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Apple M3 vs AMD Ryzen 5 7520U

67 out of 100
Apple M3
VS
33 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 5 7520U
Apple M3
AMD Ryzen 5 7520U

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 4.05 GHz Apple M3 with 8-cores against the 2.8 GHz AMD Ryzen 5 7520U with 4-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 7520U and M3
Advantages of Apple M3
  • More powerful Apple M3 GPU integrated graphics: 3.5 vs 0.5 TFLOPS
  • 2.4x faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 3009 vs 1270 points
  • More modern manufacturing process – 3 versus 6 nanometers
  • Has 4 more physical cores
  • Supports up to 24 GB LPDDR5-6400 RAM
  • Newer - released 1 year and 1 month later
  • Newer PCI Express version – 4.0

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Apple M3
vs
Ryzen 5 7520U

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Apple M3 +106%
140
Ryzen 5 7520U
68
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Apple M3 +155%
712
Ryzen 5 7520U
279
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 +137%
3009
Ryzen 5 7520U
1270
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Apple M3 +180%
11815
Ryzen 5 7520U
4219
File compression 1260 MB/sec 394.8 MB/sec
Clang compilation 94.7 Klines/sec 27 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 264.5 pages/sec 91.2 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 313.9 Mpixels/sec 127.6 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 297 pages/sec 114.6 pages/sec
Background blur 50.2 images/sec 23 images/sec
Photo processing 114.8 images/sec 38.3 images/sec
Ray tracing 12.9 Mpixels/sec 7.38 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 438 & 1108 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Apple M3 +98%
4707
Ryzen 5 7520U
2376
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Apple M3 +114%
19065
Ryzen 5 7520U
8925
Integer math 42.6 GOps/sec 30.6 GOps/sec
Floating point math 48.3 GOps/sec 14.7 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 231M Primes/sec 20M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 27.3M Strings/sec 14.2M Strings/sec
Data encryption 11.5 GBytes/sec 6.3 GBytes/sec
Data compression 225 MBytes/sec 132 MBytes/sec
Physics 1867 Frames/sec 432 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 10B Matrices/sec 6B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 1563 & 1843 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Apple M3 +214%
160.35
Ryzen 5 7520U
51.1

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 35.6 PPW 18.6 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 590.8 PPW 281.3 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 953.3 PPW 595 PPW
Blender / Watt 8.02 PPW 3.41 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 7520U
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2025-11-13 (kot99)Geekbench 6 CPU1444 / 4688
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Apple M3 and AMD Ryzen 5 7520U

General

Vendor Apple Amd
Released October 30, 2023 September 22, 2022
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set ARMv8 x86-64
Codename Apple M3 Zen 2 (Mendocino)
Integrated GPU Apple M3 GPU Radeon 610M
Successor - Apple M5 (10-Core) -
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#174th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 4 4
P-Threads 4 8
Base Frequency (P) 4.05 GHz 2.8 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) - 4.3 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 4 -
E-Threads 4 -
Base Frequency (E) 2.75 GHz -
Total
Total Cores 8 4
Total Threads 8 8
Bus Frequency - 100 MHz
Multiplier 40x 28x
L1 Cache 192K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 16MB (shared) 512K (per core)
L3 Cache - 4MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Transistors 25 billions -
Fabrication Process 3 nm 6 nm
TDP (PL1) 20 W 15 W
Socket Apple M-Socket FP6
Peak Temperature 100Β°C 95Β°C

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Apple M3 GPU Radeon 610M
GPU Base Clock 500 MHz 400 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1380 MHz 1900 MHz
Shading Units 1280 128
TMUs 80 8
ROPs 40 4
Execution Units 160 2
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Apple M3 +600%
3.5 TFLOPS
Ryzen 5 7520U
0.5 TFLOPS
More info: Radeon 610M compared to Apple M3 GPU (10-core)

Memory Support

Memory Types - LPDDR5-6400 - LPDDR5-5500
Max. Memory Size 24 GB 16 GB
Memory Channels 8 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 102.4 GB/s -
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site - AMD Ryzen 5 7520U official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 3.0
PCI Express Lanes - 4

Cast your vote

Choose between two processors
6 (75%)
2 (25%)
Total votes: 8

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Comments

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