Ryzen 5 8645HS vs Apple M3 Pro 12-Core

Aggregate performance score

Apple M3 Pro 12-Core
2023
12 cores / 12 threads, 27 Watt
16.23
+13.2%
Ryzen 5 8645HS
2023
6 cores / 12 threads, 45 Watt
14.34

Apple M3 Pro 12-Core outperforms Ryzen 5 8645HS by a moderate 13% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Apple M3 Pro 12-Core and Ryzen 5 8645HS processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking406499
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesApple M3no data
Power efficiency56.8930.16
Architecture codenameno dataHawk Point-HS (Zen 4) (2023−2024)
Release date30 October 2023 (1 year ago)6 December 2023 (less than a year ago)

Detailed specifications

Apple M3 Pro 12-Core and Ryzen 5 8645HS 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 cores12 (Dodeca-Core)6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads1212
Base clock speed2.748 GHz4.3 GHz
Boost clock speed4.06 GHz5 GHz
L1 cacheno data64 KB (per core)
L2 cacheno data1 MB (per core)
L3 cacheno data16 MB (shared)
Chip lithography3 nm4 nm
Die sizeno data178 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
Number of transistors37000 Million25,000 million
64 bit support++

Compatibility

Information on Apple M3 Pro 12-Core and Ryzen 5 8645HS 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.

Number of CPUs in a configurationno data1
Socketno dataFP8
Power consumption (TDP)27 Watt45 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Apple M3 Pro 12-Core and Ryzen 5 8645HS. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataRyzen AI, AES, AVX, AVX2, AVX512, FMA3, MMX (+), SHA, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4A, SSSE3
AES-NI-+
AVX-+
Precision Boost 2no data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Apple M3 Pro 12-Core and Ryzen 5 8645HS are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Apple M3 Pro 12-Core and Ryzen 5 8645HS. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR5

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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Apple M3 Pro 18-Core GPUAMD Radeon 760M

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Apple M3 Pro 12-Core and Ryzen 5 8645HS.

PCIe versionno data4.0
PCI Express lanesno data20

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 Pro 12-Core 16.23
+13.2%
Ryzen 5 8645HS 14.34

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 Pro 12-Core 25776
+13.2%
Ryzen 5 8645HS 22777

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 Pro 12-Core 2163
+3.3%
Ryzen 5 8645HS 2094

Geekbench 5.5 Multi-Core

Apple M3 Pro 12-Core 15298
+62.4%
Ryzen 5 8645HS 9420

Geekbench 5.5 Single-Core

Apple M3 Pro 12-Core 2327
+21.5%
Ryzen 5 8645HS 1915

WebXPRT 3

Apple M3 Pro 12-Core 427
+44.7%
Ryzen 5 8645HS 295

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 16.23 14.34
Recency 30 October 2023 6 December 2023
Physical cores 12 6
Chip lithography 3 nm 4 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 27 Watt 45 Watt

Apple M3 Pro 12-Core has a 13.2% higher aggregate performance score, 100% more physical cores, a 33.3% more advanced lithography process, and 66.7% lower power consumption.

Ryzen 5 8645HS, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 month.

The Apple M3 Pro 12-Core is our recommended choice as it beats the Ryzen 5 8645HS in performance tests.


Should you still have questions on choice between Apple M3 Pro 12-Core and Ryzen 5 8645HS, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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