Ryzen 5 PRO 4650U vs Apple M3 Pro 12-Core

Aggregate performance score

Apple M3 Pro 12-Core
2023
12 cores / 12 threads, 27 Watt
16.23
+104%
Ryzen 5 PRO 4650U
2020
6 cores / 12 threads, 15 Watt
7.95

Apple M3 Pro 12-Core outperforms Ryzen 5 PRO 4650U by a whopping 104% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Apple M3 Pro 12-Core and Ryzen 5 PRO 4650U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking406937
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesApple M3AMD Renoir (Ryzen 4000 APU)
Power efficiency56.8950.16
Architecture codenameno dataRenoir-U PRO (Zen 2) (2020)
Release date30 October 2023 (1 year ago)7 May 2020 (4 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Apple M3 Pro 12-Core and Ryzen 5 PRO 4650U 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 GHz2.1 GHz
Boost clock speed4.06 GHz4 GHz
Bus typeno dataPCIe 3.0
Multiplierno data21
L1 cacheno data64K (per core)
L2 cacheno data512K (per core)
L3 cacheno data8 MB (shared)
Chip lithography3 nm7 nm
Die sizeno data156 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data105 °C
Number of transistors37000 Million9,800 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibilityno data+

Compatibility

Information on Apple M3 Pro 12-Core and Ryzen 5 PRO 4650U 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 dataFP6
Power consumption (TDP)27 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Apple M3 Pro 12-Core and Ryzen 5 PRO 4650U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataPRO, 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 PRO 4650U 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 PRO 4650U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR4
Maximum memory sizeno data64 GB
Max memory channelsno data4
Maximum memory bandwidthno data68.27 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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Apple M3 Pro 18-Core GPUAMD Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Apple M3 Pro 12-Core and Ryzen 5 PRO 4650U.

PCIe versionno data3.0

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
+104%
Ryzen 5 PRO 4650U 7.95

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
+104%
Ryzen 5 PRO 4650U 12623

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
+86.3%
Ryzen 5 PRO 4650U 1161

Geekbench 5.5 Multi-Core

Apple M3 Pro 12-Core 15298
+229%
Ryzen 5 PRO 4650U 4649

Geekbench 5.5 Single-Core

Apple M3 Pro 12-Core 2327
+117%
Ryzen 5 PRO 4650U 1071

WebXPRT 3

Apple M3 Pro 12-Core 427
+130%
Ryzen 5 PRO 4650U 186

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 16.23 7.95
Recency 30 October 2023 7 May 2020
Physical cores 12 6
Chip lithography 3 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 27 Watt 15 Watt

Apple M3 Pro 12-Core has a 104.2% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 3 years, 100% more physical cores, and a 133.3% more advanced lithography process.

Ryzen 5 PRO 4650U, on the other hand, has 80% lower power consumption.

The Apple M3 Pro 12-Core is our recommended choice as it beats the Ryzen 5 PRO 4650U in performance tests.


Should you still have questions on choice between Apple M3 Pro 12-Core and Ryzen 5 PRO 4650U, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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