Apple M3 vs AMD Ryzen 5 2500U
CPU Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Oct 2023
Oct 2017
Manufacturer
Apple
AMD
Type
Laptop
Laptop
Instruction Set
ARMv8
x86-64
Core Architecture
Apple M3
Raven Ridge
Integrated Graphics
Apple M3 GPU
Radeon Vega 8
Package
Transistor Count
25 billions
4.9 billions
Manufacturing Process
3 nm
14 nm
Socket
Apple M-Socket
FP5
Power Consumption
20 W
15 W
Peak Operating Temperature
100°C
95 °C
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
4
4
Performance Core Threads
4
8
Performance Core Base Frequency
4.05 GHz
2.0 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4.05 GHz
3.6 GHz
Efficiency Cores
4
-
Efficiency Core Threads
4
-
Efficiency Core Base Frequency
2.75 GHz
-
Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency
2.57 GHz
-
Total Core Count
8
4
Total Thread Count
8
8
Multiplier
40x
20x
L1 Cache
192 K per core
128 K per core
L2 Cache
16 MB shared
512 K per core
L3 Cache
64 MB shared
4 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
No
No
Bus Frequency
-
100 MHz
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
LPDDR5-6400
DDR4-2400
Max Memory Size
24 GB
32 GB
Max Memory Channels
2
2
Max Memory Bandwidth
102.4 GB/s
35.76 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
No
Yes
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics
true
true
GPU Base Frequency
500 MHz
300 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
1600 MHz
1100 MHz
Shader Units
1280
512
Texture Units
80
32
Raster Operation Units
40
8
Execution Units
160
8
Power Consumption
-
65 W
Max Resolution
-
3840x2160 - 60 Hz
Miscellaneous
📊 Benchmark
Cinebench R23
1,920
796
Cinebench R23
10,448
2,861
Geekbench 6
3,009
1,025
Geekbench 6
11,805
2,649
Cinebench 2024
140
-
Cinebench 2024
707
-
Blender
168
41
Passmark CPU
4,850
1,807
Passmark CPU
19,597
6,483
Geekbench 5
-
781
Geekbench 5
-
2,722