Apple M3 Pro 12-Core vs Ryzen 7 8745HS
Aggregate performance score
Ryzen 7 8745HS outperforms M3 Pro 12-Core by a significant 21% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
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Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 459 | 609 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | no data | Apple M3 |
| Designer | AMD | Apple |
| Architecture codename | Hawk Point-HS (Zen 4) (2023−2024) | no data |
| Release date | no data | 30 October 2023 (2 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Ryzen 7 8745HS and M3 Pro 12-Core 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 | 8 (Octa-Core) | 12 (Dodeca-Core) |
| Threads | 16 | 12 |
| Base clock speed | 3.8 GHz | 2.748 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 4.9 GHz | 4.06 GHz |
| Chip lithography | no data | 3 nm |
| Number of transistors | no data | 37000 Million |
| 64 bit support | - | + |
Compatibility
Information on Ryzen 7 8745HS and M3 Pro 12-Core 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.
| Power consumption (TDP) | 8 MB + 16 MB | no data |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | no data | Apple M3 Pro 18-Core GPU |
Synthetic benchmarks
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.
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. Other than that, Passmark measures multi-core performance.
Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core
Cinebench Release 15 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R15 which uses all the processor threads.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 16.50 | 13.68 |
| Physical cores | 8 | 12 |
| Threads | 16 | 12 |
Ryzen 7 8745HS has a 20.6% higher aggregate performance score, and 33.3% more threads.
Apple M3 Pro 12-Core, on the other hand, has 50% more physical cores.
The AMD Ryzen 7 8745HS is our recommended choice as it beats the Apple M3 Pro 12-Core in performance tests.
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