M3 Ultra (32C80G) vs AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT

M3 Ultra (32C80G)
AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT $249
32 Cores
32 Threads
4.05GHz Clock
6 Cores
12 Threads
3.8GHz Clock
Socket
Unknown
Socket
AM4
iGPU
80-Core M3 Ultra
28.63 TFLOPS FP32
iGPU
No GPU
- -

GB6 Single-Core

  • 87% faster vs Ryzen 5 3600XT
  • 47% slower vs M3 Ultra (32C80G)
M3 Ultra (32C80G) - GB6S 3,220
x1.87
Ryzen 5 3600XT - GB6S 1,720
x1

GB6 Multi-Core

  • 3.86x faster vs Ryzen 5 3600XT
  • 74% slower vs M3 Ultra (32C80G)
M3 Ultra (32C80G) - GB6M 27,750
x3.86
Ryzen 5 3600XT - GB6M 7,185
x1
  • 16x faster vs Ryzen 5 3600XT
  • 94% slower vs M3 Ultra (32C80G)
M3 Ultra (32C80G) - 819.2GB/s
x16
Ryzen 5 3600XT - 51.2GB/s
x1
  • 89% higher vs Ryzen 5 3600XT
  • 47% lower vs M3 Ultra (32C80G)
M3 Ultra (32C80G) - 180W
x1.89
Ryzen 5 3600XT - 95W
x1
GB6S 3,220
79%
GB6M 27,750
104%
CB23S N/A
0%
CB23S 1,340
52%
CB23M N/A
0%
CB23M 9,950
23%
Manufacturer
Apple
Manufacturer
AMD
Architecture
Apple Silicon 13
Architecture
Zen 2
Family
M Series
Family
Ryzen 3000
Instruction Set (ISA)
AArch64
Instruction Set (ISA)
x86-64
Codename
Palma
-
M3 Ultra
P-Core
AS13P
E-Core
AS13E
Codename
Matisse
Aspen Highlands
Matisse 1CCD
-
-
-
-
Market Segment
Desktop
Market Segment
Desktop
Release Date
3/5/2025
Release Date
7/7/2020
Foundry
TSMC
-
Foundry
TSMC
GlobalFoundries (IO Die)
Node
N3B
-
Node
N7
12LP (IO Die)
Die Size
1005 mm²
-
Die Size
74 mm²
125 mm² (IO Die)
Transistor Count
184 Billion
-
Transistor Count
3.8 Billion
2.1 Billion (IO Die)
Unknown
AM4
32 Cores
24 P-Cores
8 E-Cores
6 Cores
-
-
32 Threads
24 P-Threads
8 E-Threads
12 Threads
-
-
P-Core
4.05GHz
-
-
3.8GHz
4.5GHz Boost
E-Core
2.75GHz
-
-
Overclocking
Locked
Overclocking
Unlocked
Integrated Chipset
-
Type
PCIe
-
-
Transfer Rate
16GT/s
-
-
Lanes
4
-
-
Bandwidth
8GB/s
-
-
Bi-directional
16GB/s
L1 Instruction
192KB/P-Core
6-way set associative
128KB/E-Core
4-way set associative
L1 Instruction
32KB/Core
8-way set associative
-
-
L1 Data
128KB/P-Core
4-way set associative
64KB/E-Core
2-way set associative
L1 Data
32KB/Core
8-way set associative
-
-
L2
-
-
64MB Shared
16-way set associative
4MB Shared (E-Core)
16-way set associative
L2
512KB/Core
8-way set associative
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
L3
32MB Shared
16-way set associative
96MB SLC Cache
-
Channels
8
Channels
2
Max Memory
128GB
Max Memory
128GB
ECC
Not Supported
ECC
Not Supported
Bus Width/Channel
128Bit
Bus Width
1024Bit
Bus Width/Channel
64Bit
Bus Width
128Bit
Clock
3200MHz
Transfer Rate
6400MT/s
Clock
1600MHz
Transfer Rate
3200MT/s
Bandwidth/Channel
102.4GB/s
Bandwidth
819.2GB/s
Bandwidth/Channel
25.6GB/s
Bandwidth
51.2GB/s
TDP
180W
-
TDP
95W
102W Peak
Temp
100°C Max
Temp
95°C Max
Included Cooler
Not Included
Included Cooler
Wraith Spire
No PCIe
PCIe 4.0 x20 Lanes
80-Core M3 Ultra
10240 Shaders
1398MHz
28.63 TFLOPS FP32
No GPU
-
-
- -
No NPU
32 Cores
-
36 TOPS FP16
-
No Cellular
No Cellular
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