Ryzen 5 5600HS vs Apple M3 Pro 12-Core
Primary details
Comparing Apple M3 Pro 12-Core and Ryzen 5 5600HS processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 407 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | Apple M3 | AMD Cezanne (Zen 3, Ryzen 5000) |
| Power efficiency | 56.75 | no data |
| Architecture codename | no data | Cezanne-HS (Zen 3) (2021) |
| Release date | 30 October 2023 (1 year ago) | 12 January 2021 (3 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Apple M3 Pro 12-Core and Ryzen 5 5600HS 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 | 12 (Dodeca-Core) | 6 (Hexa-Core) |
| Threads | 12 | 12 |
| Base clock speed | 2.748 GHz | 3 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 4.06 GHz | 4.2 GHz |
| Multiplier | no data | 30 |
| L1 cache | no data | 64 KB (per core) |
| L2 cache | no data | 512 KB (per core) |
| L3 cache | no data | 16 MB (shared) |
| Chip lithography | 3 nm | 7 nm |
| Die size | no data | 180 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | no data | 105 °C |
| Number of transistors | 37000 Million | 10,700 million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | no data | + |
Compatibility
Information on Apple M3 Pro 12-Core and Ryzen 5 5600HS 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 configuration | no data | 1 |
| Socket | no data | FP6 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 27 Watt | 35 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Apple M3 Pro 12-Core and Ryzen 5 5600HS. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | no data | MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SME |
| AES-NI | - | + |
| FMA | - | + |
| AVX | - | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Apple M3 Pro 12-Core and Ryzen 5 5600HS 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 5600HS. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | no data | DDR4 |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card Compare | Apple M3 Pro 18-Core GPU | AMD Radeon RX Vega 7 ( - 1800 MHz) |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Apple M3 Pro 12-Core and Ryzen 5 5600HS.
| PCIe version | no data | 3.0 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 30 October 2023 | 12 January 2021 |
| Physical cores | 12 | 6 |
| Chip lithography | 3 nm | 7 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 27 Watt | 35 Watt |
Apple M3 Pro 12-Core has an age advantage of 2 years, 100% more physical cores, a 133.3% more advanced lithography process, and 29.6% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Apple M3 Pro 12-Core and Ryzen 5 5600HS. We've got no test results to judge.
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