Apple M4 Max (14 cores) vs Athlon Gold 3150U

Primary details

Comparing Athlon Gold 3150U and Apple M4 Max (14 cores) processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	1752	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	AMD Picasso (Ryzen 3000 APU)	Apple M4
Power efficiency	15.75	no data
Architecture codename	Dali (Zen) (2020)	no data
Release date	6 January 2020 (4 years ago)	30 November 2024 (recently)

Detailed specifications

Athlon Gold 3150U and Apple M4 Max (14 cores) 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	2 (Dual-core)	14 (Tetradeca-Core)
Threads	4	14
Base clock speed	2.4 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	3.3 GHz	4.51 GHz
Multiplier	24	no data
L1 cache	192 KB	no data
L2 cache	1 MB	no data
L3 cache	4 MB	no data
Chip lithography	14 nm	3 nm
Maximum core temperature	95 °C	no data
Number of transistors	4500 Million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	no data

Compatibility

Information on Athlon Gold 3150U and Apple M4 Max (14 cores) 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.

Socket	FP5	no data
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	80 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon Gold 3150U and Apple M4 Max (14 cores). You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	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	no data
AES-NI	+	-
FMA	+	-
AVX	+	-
Precision Boost 2	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon Gold 3150U and Apple M4 Max (14 cores) are enumerated here.

AMD-V

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Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon Gold 3150U and Apple M4 Max (14 cores). Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4	no data
Maximum memory size	32 GB	no data
Max memory channels	2	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	38.397 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

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AMD Radeon RX Vega 3 ( - 1000 MHz)

Apple M4 32-core GPU

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon Gold 3150U and Apple M4 Max (14 cores).

PCIe version	3.0	no data
PCI Express lanes	12	no data

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	6 January 2020	30 November 2024
Physical cores	2	14
Threads	4	14
Chip lithography	14 nm	3 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	80 Watt

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