Athlon PRO 300U vs Apple M4 Pro (12 cores)

Place in the ranking	167	1739
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Desktop processor	Laptop
Series	Apple M4	AMD Athlon
Power efficiency	82.78	16.21
Architecture codename	no data	Raven Ridge 2 (2019)
Release date	30 October 2024 (less than a year ago)	8 April 2019 (5 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Apple M4 Pro (12 cores) and Athlon PRO 300U 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)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	12	4
Base clock speed	2.592 GHz	2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed	4.51 GHz	3.3 GHz
Bus type	no data	PCIe 3.0
Multiplier	no data	24
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	14 nm
Die size	no data	209.78 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 Athlon PRO 300U 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 Athlon PRO 300U. 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 Athlon PRO 300U are enumerated here.

AMD-V

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Apple M4 Pro (12 cores) and Athlon PRO 300U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR5	DDR4 Dual-channel
Maximum memory size	no data	32 GB
Max memory channels	no data	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	no data	38.397 GB/s
ECC memory support	-	+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
Compare

Apple M4 16-core GPU

AMD Radeon RX Vega 3 ( - 1000 MHz)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Apple M4 Pro (12 cores) and Athlon PRO 300U.

PCIe version	no data	3.0
PCI Express lanes	no data	12

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	27.99	2.57
Recency	30 October 2024	8 April 2019
Physical cores	12	2
Threads	12	4
Chip lithography	3 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	32 Watt	15 Watt

Apple M4 Pro (12 cores) has a 989.1% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 5 years, 500% more physical cores and 200% more threads, and a 366.7% more advanced lithography process.

Athlon PRO 300U, on the other hand, has 113.3% lower power consumption.

The Apple M4 Pro (12 cores) is our recommended choice as it beats the Athlon PRO 300U in performance tests.

Note that Apple M4 Pro (12 cores) is a desktop processor while Athlon PRO 300U is a notebook one.

Should you still have questions on choice between Apple M4 Pro (12 cores) and Athlon PRO 300U, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.