Apple M3 vs AMD Ryzen 7 7745HX

67 out of 100
Apple M3
VS
61 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 7 7745HX

We compared two 8-core laptop CPUs: the 4.05 GHz Apple M3 against the 3.6 GHz AMD Ryzen 7 7745HX. 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 7745HX and M3
Advantages of Apple M3
  • More powerful Apple M3 GPU integrated graphics: 3.5 vs 0.6 TFLOPS
  • More modern manufacturing process – 3 versus 5 nanometers
  • Newer - released 10 months later
  • 9% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 3009 vs 2763 points
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 7 7745HX
  • Supports up to 64 GB DDR5-5200 RAM
  • Unlocked multiplier
  • Newer PCI Express version – 5.0

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Apple M3 +27%
140
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
712
1062
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 2341 -
Cinebench Scores (#140th place)

GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Apple M3 +9%
3009
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
11815
13662
File compression 1260 MB/sec 1360 MB/sec
Clang compilation 94.7 Klines/sec 118.1 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 264.5 pages/sec 241.9 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 313.9 Mpixels/sec 385.6 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 297 pages/sec 284.5 pages/sec
Background blur 50.2 images/sec 64 images/sec
Photo processing 114.8 images/sec 88.8 images/sec
Ray tracing 12.9 Mpixels/sec 25.4 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 438 & 709 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Apple M3 +20%
4707
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
19065
32315
Integer math 42.6 GOps/sec 104.5 GOps/sec
Floating point math 48.3 GOps/sec 63.7 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 231M Primes/sec 156M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 27.3M Strings/sec 44.6M Strings/sec
Data encryption 11.5 GBytes/sec 22.7 GBytes/sec
Data compression 225 MBytes/sec 378.7 MBytes/sec
Physics 1867 Frames/sec 1688 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 10B Matrices/sec 28.6B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 1563 & 422 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
160.35
243.71

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 35.6 PPW 14.2 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 590.8 PPW 182.2 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 953.3 PPW 430.9 PPW
Blender / Watt 8.02 PPW 3.25 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
AMD Ryzen 7 7745HX
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-22 -> DrmatorCinebench 2026599 / 4170
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-22 -> DrmatorGeekbench 7 CPU2533 / 15079
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-22 -> DrmatorGeekbench 6 CPU2835 / 13957

Specifications

Full technical specification of Apple M3 and AMD Ryzen 7 7745HX

General

Vendor Apple Amd
Released October 30, 2023 January 4, 2023
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set ARMv8 x86-64
Codename Apple M3 Zen 4 (Dragon Range)
Integrated GPU Apple M3 GPU Radeon 610M
Rival Equivalent - - Intel Core i7 13650HX
Successor - Apple M5 (10-Core) -
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#62nd place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 4 8
P-Threads 4 16
Base Frequency (P) 4.05 GHz 3.6 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) - 5.1 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 36x
L1 Cache 192K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 16MB (shared) 1MB (per core)
L3 Cache - 32MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No Yes

Package

Transistors 25 billions 13.1 billions
Fabrication Process 3 nm 5 nm
TDP (PL1) 20 W 45-75 W (configurable)
Socket Apple M-Socket FL1
Peak Temperature 100Β°C 100Β°C
Laptop processors ranking (68th and 92nd place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Apple M3 GPU Radeon 610M
GPU Base Clock 500 MHz 400 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1380 MHz 2200 MHz
Shading Units 1280 128
TMUs 80 8
ROPs 40 4
Execution Units 160 2
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Apple M3 +483%
3.5 TFLOPS
0.6 TFLOPS

Memory Support

Memory Types - LPDDR5-6400 - DDR5-5200
Max. Memory Size 24 GB 64 GB
Memory Channels 8 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 102.4 GB/s -
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site - AMD Ryzen 7 7745HX official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 5.0
PCI Express Lanes - 28

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