AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX vs Apple M3 (8C10G) Full Specs

Summary

8 Cores 16 Threads 3.3GHz	8 Cores(4P+4E) 8 Threads(4P+4E) 4.05GHz
TDP 45W	TDP 30W
Bandwidth 204.8GB/s LPDDR5·DDR5	Bandwidth 102.4GB/s LPDDR5
iGPU Radeon 680M 2400MHz	iGPU 10-Core M3
Peak·FP32·FP16 7.37 TFLOPSFP16	Peak·FP32·FP16 3.42 TFLOPSFP16
Socket FP7	Socket -

Highlights

Geekbench 6 Single

Geekbench 6 Single Geekbench 6 Multi Max Bandwidth iGPU Peak iGPU FP32 iGPU FP16 NPU TOPS TDP

Ryzen 9 6900HX2,146

x1

M3 (8C10G)3,138

x1.46

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Core Config

8 Cores 8P -	8 Cores 4P 4E
16 Threads 16P -	8 Threads 4P 4E

Clocks

Base Clock 3.3GHz	Base Clock 4.05GHz
Boost Clock 4.9GHz	Boost Clock -
Overclocking Locked	Overclocking Locked

Cache

L1i 32KB P -	L1i 192KB P 128KB E
L1d 32KB P -	L1d 128KB P 64KB E
L2 512KB P - -	L2 16MB P shared 4MB E shared
L3 32MB	L3 -
SLC Cache -	SLC Cache 8MB

Memory

Type LPDDR5·DDR5	Type LPDDR5
Max Memory 64GB	Max Memory 24GB
ECC No	ECC No
Channels 4	Channels 2
Bus Width 256-bit	Bus Width 128-bit
Speed 6400MT/s	Speed 6400MT/s
Bandwidth 204.8GB/s	Bandwidth 102.4GB/s
Bandwidth Calculator Channels Transfer Rate6400MT/s Calculated Bandwidth 204.8GB/s	Bandwidth Calculator Channels Transfer Rate6400MT/s Calculated Bandwidth 102.4GB/s

Power & Thermals

TDP 45W	TDP 30W
Max Operating Temp 95°C Max	Max Operating Temp 100°C Max

Chipset Bus

Bus Type PCIe	Bus Type -
Bus Config 4 lanes	Bus Config -
Bus Speed 8GT/s	Bus Speed -
Bus Bandwidth 4GB/s	Bus Bandwidth -

Expansion

PCIe PCIe 4.0 x16 31.5GB/sBandwidth

PCIe PCIe 4.0 x6 11.8GB/sBandwidth

iGPU

iGPU Radeon 680M 2400MHz	iGPU 10-Core M3
Shaders 768	Shaders 1280
Boost Clock 2.4GHz	Boost Clock 1.34GHz
Peak·FP32·FP16 7.37 TFLOPSFP16	Peak·FP32·FP16 3.42 TFLOPSFP16

NPU

NPU Model -	NPU Model H15 Themis
NPU Cores -	NPU Cores 16
NPU Clock -	NPU Clock 2.36GHz
Performance -	Performance 18 TOPSFP16

Chip

Manufacturer AMD	Manufacturer Apple
ISA x86-64	ISA AArch64
Architecture Zen 3+	Architecture Apple Silicon 13ARMv8.6-A
Family Ryzen 6000	Family M Series
Branding	Branding
Codename Rembrandt - - -	Codename Ibiza M3Variant EverestP-Core Sawtooth E-Core
Market Segment Laptop	Market Segment Laptop
Release Date Jan 4, 2022	Release Date Oct 30, 2023

Fabrication

Foundry TSMC	Foundry TSMC
Fabrication Node N6	Fabrication Node N3B
Die Size 210mm²	Die Size 153mm²
Transistor Count 13.1 Billion	Transistor Count 25 Billion
Transistor Density 62 MTr/mm²	Transistor Density 164 MTr/mm²

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Used In

Laptops Alienware m15(R7 AMD, Early 2022)Blade 14(Early 2022)Alienware m17(R5, Early 2022) Show 2 more	Laptops MacBook Pro 14(M3, Late 2023)
All-in-Ones -	All-in-Ones iMac 24(M3, Four Ports, Late 2023)

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