Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U vs Apple M4 (10 cores)

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Aggregate performance score

Apple M4 (10 cores)
2024
10 cores / 10 threads, 40 Watt
22.07
+398%
Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U
2019
4 cores / 8 threads, 15 Watt
4.43

Apple M4 (10 cores) outperforms Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U by a whopping 398% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing M4 (10 cores) and Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2391333
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
SeriesApple Apple M4AMD Ryzen 5
Power efficiency52.2227.95
Architecture codenameno dataPicasso (2019−2022)
Release date7 May 2024 (less than a year ago)8 April 2019 (5 years ago)

Detailed specifications

M4 (10 cores) and Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U 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 cores10 (Deca-Core)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads108
Base clock speedno data2.1 GHz
Boost clock speed4.4 GHz3.7 GHz
Bus typeno dataPCIe 3.0
Multiplierno data21
L1 cacheno data384 KB
L2 cache4 MB2 MB
L3 cacheno data4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography3 nm12 nm
Die sizeno data209.78 mm2
Number of transistors28 Million4940 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibilityno data+

Compatibility

Information on M4 (10 cores) and Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U 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 (Uniprocessor)
Socketno dataFP5
Power consumption (TDP)40 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by M4 (10 cores) and Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U. 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 M4 (10 cores) and Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by M4 (10 cores) and Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR4 Dual-channel
Maximum memory sizeno data32 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data38.397 GB/s
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardApple M4 10-core GPUAMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000) ( - 1200 MHz)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by M4 (10 cores) and Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U.

PCIe versionno data3.0
PCI Express lanesno data12

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 22.07 4.43
Recency 7 May 2024 8 April 2019
Physical cores 10 4
Threads 10 8
Chip lithography 3 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 40 Watt 15 Watt

Apple M4 (10 cores) has a 398.2% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 5 years, 150% more physical cores and 25% more threads, and a 300% more advanced lithography process.

Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U, on the other hand, has 166.7% lower power consumption.

The M4 (10 cores) is our recommended choice as it beats the Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U in performance tests.

Note that Apple M4 (10 cores) is a desktop processor while Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U is a notebook one.


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