Ryzen 5 PRO 7640HS vs Apple M3 Max 16-Core

Place in performance ranking	177	480
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	Apple M3	AMD Phoenix (Zen 4, Ryzen 7040)
Architecture codename	no data	Phoenix (Zen4) (2023)
Release date	30 October 2023 (less than a year ago)	5 January 2023 (1 year ago)

Detailed specifications

Apple M3 Max 16-Core and Ryzen 5 PRO 7640HS 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	16 (Hexadeca-Core)	6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads	16	12
Base clock speed	2.748 GHz	4.3 GHz
Boost clock speed	4.06 GHz	5 GHz
L1 cache	no data	384 KB
L2 cache	no data	6 MB
L3 cache	no data	16 MB
Chip lithography	3 nm	4 nm
Die size	no data	178 mm²
Maximum core temperature	no data	100 °C
Number of transistors	92000 Million	no data
64 bit support	+	+

Compatibility

Information on Apple M3 Max 16-Core and Ryzen 5 PRO 7640HS 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)

78 Watt

54 Watt

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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Apple M3 Max 40-Core GPU

AMD Radeon 760M

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.

Apple M3 Max 16-Core 26.34
+78.8%

Ryzen 5 PRO 7640HS 14.73

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.

Apple M3 Max 16-Core 40738
+78.8%

Ryzen 5 PRO 7640HS 22778

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

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

Apple M3 Max 16-Core 3264
+75.2%

Ryzen 5 PRO 7640HS 1863

Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R15 (standing for Release 15) is a benchmark made by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version (sometimes called Single-Thread) only uses a single processor thread to render a room full of reflective spheres and light sources.

Apple M3 Max 16-Core 271
+8.8%

Ryzen 5 PRO 7640HS 249

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	26.34	14.73
Recency	30 October 2023	5 January 2023
Physical cores	16	6
Threads	16	12
Chip lithography	3 nm	4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	78 Watt	54 Watt

Apple M3 Max 16-Core has a 78.8% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 9 months, 166.7% more physical cores and 33.3% more threads, and a 33.3% more advanced lithography process.

Ryzen 5 PRO 7640HS, on the other hand, has 44.4% lower power consumption.

The Apple M3 Max 16-Core is our recommended choice as it beats the Ryzen 5 PRO 7640HS in performance tests.

Should you still have questions on choice between Apple M3 Max 16-Core and Ryzen 5 PRO 7640HS, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.