Apple M3 vs AMD Ryzen 5 7530U
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We compared two laptop CPUs: the 4.05 GHz Apple M3 with 8-cores against the 2.0 GHz AMD Ryzen 5 7530U with 6-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
- More modern manufacturing process โ 3 versus 7 nanometers
- More powerful Apple M3 GPU integrated graphics: 3.5 vs 1.8 TFLOPS
- 56% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 3009 vs 1934 points
- Newer - released 10 months later
- Has 2 more physical cores
- Newer PCI Express version โ 4.0
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 7530U
- Supports up to 64 GB DDR4-3200 RAM
Test in Benchmarks
Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasksCinebench
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
| Cinebench 2026 (Multi) | 2341 | - |
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
| File compression | 1260 MB/sec | 595.5 MB/sec |
| Clang compilation | 94.7 Klines/sec | 55.5 Klines/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | 264.5 pages/sec | 106.1 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | 313.9 Mpixels/sec | 190.7 Mpixels/sec |
| Text processing | 297 pages/sec | 208.1 pages/sec |
| Background blur | 50.2 images/sec | 34.9 images/sec |
| Photo processing | 114.8 images/sec | 45.3 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | 12.9 Mpixels/sec | 14.7 Mpixels/sec |
PassMark
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
| Integer math | 42.6 GOps/sec | 55.6 GOps/sec |
| Floating point math | 48.3 GOps/sec | 30.1 GOps/sec |
| Find prime numbers | 231M Primes/sec | 44M Primes/sec |
| Random string sorting | 27.3M Strings/sec | 18.8M Strings/sec |
| Data encryption | 11.5 GBytes/sec | 11.4 GBytes/sec |
| Data compression | 225 MBytes/sec | 179.1 MBytes/sec |
| Physics | 1867 Frames/sec | 647 Frames/sec |
| Extended instructions | 10B Matrices/sec | 11.8B Matrices/sec |
Blender
Blender CPU
Performance Per Watt
| Cinebench 2024 / Watt | 35.6 PPW | 30.3 PPW |
| Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt | 590.8 PPW | 457.1 PPW |
| Passmark CPU Mark / Watt | 953.3 PPW | 996.6 PPW |
| Blender / Watt | 8.02 PPW | 7.17 PPW |
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.
Recent User Tests
Apple M3
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| ๐ 2026-08-22 (doannguyenmfs) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 2991 / 11735 |
| ๐ 2026-06-16 (darkknightSup) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 2990 / 11498 |
AMD Ryzen 5 7530U
No benchmark results yet
Specifications
Full technical specification of Apple M3 and AMD Ryzen 5 7530UGeneral
| Vendor | Apple | Amd |
| Released | October 30, 2023 | January 5, 2023 |
| Type | Laptop | Laptop |
| Instruction Set | ARMv8 | x86-64 |
| Codename | Apple M3 | Zen 3 (Cezanne) |
| Integrated GPU | Apple M3 GPU | Radeon RX Vega 7 |
| Successor | - Apple M5 (10-Core) | - |
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#141st place)
CPU
| P-Cores | 4 | 6 |
| P-Threads | 4 | 12 |
| Base Frequency (P) | 4.05 GHz | 2.0 GHz |
| Turbo Boost Frequency (P) | - | 4.5 GHz |
| E-Cores | 4 | - |
| E-Threads | 4 | - |
| Base Frequency (E) | 2.75 GHz | - |
| Total Cores | 8 | 6 |
| Total Threads | 8 | 12 |
| Bus Frequency | - | 100 MHz |
| Multiplier | 40x | 20x |
| 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 | 10.7 billions |
| Fabrication Process | 3 nm | 7 nm |
| TDP (PL1) | 20 W | 15 W |
| Socket | Apple M-Socket | FP6 |
| Peak Temperature | 100ยฐC | 95ยฐC |
Laptop processors ranking (#68th place)
iGPU
| Integrated Graphics | Apple M3 GPU | Radeon RX Vega 7 |
| GPU Base Clock | 500 MHz | 300 MHz |
| GPU Boost Clock | 1380 MHz | 2000 MHz |
| Shading Units | 1280 | 448 |
| TMUs | 80 | 28 |
| ROPs | 40 | 8 |
| Execution Units | 160 | 7 |
| TGP | 15 W | 15 W |
iGPU FLOPS
Memory Support
| Memory Types | - LPDDR5-6400 | - DDR4-3200 - LPDDR4x-4267 |
| Max. Memory Size | 24 GB | 64 GB |
| Memory Channels | 8 | 2 |
| Max. Memory Bandwidth | 102.4 GB/s | - |
| ECC Support | No | Yes |
Misc
| Official Site | - | AMD Ryzen 5 7530U official page |
| PCI Express Version | 4.0 | 3.0 |
| PCI Express Lanes | - | 20 |
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