Ryzen 3 PRO 4450U vs Apple M3 Pro 11-Core

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Aggregate performance score

Apple M3 Pro 11-Core
2023
11 cores / 11 threads, 27 Watt
15.61
+151%
Ryzen 3 PRO 4450U
2020
4 cores / 8 threads, 15 Watt
6.23

Apple M3 Pro 11-Core outperforms Ryzen 3 PRO 4450U by a whopping 151% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Apple M3 Pro 11-Core and Ryzen 3 PRO 4450U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking4431083
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesApple M3AMD Renoir (Ryzen 4000 APU)
Power efficiency54.7539.33
Architecture codenameno dataRenoir PRO (Zen 2) (2020)
Release date30 October 2023 (1 year ago)7 May 2020 (4 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Apple M3 Pro 11-Core and Ryzen 3 PRO 4450U 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 cores11 (Undeca-Core)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads118
Base clock speed2.748 GHz2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed4.06 GHz3.7 GHz
Multiplierno data25
L1 cacheno data64K (per core)
L2 cacheno data512K (per core)
L3 cacheno data4 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 11-Core and Ryzen 3 PRO 4450U 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 11-Core and Ryzen 3 PRO 4450U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataXFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMT
AES-NI-+
AVX-+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Apple M3 Pro 11-Core and Ryzen 3 PRO 4450U are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Apple M3 Pro 11-Core and Ryzen 3 PRO 4450U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR4-4266
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 14-Core GPUAMD Radeon RX Vega 5 ( - 1400 MHz)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Apple M3 Pro 11-Core and Ryzen 3 PRO 4450U.

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 11-Core 15.61
+151%
Ryzen 3 PRO 4450U 6.23

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 11-Core 24788
+150%
Ryzen 3 PRO 4450U 9900

Geekbench 5.5 Multi-Core

Apple M3 Pro 11-Core 13312
+264%
Ryzen 3 PRO 4450U 3657

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 15.61 6.23
Recency 30 October 2023 7 May 2020
Physical cores 11 4
Threads 11 8
Chip lithography 3 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 27 Watt 15 Watt

Apple M3 Pro 11-Core has a 150.6% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 3 years, 175% more physical cores and 37.5% more threads, and a 133.3% more advanced lithography process.

Ryzen 3 PRO 4450U, on the other hand, has 80% lower power consumption.

The Apple M3 Pro 11-Core is our recommended choice as it beats the Ryzen 3 PRO 4450U in performance tests.


Should you still have questions on choice between Apple M3 Pro 11-Core and Ryzen 3 PRO 4450U, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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