Ryzen 3 PRO 3300U vs Apple M4 Pro (12 cores)
Aggregate performance score
Apple M4 Pro (12 cores) outperforms Ryzen 3 PRO 3300U by a whopping 648% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
Comparing Apple M4 Pro (12 cores) and Ryzen 3 PRO 3300U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 167 | 1483 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Desktop processor | Laptop |
| Series | Apple M4 | AMD Ryzen 3 |
| Power efficiency | 82.29 | 23.47 |
| Architecture codename | no data | Picasso (2019−2022) |
| Release date | 30 October 2024 (less than a year ago) | 8 April 2019 (5 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Apple M4 Pro (12 cores) and Ryzen 3 PRO 3300U 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 | 4 |
| Base clock speed | 2.592 GHz | 2.1 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 4.51 GHz | 3.5 GHz |
| Bus type | no data | PCIe 3.0 |
| Multiplier | no data | 21 |
| L1 cache | no data | 128K (per core) |
| L2 cache | 4 MB | 512K (per core) |
| L3 cache | no data | 4 MB (shared) |
| Chip lithography | 3 nm | 12 nm |
| Die size | no data | 246 mm2 |
| Number of transistors | no data | 4940 Million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | no data | + |
Compatibility
Information on Apple M4 Pro (12 cores) and Ryzen 3 PRO 3300U 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 (Uniprocessor) |
| Socket | no data | FP5 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 32 Watt | 15 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Apple M4 Pro (12 cores) and Ryzen 3 PRO 3300U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | no data | XFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMT |
| AES-NI | - | + |
| AVX | - | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Apple M4 Pro (12 cores) and Ryzen 3 PRO 3300U 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 PRO 3300U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR5 | DDR4 Dual-channel |
| Maximum memory size | no data | 32 GB |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | no data | 38.397 GB/s |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card Compare | Apple M4 16-core GPU | AMD Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 2000/3000) ( - 1200 MHz) |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Apple M4 Pro (12 cores) and Ryzen 3 PRO 3300U.
| PCIe version | no data | 3.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | no data | 12 |
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 27.97 | 3.74 |
| Recency | 30 October 2024 | 8 April 2019 |
| Physical cores | 12 | 4 |
| Threads | 12 | 4 |
| Chip lithography | 3 nm | 12 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 32 Watt | 15 Watt |
Apple M4 Pro (12 cores) has a 647.9% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 5 years, 200% more physical cores and 200% more threads, and a 300% more advanced lithography process.
Ryzen 3 PRO 3300U, on the other hand, has 113.3% lower power consumption.
The Apple M4 Pro (12 cores) is our recommended choice as it beats the Ryzen 3 PRO 3300U in performance tests.
Note that Apple M4 Pro (12 cores) is a desktop processor while Ryzen 3 PRO 3300U is a notebook one.
Should you still have questions on choice between Apple M4 Pro (12 cores) and Ryzen 3 PRO 3300U, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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