Apple M3 Pro 12-Core vs Ryzen 9 9955HX

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Aggregate performance score

Ryzen 9 9955HX
2025
16 cores / 32 threads, 55 Watt
35.86
+135%
Apple M3 Pro 12-Core
2023
12 cores / 12 threads, 27 Watt
15.25

Ryzen 9 9955HX outperforms Apple M3 Pro 12-Core by a whopping 135% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking116504
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesAMD Dragon Range (Zen 4, Ryzen 7045)Apple M3
Power efficiency62.5354.17
DesignerAMDApple
Architecture codenameFire Range-HX (Zen 5) (2025)no data
Release date6 January 2025 (less than a year ago)30 October 2023 (1 year ago)

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 9 9955HX 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 cores16 (Hexadeca-Core)12 (Dodeca-Core)
Threads3212
Base clock speedno data2.748 GHz
Boost clock speed5.4 GHz4.06 GHz
L1 cache1.3 MBno data
L2 cache16 MBno data
L3 cache64 MBno data
Chip lithographyno data3 nm
Number of transistorsno data37000 Million
64 bit support++

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 9 9955HX 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)55 Watt27 Watt

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardAMD Radeon 610M ( - 2200 MHz)Apple M3 Pro 18-Core GPU

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.

Ryzen 9 9955HX 35.86
+135%
Apple M3 Pro 12-Core 15.25

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.

Ryzen 9 9955HX 57522
+135%
Apple M3 Pro 12-Core 24469

Geekbench 5.5 Multi-Core

Ryzen 9 9955HX 22114
+44.6%
Apple M3 Pro 12-Core 15298

CrossMark Overall

Ryzen 9 9955HX 2218
+12.2%
Apple M3 Pro 12-Core 1977

Geekbench 6.4 Multi-Core

Ryzen 9 9955HX 19575
+26.5%
Apple M3 Pro 12-Core 15480

Geekbench 6.4 Single-Core

Ryzen 9 9955HX 3225
+2.8%
Apple M3 Pro 12-Core 3138

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 35.86 15.25
Recency 6 January 2025 30 October 2023
Physical cores 16 12
Threads 32 12
Power consumption (TDP) 55 Watt 27 Watt

Ryzen 9 9955HX has a 135.1% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 1 year, and 33.3% more physical cores and 166.7% more threads.

Apple M3 Pro 12-Core, on the other hand, has 103.7% lower power consumption.

The AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX is our recommended choice as it beats the Apple M3 Pro 12-Core in performance tests.

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