Phenom II X3 N830 vs Apple M3 Max 16-Core

Place in the ranking	193	2723
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	Apple M3	3x AMD Phenom II
Power efficiency	31.32	1.88
Architecture codename	no data	Champlain (2010−2011)
Release date	30 October 2023 (1 year ago)	12 May 2010 (14 years ago)

Detailed specifications

M3 Max 16-Core and Phenom II X3 N830 basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores	16 (Hexadeca-Core)	3 (Tri-Core)
Threads	16	3
Base clock speed	2.748 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	4.06 GHz	2.1 GHz
Bus rate	no data	3600 MHz
L2 cache	no data	1.5 MB
Chip lithography	3 nm	45 nm
Number of transistors	92000 Million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	no data	-

Compatibility

Information on M3 Max 16-Core and Phenom II X3 N830 compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Socket	no data	S1
Power consumption (TDP)	78 Watt	35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by M3 Max 16-Core and Phenom II X3 N830. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions

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86x MMX(+), 3DNow!(+), SSE(1,2,3,4A),-64, AMD-V

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by M3 Max 16-Core and Phenom II X3 N830 are enumerated here.

AMD-V

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by M3 Max 16-Core and Phenom II X3 N830. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

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DDR3

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

Apple M3 Max 40-Core GPU

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Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Apple M3 Max 16-Core 25.67
+3620%

Phenom II X3 N830 0.69

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Apple M3 Max 16-Core 41111
+3614%

Phenom II X3 N830 1107

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	25.67	0.69
Recency	30 October 2023	12 May 2010
Physical cores	16	3
Threads	16	3
Chip lithography	3 nm	45 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	78 Watt	35 Watt

Apple M3 Max 16-Core has a 3620.3% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 13 years, 433.3% more physical cores and 433.3% more threads, and a 1400% more advanced lithography process.

Phenom II X3 N830, on the other hand, has 122.9% lower power consumption.

The M3 Max 16-Core is our recommended choice as it beats the Phenom II X3 N830 in performance tests.

Should you still have questions on choice between Apple M3 Max 16-Core and Phenom II X3 N830, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.