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Apple M3 vs AMD Ryzen 7 5825U

67 out of 100
Apple M3
VS
44 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 7 5825U
Apple M3
AMD Ryzen 7 5825U

We compared two 8-core laptop CPUs: the 4.05 GHz Apple M3 against the 2.0 GHz AMD Ryzen 7 5825U. 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 5825U and M3
Advantages of Apple M3
  • More modern manufacturing process โ€“ 3 versus 7 nanometers
  • More powerful Apple M3 GPU integrated graphics: 3.5 vs 2 TFLOPS
  • Newer - released 1 year and 10 months later
  • 55% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 3009 vs 1943 points
  • Newer PCI Express version โ€“ 4.0
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 7 5825U
  • Supports up to 64 GB DDR4-3200 RAM

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Apple M3
vs
Ryzen 7 5825U

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Apple M3 +71%
140
Ryzen 7 5825U
82
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Apple M3 +35%
712
Ryzen 7 5825U
529
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 +55%
3009
Ryzen 7 5825U
1943
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Apple M3 +67%
11815
Ryzen 7 5825U
7055
File compression 1260 MB/sec 577.5 MB/sec
Clang compilation 94.7 Klines/sec 63.5 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 264.5 pages/sec 107.2 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 313.9 Mpixels/sec 192.2 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 297 pages/sec 194.6 pages/sec
Background blur 50.2 images/sec 32.2 images/sec
Photo processing 114.8 images/sec 46.4 images/sec
Ray tracing 12.9 Mpixels/sec 16 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] โ€“ 438 & 1072 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Apple M3 +57%
4707
Ryzen 7 5825U
2996
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Apple M3 +7%
19065
Ryzen 7 5825U
17819
Integer math 42.6 GOps/sec 70.7 GOps/sec
Floating point math 48.3 GOps/sec 37.7 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 231M Primes/sec 47M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 27.3M Strings/sec 23.1M Strings/sec
Data encryption 11.5 GBytes/sec 13.8 GBytes/sec
Data compression 225 MBytes/sec 218.2 MBytes/sec
Physics 1867 Frames/sec 777 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 10B Matrices/sec 14.2B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] โ€“ 1563 & 3122 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Apple M3 +22%
160.35
Ryzen 7 5825U
131.89

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 35.6 PPW 35.3 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 590.8 PPW 470.3 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 953.3 PPW 1187.9 PPW
Blender / Watt 8.02 PPW 8.79 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
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-08-22 (doannguyenmfs)Geekbench 6 CPU2991 / 11735
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-06-16 (darkknightSup)Geekbench 6 CPU2990 / 11498
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AMD Ryzen 7 5825U
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Apple M3 and AMD Ryzen 7 5825U

General

Vendor Apple Amd
Released October 30, 2023 January 4, 2022
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set ARMv8 x86-64
Codename Apple M3 -
Integrated GPU Apple M3 GPU Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000)
Rival Equivalent - - Intel Core i7 1270P
Successor - Apple M5 (10-Core) - AMD Ryzen 7 7730U
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#142nd place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 4 8
P-Threads 4 16
Base Frequency (P) 4.05 GHz 2.0 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) - 4.5 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 4 -
E-Threads 4 -
Base Frequency (E) 2.75 GHz -
Total
Total Cores 8 8
Total Threads 8 16
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

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Apple M3 GPU AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000)
GPU Base Clock 500 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1380 MHz 2000 MHz
Shading Units 1280 512
TMUs 80 32
ROPs 40 8
Execution Units 160 8
TGP 15 W 25 W
iGPU FLOPS
Apple M3 +75%
3.5 TFLOPS
Ryzen 7 5825U
2 TFLOPS
More info: Radeon RX Vega 8 compared to Apple M3 GPU (10-core)

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 7 5825U official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 3.0
PCI Express Lanes - 16

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5 (62.5%)
3 (37.5%)
Total votes: 8

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Comments

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