Apple M3 vs AMD Ryzen 7 7800X
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We compared two 8-core CPUs: the 4.05 GHz Apple M3 (laptop) against the 4.5 GHz AMD Ryzen 7 7800X (desktop). 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
The "iGPU" and "Power Efficiency" have a minor impact on the DeviceFacts Score for desktop CPU.
Choose your main usage scenario to recalculate the Final Score and see which CPU suits your needs.
Value for money (Beta)
Key Differences
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
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 7 7800X
- Supports up to 128 GB DDR5-5200 RAM
- Unlocked multiplier
- Newer PCI Express version – 5.0
Test in Benchmarks
Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasksCinebench
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
| Cinebench 2026 (Multi) | 2341 | - |
Cinebench Scores (#101st place)
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
| File compression | 1260 MB/sec | - |
| Clang compilation | 94.7 Klines/sec | - |
| HTML 5 Browser | 264.5 pages/sec | - |
| PDF Renderer | 313.9 Mpixels/sec | - |
| Text processing | 297 pages/sec | - |
| Background blur | 50.2 images/sec | - |
| Photo processing | 114.8 images/sec | - |
| Ray tracing | 12.9 Mpixels/sec | - |
PassMark
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
| Integer math | 42.6 GOps/sec | 41.6 GOps/sec |
| Floating point math | 48.3 GOps/sec | 25.7 GOps/sec |
| Find prime numbers | 231M Primes/sec | 45M Primes/sec |
| Random string sorting | 27.3M Strings/sec | 23.6M Strings/sec |
| Data encryption | 11.5 GBytes/sec | 4.4 GBytes/sec |
| Data compression | 225 MBytes/sec | 185.6 MBytes/sec |
| Physics | 1867 Frames/sec | 813 Frames/sec |
| Extended instructions | 10B Matrices/sec | 15.7B Matrices/sec |
Blender
Blender CPU
Performance Per Watt
| Cinebench 2024 / Watt | 35.6 PPW | 12.1 PPW |
| Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt | 590.8 PPW | - |
| Passmark CPU Mark / Watt | 953.3 PPW | - |
| Blender / Watt | 8.02 PPW | - |
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.
Recent User Tests
Apple M3
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-08-22 (doannguyenmfs) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 2991 / 11735 |
| 📘 2026-06-16 (darkknightSup) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 2990 / 11498 |
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X
No benchmark results yet
Specifications
Full technical specification of Apple M3 and AMD Ryzen 7 7800XGeneral
| Vendor | Apple | Amd |
| Released | October 30, 2023 | January 10, 2023 |
| Type | Laptop | Desktop |
| Instruction Set | ARMv8 | x86-64 |
| Codename | Apple M3 | Zen 4 (Raphael) |
| Integrated GPU | Apple M3 GPU | Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000) |
| Rival Equivalent | - | - Intel Core i7 13700K |
| Successor | - Apple M5 (10-Core) | - |
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#43rd place)
CPU
| P-Cores | 4 | 8 |
| P-Threads | 4 | 16 |
| Base Frequency (P) | 4.05 GHz | 4.5 GHz |
| Turbo Boost Frequency (P) | - | 5.4 GHz |
| E-Cores | 4 | - |
| E-Threads | 4 | - |
| Base Frequency (E) | 2.75 GHz | - |
| Total Cores | 8 | 8 |
| Total Threads | 8 | 16 |
| Bus Frequency | - | 100 MHz |
| Multiplier | 40x | 45x |
| L1 Cache | 192K (per core) | - |
| L2 Cache | 16MB (shared) | 1MB (per core) |
| L3 Cache | - | 40MB (shared) |
| Unlocked Multiplier | No | Yes |
Package
| Transistors | 25 billions | - |
| Fabrication Process | 3 nm | 5 nm |
| TDP (PL1) | 20 W | 105 W |
| Socket | Apple M-Socket | AM5 |
| Peak Temperature | 100°C | 95°C |
Laptop processors ranking (#68th place)
Desktop CPU ranking (#58th place)
iGPU
| Integrated Graphics | Apple M3 GPU | Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000) |
| 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
Memory Support
| Memory Types | - LPDDR5-6400 | - DDR5-5200 |
| Max. Memory Size | 24 GB | 128 GB |
| Memory Channels | 8 | 2 |
| Max. Memory Bandwidth | 102.4 GB/s | - |
| ECC Support | No | - |
Misc
| PCI Express Version | 4.0 | 5.0 |
| PCI Express Lanes | - | 28 |
Further details
Notes on Ryzen 7 7800X:
- This CPU was never released for the retail market.
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