M3 Ultra (32C80G) vs AMD Athlon X4 970
M3 Ultra (32C80G)
AMD Athlon X4 970
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32 Cores
32 Threads
4.05GHz Clock
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2 Cores
4 Threads
3.8GHz Clock
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Socket
Unknown
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Socket
AM4
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iGPU
80-Core M3 Ultra
28.63 TFLOPS FP32
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iGPU
No GPU
- -
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GB6 Single-Core
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M3 Ultra (32C80G) - GB6S 3,220
x4.81
Athlon X4 970 - GB6S 670
x1
GB6 Multi-Core
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M3 Ultra (32C80G) - GB6M 27,750
x16.92
Athlon X4 970 - GB6M 1,640
x1
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M3 Ultra (32C80G) - 819.2GB/s
x21.33
Athlon X4 970 - 38.4GB/s
x1
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M3 Ultra (32C80G) - 180W
x2.77
Athlon X4 970 - 65W
x1
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GB6S 3,220
79%
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GB6S 670
17%
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GB6M 27,750
104%
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GB6M 1,640
6%
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0%
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0%
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0%
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0%
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Manufacturer
Apple
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Manufacturer
AMD
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Architecture
Apple Silicon 13
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Architecture
Excavator+
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Family
M Series
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Family
Athlon
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Instruction Set (ISA)
AArch64
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Instruction Set (ISA)
x86-64
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Codename
Palma
M3 Ultra
P-Core
AS13P
E-Core
AS13E
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Codename
Bristol Ridge
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-
-
-
-
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Market Segment
Desktop
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Market Segment
Desktop
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Release Date
3/5/2025
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Release Date
7/27/2017
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Foundry
TSMC
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Foundry
GlobalFoundries
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Node
N3B
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Node
28nm
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Die Size
1005 mm²
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Die Size
250 mm²
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Transistor Count
184 Billion
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Transistor Count
3.1 Billion
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Unknown
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AM4 |
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32 Cores
24 P-Cores
8 E-Cores
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2 Cores
-
-
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32 Threads
24 P-Threads
8 E-Threads
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4 Threads
-
-
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P-Core
4.05GHz
-
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-
3.8GHz
4GHz Boost
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E-Core
2.75GHz
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-
-
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Overclocking
Locked
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Overclocking
Locked
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Integrated Chipset
-
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Type
PCIe
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-
-
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Transfer Rate
8GT/s
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-
-
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Lanes
4
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-
-
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Bandwidth
4GB/s
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-
-
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Bi-directional
8GB/s
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L0 Instruction
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L0 Instruction
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L0 Data
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L0 Data
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L1 Instruction
192KB/P-Core
6-way set associative
128KB/E-Core
4-way set associative
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L1 Instruction
96KB/Core
3-way set associative
-
-
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L1 Data
128KB/P-Core
4-way set associative
64KB/E-Core
2-way set associative
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L1 Data
32KB/Core
8-way set associative
-
-
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L2
-
-
64MB Shared
16-way set associative
4MB Shared (E-Core)
16-way set associative
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L2
1024KB/Core
16-way set associative
-
-
-
-
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96MB SLC Cache
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-
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Channels
8
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Channels
2
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Max Memory
128GB
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Max Memory
64GB
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ECC
Not Supported
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ECC
Not Supported
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Bus Width/Channel
128Bit
Bus Width
1024Bit
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Bus Width/Channel
64Bit
Bus Width
128Bit
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Clock
3200MHz
Transfer Rate
6400MT/s
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Clock
1200MHz
Transfer Rate
2400MT/s
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Bandwidth/Channel
102.4GB/s
Bandwidth
819.2GB/s
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Bandwidth/Channel
19.2GB/s
Bandwidth
38.4GB/s
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TDP
180W
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TDP
65W
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Temp
100°C Max
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-
-
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Included Cooler
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Included Cooler
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No PCIe
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PCIe 3.0 x8 Lanes
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80-Core M3 Ultra
10240 Shaders
1398MHz
28.63 TFLOPS FP32
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No GPU
-
-
- -
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No NPU
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32 Cores
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-
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36 TOPS FP16
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-
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No Cellular
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No Cellular
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