Apple M3 Pro 12-Core vs Ryzen 9 6900HS

Place in performance ranking	404	418
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	no data	Apple M3
Architecture codename	Rembrandt-H (Zen 3+)	no data
Release date	January 2022 (2 years ago)	30 October 2023 (less than a year ago)

Detailed Specifications

Ryzen 9 6900HS and Apple 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	126 x 4.1 GHz Apple M3 P-Core6 x 2.7 GHz Apple M3 E-Core
Base clock speed	3.3 GHz	2.748 GHz
Boost clock speed	4.9 GHz	4.06 GHz
L1 cache	64K (per core)	no data
L2 cache	512K (per core)	no data
L3 cache	16 MB (shared)	no data
Chip lithography	6 nm	3 nm
Die size	208 mm²	no data
Maximum core temperature	95 °C	no data
Number of transistors	no data	37000 Million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	no data
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 9 6900HS and Apple 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.

Number of CPUs in a configuration	1	no data
Socket	FP7	no data
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	27 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 9 6900HS and Apple M3 Pro 12-Core. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	DDR5-4800/LPDDR5-6400 RAM (incl. ECC), PCIe 4, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SME	no data
AES-NI	+	no data
FMA	+	no data
AVX	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 9 6900HS and Apple M3 Pro 12-Core are enumerated here.

AMD-V

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Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 9 6900HS and Apple M3 Pro 12-Core. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

DDR5, DDR5

no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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AMD Radeon 680M

Apple M3 Pro 18-Core GPU

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 9 6900HS and Apple M3 Pro 12-Core.

PCIe version	4.0	no data
PCI Express lanes	20	no data

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.

Ryzen 9 6900HS 15.33
+1.9%

Apple M3 Pro 12-Core 15.05

Ryzen 9 6900HS outperforms Apple M3 Pro 12-Core by 2% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 15 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R15 which uses all the processor threads.

Benchmark coverage: 15%

Ryzen 9 6900HS 2161

Apple M3 Pro 12-Core 2163
+0.1%

Gaming performance

Pros & Cons Summary

Performance score	15.33	15.05
Integrated graphics card	16.93
Physical cores	8	12
Threads	16	126 x 4.1 GHz Apple M3 P-Core6 x 2.7 GHz Apple M3 E-Core
Chip lithography	6 nm	3 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	27 Watt