Apple M4 (8 cores) vs Ryzen 3 3250U

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 3 3250U and Apple M4 (8 cores) processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	1780	not rated
Place by popularity	80	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop processor
Series	AMD Ryzen 3	Apple M4
Power efficiency	15.06	no data
Architecture codename	Picasso (2019−2022)	no data
Release date	6 January 2020 (4 years ago)	28 October 2024 (less than a year ago)

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 3 3250U and Apple M4 (8 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)	8 (Octa-Core)
Threads	4	8
Base clock speed	2.6 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	3.5 GHz	4 GHz
Multiplier	26	no data
L1 cache	128K (per core)	no data
L2 cache	512K (per core)	no data
L3 cache	4 MB (shared)	no data
Chip lithography	12 nm	3 nm
Die size	246 mm2	no data
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 Ryzen 3 3250U and Apple M4 (8 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.

Number of CPUs in a configuration	1	no data
Socket	FP5	no data
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	5 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 3 3250U and Apple M4 (8 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 Ryzen 3 3250U and Apple M4 (8 cores) are enumerated here.

AMD-V

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Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 3 3250U and Apple M4 (8 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

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card Compare

AMD Radeon RX Vega 3 ( - 1200 MHz)

Apple M4 8-core GPU

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 3 3250U and Apple M4 (8 cores).

PCIe version	3.0	no data
PCI Express lanes	12	no data

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	6 January 2020	28 October 2024
Physical cores	2	8
Threads	4	8
Chip lithography	12 nm	3 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	5 Watt

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