Ryzen 3 8440U vs Apple M4 Pro (12 cores)
Aggregate performance score
Apple M4 Pro (12 cores) outperforms Ryzen 3 8440U by a whopping 247% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
Comparing Apple M4 Pro (12 cores) and Ryzen 3 8440U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 167 | 937 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Desktop processor | Laptop |
| Series | Apple M4 | no data |
| Power efficiency | 82.29 | 27.10 |
| Architecture codename | no data | Hawk Point-U (Zen 4 + Zen 4c) (2023) |
| Release date | 30 October 2024 (less than a year ago) | 6 December 2023 (1 year ago) |
Detailed specifications
Apple M4 Pro (12 cores) and Ryzen 3 8440U 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) | 4 (Quad-Core) |
| Threads | 12 | 8 |
| Base clock speed | 2.592 GHz | 3 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 4.51 GHz | 4.7 GHz |
| L1 cache | no data | 64 KB (per core) |
| L2 cache | 4 MB | 1 MB (per core) |
| L3 cache | no data | 8 MB (shared) |
| Chip lithography | 3 nm | 4 nm |
| Die size | no data | 137 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | no data | 100 °C |
| Number of transistors | no data | 20,900 million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
Compatibility
Information on Apple M4 Pro (12 cores) and Ryzen 3 8440U 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 | FP7 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 32 Watt | 28 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Apple M4 Pro (12 cores) and Ryzen 3 8440U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | no data | AES, AVX, AVX2, AVX512, FMA3, MMX (+), SHA, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4A, SSSE3 |
| AES-NI | - | + |
| AVX | - | + |
| Precision Boost 2 | no data | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Apple M4 Pro (12 cores) and Ryzen 3 8440U are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | - | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Apple M4 Pro (12 cores) and Ryzen 3 8440U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR5 | DDR5 |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card Compare | Apple M4 16-core GPU | AMD Radeon 740M ( - 2500 MHz) |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Apple M4 Pro (12 cores) and Ryzen 3 8440U.
| PCIe version | no data | 4.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | no data | 14 |
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 27.97 | 8.06 |
| Recency | 30 October 2024 | 6 December 2023 |
| Physical cores | 12 | 4 |
| Threads | 12 | 8 |
| Chip lithography | 3 nm | 4 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 32 Watt | 28 Watt |
Apple M4 Pro (12 cores) has a 247% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 10 months, 200% more physical cores and 50% more threads, and a 33.3% more advanced lithography process.
Ryzen 3 8440U, on the other hand, has 14.3% lower power consumption.
The Apple M4 Pro (12 cores) is our recommended choice as it beats the Ryzen 3 8440U in performance tests.
Note that Apple M4 Pro (12 cores) is a desktop processor while Ryzen 3 8440U is a notebook one.
Should you still have questions on choice between Apple M4 Pro (12 cores) and Ryzen 3 8440U, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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