Apple M3 Pro vs AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370
We compared two 12-core laptop CPUs: the 4.05 GHz Apple M3 Pro against the 2.0 GHz AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.
Review
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Multi-Core Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Power Efficiency
The efficiency score of power consumption
Integrated Graphics
iGPU capabilities for gaming and 3D-intensive tasks
Choose your main usage scenario to recalculate the Final Score and see which CPU suits your needs.
Key Differences
Advantages of Apple M3 Pro
- More modern manufacturing process β 3 versus 4 nanometers
Advantages of AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370
- Supports up to 256 GB DDR5-5600 RAM
- Newer - released 7 months later
Test in Benchmarks
Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasksCinebench
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
| Cinebench 2026 (Single) | - | 475 |
| Cinebench 2026 (Multi) | - | 5200 |
Cinebench Scores (141st and 103rd place)
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
| File compression | 1560 MB/sec | 1340 MB/sec |
| Clang compilation | 132.6 Klines/sec | 139.9 Klines/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | 382.9 pages/sec | 335.1 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | 393.2 Mpixels/sec | 468.2 Mpixels/sec |
| Text processing | 301 pages/sec | 322.1 pages/sec |
| Background blur | 61.4 images/sec | 63.8 images/sec |
| Photo processing | 144.1 images/sec | 124.6 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | 19.7 Mpixels/sec | 33.5 Mpixels/sec |
PassMark
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
| Integer math | 55.9 GOps/sec | 122.2 GOps/sec |
| Floating point math | 64.8 GOps/sec | 76.4 GOps/sec |
| Find prime numbers | 240M Primes/sec | 127M Primes/sec |
| Random string sorting | 35.2M Strings/sec | 48.3M Strings/sec |
| Data encryption | 14.4 GBytes/sec | 22.1 GBytes/sec |
| Data compression | 288.5 MBytes/sec | 442.7 MBytes/sec |
| Physics | 2060 Frames/sec | 1881 Frames/sec |
| Extended instructions | 14.1B Matrices/sec | 31.4B Matrices/sec |
Blender
Blender CPU
Performance Per Watt
| Cinebench 2024 / Watt | 35.3 PPW | 23 PPW |
| Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt | 517.1 PPW | 295.9 PPW |
| Passmark CPU Mark / Watt | 801.5 PPW | 647.4 PPW |
| Blender / Watt | 7.62 PPW | 5.21 PPW |
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.
Recent User Tests
Apple M3 Pro
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-01-25 (Kirich) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 3198 / 14601 |
| π 2026-01-25 (Kirich) | Cinebench 2024 | 150 / 946 |
AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-08-26 (Nvdya) | Cinebench 2024 | 114 / 1135 |
| π 2025-10-24 (Peterr) | Cinebench 2024 | 117 / 962 |
| π 2025-03-18 (Rennsport) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 2904 / 15532 |
| π 2025-03-18 (Asus Tuf FA608WI) | Cinebench 2024 | 104 / 1050 |
| π 2025-03-15 (Urxelix) | Cinebench 2024 | 116 / 1217 |
Specifications
Full technical specification of Apple M3 Pro and AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370General
| Vendor | Apple | Amd |
| Released | October 30, 2023 | June 3, 2024 |
| Type | Laptop | Laptop |
| Instruction Set | ARMv8 | x86-64 |
| Codename | Apple M3 | Zen 5 (Strix Point) |
| Model number | - | 370 |
| Integrated GPU | Apple M3 Pro GPU (18-core) | Radeon 890M |
| Rival Equivalent | - | - Intel Core Ultra 9 285H |
| Successor | - Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) | - AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 470 |
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#31st place)
CPU
| P-Cores | 6 | 4 |
| P-Threads | 6 | 8 |
| Base Frequency (P) | 4.05 GHz | 2.0 GHz |
| Turbo Boost Frequency (P) | - | 5.1 GHz |
| E-Cores | 6 | 8 |
| E-Threads | 6 | 16 |
| Base Frequency (E) | 2.75 GHz | 2.0 GHz |
| Turbo Boost Frequency (E) | - | 3.3 GHz |
| Total Cores | 12 | 12 |
| Total Threads | 12 | 24 |
| Bus Frequency | - | 100 MHz |
| Multiplier | 40x | 20x |
| L1 Cache | 192K (per core) | 80K (per core) |
| L2 Cache | 16MB (shared) | 1MB (per core) |
| L3 Cache | - | 24MB (shared) |
| Unlocked Multiplier | No | No |
Package
| Transistors | 37 billions | - |
| Fabrication Process | 3 nm | 4 nm |
| TDP (PL1) | 30 W | 15-54 W (configurable) |
| Socket | Apple M-Socket | FP8 |
| Peak Temperature | 100Β°C | 100Β°C |
Laptop processors ranking (40th and 43rd place)
iGPU
| Integrated Graphics | Apple M3 Pro GPU (18-core) | AMD Radeon 890M |
| GPU Base Clock | 500 MHz | 400 MHz |
| GPU Boost Clock | 1380 MHz | 2900 MHz |
| Shading Units | 2304 | 1024 |
| TMUs | 144 | 64 |
| ROPs | 72 | 32 |
| Execution Units | 288 | 16 |
| TGP | 30 W | 15 W |
iGPU FLOPS
Memory Support
| Memory Types | - LPDDR5-6400 | - DDR5-5600 - LPDDR5X-8000 |
| Max. Memory Size | 36 GB | 256 GB |
| Memory Channels | 12 | 2 |
| Max. Memory Bandwidth | 153.6 GB/s | - |
| ECC Support | No | No |
Misc
| Official Site | - | AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 official page |
| PCI Express Version | 4.0 | 4.0 |
| PCI Express Lanes | - | 16 |
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