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Apple M3 Pro vs AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 375

72 out of 100
Apple M3 Pro
VS
73 out of 100
AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 375
Apple M3 Pro
AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 375

We compared two 12-core laptop CPUs: the 4.05 GHz Apple M3 Pro against the 2.0 GHz AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 375. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Performance
  4. Specs
  5. Comments

Review

General overview and comparison of the processors
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
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Key Differences

What are the key differences between 375 and Pro
Advantages of Apple M3 Pro
  • More modern manufacturing process – 3 versus 4 nanometers
Advantages of AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 375
  • Supports up to 256 GB DDR5-5600 RAM
  • Newer - released 9 months later

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
M3 Pro
vs
Ryzen AI 9 HX 375

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
M3 Pro +18%
143
Ryzen AI 9 HX 375
121
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
M3 Pro
1059
Ryzen AI 9 HX 375 +21%
1277
Cinebench Scores (141st and 98th place)
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GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
M3 Pro +6%
3163
Ryzen AI 9 HX 375
2977
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
M3 Pro
15512
Ryzen AI 9 HX 375 +5%
16240
File compression 1560 MB/sec 1270 MB/sec
Clang compilation 132.6 Klines/sec 131.2 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 382.9 pages/sec 304 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 393.2 Mpixels/sec 480.8 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 301 pages/sec 316.2 pages/sec
Background blur 61.4 images/sec 74.1 images/sec
Photo processing 144.1 images/sec 135.3 images/sec
Ray tracing 19.7 Mpixels/sec 32.6 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 991 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
M3 Pro +7%
4247
Ryzen AI 9 HX 375
3982
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
M3 Pro
24046
Ryzen AI 9 HX 375 +47%
35341
Integer math 55.9 GOps/sec 124.4 GOps/sec
Floating point math 64.8 GOps/sec 78.3 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 240M Primes/sec 129M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 35.2M Strings/sec 48.5M Strings/sec
Data encryption 14.4 GBytes/sec 22.3 GBytes/sec
Data compression 288.5 MBytes/sec 446.6 MBytes/sec
Physics 2060 Frames/sec 1911 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 14.1B Matrices/sec 32B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 1204 & 140 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 35.3 PPW 23.6 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 517.1 PPW 300.7 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 801.5 PPW 654.5 PPW
Blender / Watt 7.62 PPW -
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Apple M3 Pro
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-01-25 (Kirich)Geekbench 6 CPU3198 / 14601
πŸ“˜ 2026-01-25 (Kirich)Cinebench 2024150 / 946
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AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 375
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2025-10-31 (DavidchoGamer84)Cinebench 2024121 / 1277
Add View all (1)

Specifications

Full technical specification of Apple M3 Pro and AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 375

General

Vendor Apple Amd
Released October 30, 2023 July 24, 2024
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set ARMv8 x86-64
Codename Apple M3 Zen 5 (Strix Point)
Model number - 375
Integrated GPU Apple M3 Pro GPU (18-core) Radeon 890M
Rival Equivalent - - Intel Core i9 14900HX
Successor - Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) - AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 475
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#27th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 6 4
P-Threads 6 8
Base Frequency (P) 4.05 GHz 2.0 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) - 5.1 GHz
Efficient Cores
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
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 (44th and 39th 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
M3 Pro +8%
6.4 TFLOPS
Ryzen AI 9 HX 375
5.9 TFLOPS
More info: Radeon 890M compared to Apple M3 Pro GPU (18-core)

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 375 official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes - 16

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Comments

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