Apple M3 Ultra vs AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370

Compared 2 processors: Apple M3 Ultra, vs AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Apple M3 Ultra and AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370
Single-Thread Perf.
Single-Core Benchmark Score
Multi-Thread Perf.
Multi-Core Benchmark Score
Energy Efficiency
Chip Power Efficiency
Integrated Graphics
iGPU Performance in Games & 3D
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
Cinebench R23
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
Apple M3 Ultra
n/a
AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370
2035
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
Apple M3 Ultra
n/a
AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370
23786
Cinebench 2024
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
Apple M3 Ultra
n/a
AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370
114
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
Apple M3 Ultra
n/a
AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370
1152
PassMark
PassMark CPU (Single-Core)
Apple M3 Ultra
n/a
AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370
3959
PassMark CPU (Multi-Core)
Apple M3 Ultra
n/a
AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370
35190
Integer Mathn/a123.3 GOps/s
Floating-Point Mathn/a77.2 GOps/s
Prime Number Searchn/a124 M primes/s
Random String Sortn/a48.8 M strings/s
Data Encryptionn/a22.4 GB/s
Data Compressionn/a448 MB/s
Physicsn/a1878 frames/s
Extended Instructionsn/a319 M matrices/s
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Apple M3 Ultra
3247
AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370
2985
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Apple M3 Ultra
28128
AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370
15976
File Compression2690 MB/s1340 MB/s
Clang Compilation319.2 KLines/s139.9 KLines/s
HTML5 Browser819.6 pages/s335.1 pages/s
PDF Rendering701.5 MP/sec468.2 MP/sec
Text Processing327.5 pages/s322.1 pages/s
Background Blur63.2 frames/s63.8 frames/s
Photo Processing190.9 frames/s124.6 frames/s
Ray Tracing61.5 MP/sec33.5 MP/sec

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender CPU
Apple M3 Ultra
n/a
AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370
281.07

Performance/Watt

Points per watt of PL1 TDP
Geekbench 6 Multi / W 200.9 PPW 295.9 PPW
PassMark CPU / W n/a 651.7 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / W n/a 21.3 PPW
Blender / W n/a 5.21 PPW

General Info

Manufacturer Apple AMD
Announced March, 5, 2025 June, 3, 2024
Type PC use Laptop use
Architecture ARMv8 x86-64
Codename Apple M3 Zen 5 (Strix Point)
Integrated GPU Apple M3 Ultra GPU (80-core) Radeon 890M

Processor

Performance cores
Cores 24 4
Threads 24 8
Frequency 4.5 GHz 2.0 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo) n/a 5.1 GHz
Efficiency cores
Cores88
Threads816
Frequencyn/a2.0 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo)n/a3.3 GHz
General
Cores count3212
Threads count3224
Bus frequencyn/a100 MHz
Multiplier45x20x
L1 cachen/a80 KB/core
L2 cachen/a1000 KB/core
L3 Cachen/a24 MB total
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Package

Transistor count 184 billion n/a
Process tech. 3 nm 4 nm
Power (TDP) 140 W 15-54 W
Socket Apple M-Socket FP8
Critical temp. 100 °C 100 °C

Memory Support

Memory Type LPDDR5-6400 - DDR5-5600
- LPDDR5X-8000
Max Size 512 GB 256 GB
Channels 8 2
ECC support No No
Max memory bandwidth 819.2 GB n/a

Other

PCIe Version n/a 4.0
Max PCIe Lanes n/a 16

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Apple M3 Ultra the clear winner in this comparison.

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