1850 points
  • Has 2 more physical cores
  • Newer PCI Express version – 4.0
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 5600H
  • Supports up to 32 GB DDR4-3200 RAM

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Apple M3
vs
Ryzen 5 5600H

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Apple M3 +77%
140
Ryzen 5 5600H
79
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Apple M3 +58%
712
Ryzen 5 5600H
451
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 2341 -
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GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Apple M3 +63%
3009
Ryzen 5 5600H
1850
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Apple M3 +74%
11815
Ryzen 5 5600H
6779
File compression 1260 MB/sec 604.2 MB/sec
Clang compilation 94.7 Klines/sec 53.2 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 264.5 pages/sec 109.3 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 313.9 Mpixels/sec 175.5 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 297 pages/sec 194.4 pages/sec
Background blur 50.2 images/sec 32.8 images/sec
Photo processing 114.8 images/sec 47.4 images/sec
Ray tracing 12.9 Mpixels/sec 13.8 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 438 & 459 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Apple M3 +64%
4707
Ryzen 5 5600H
2872
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Apple M3 +17%
19065
Ryzen 5 5600H
16362
Integer math 42.6 GOps/sec 58.3 GOps/sec
Floating point math 48.3 GOps/sec 32.8 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 231M Primes/sec 46M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 27.3M Strings/sec 21M Strings/sec
Data encryption 11.5 GBytes/sec 12.7 GBytes/sec
Data compression 225 MBytes/sec 204.1 MBytes/sec
Physics 1867 Frames/sec 712 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 10B Matrices/sec 14.1B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 1563 & 6703 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Apple M3 +37%
160.35
Ryzen 5 5600H
117.32

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 35.6 PPW 8.4 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 590.8 PPW 125.5 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 953.3 PPW 303 PPW
Blender / Watt 8.02 PPW 2.17 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
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-22 (doannguyenmfs)Geekbench 6 CPU2991 / 11735
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-16 (darkknightSup)Geekbench 6 CPU2990 / 11498
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AMD Ryzen 5 5600H
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2025-11-21 -> mayankdhamiCinebench 202477 / 451
πŸ“˜ 2025-10-14 (Juuhana)Geekbench 6 CPU1851 / 7626
πŸ“˜ 2025-10-14 (Juuhachi)Geekbench 6 CPU1851 / 7436
πŸ“˜ 2025-10-12 (Juu)Geekbench 6 CPU1888 / 7373
πŸ“˜ 2025-05-03 (bluntking)Cinebench 202479 / 451
Add View all (8)

Specifications

Full technical specification of Apple M3 and AMD Ryzen 5 5600H

General

Vendor Apple Amd
Released October 30, 2023 January 12, 2021
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set ARMv8 x86-64
Codename Apple M3 Zen 3 (Cezanne)
Integrated GPU Apple M3 GPU Radeon RX Vega 7
Rival Equivalent - - Intel Core i5 11500H
Successor - Apple M5 (10-Core) - AMD Ryzen 5 6600H
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#151st place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 4 6
P-Threads 4 12
Base Frequency (P) 4.05 GHz 3.3 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) - 4.2 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 4 -
E-Threads 4 -
Base Frequency (E) 2.75 GHz -
Total
Total Cores 8 6
Total Threads 8 12
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 No

Package

Transistors 25 billions -
Fabrication Process 3 nm 7 nm
TDP (PL1) 20 W 35-54 W (configurable)
Socket Apple M-Socket FP6
Peak Temperature 100Β°C 105Β°C

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Apple M3 GPU Radeon RX Vega 7
GPU Base Clock 500 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1380 MHz 1800 MHz
Shading Units 1280 448
TMUs 80 28
ROPs 40 8
Execution Units 160 7
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Apple M3 +119%
3.5 TFLOPS
Ryzen 5 5600H
1.6 TFLOPS
More info: Radeon RX Vega 7 compared to Apple M3 GPU (10-core)

Memory Support

Memory Types - LPDDR5-6400 - DDR4-3200
- LPDDR4-4266
Max. Memory Size 24 GB 32 GB
Memory Channels 8 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 102.4 GB/s -
ECC Support No Yes

Misc

Official Site - AMD Ryzen 5 5600H official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 3.0
PCI Express Lanes - 16

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Comments

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