Ryzen 3 5125C vs Apple M4 Pro (12 cores)

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Primary details

Comparing Apple M4 Pro (12 cores) and Ryzen 3 5125C processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking167not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
SeriesApple M4AMD Cezanne (Zen 3, Ryzen 5000)
Power efficiency82.78no data
Architecture codenameno dataBarcelo (Zen 3) (2022−2023)
Release date30 October 2024 (less than a year ago)5 May 2022 (2 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Apple M4 Pro (12 cores) and Ryzen 3 5125C 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 cores12 (Dodeca-Core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads124
Base clock speed2.592 GHz3 GHz
Boost clock speed4.51 GHz3 GHz
L1 cacheno data64K (per core)
L2 cache4 MB512K (per core)
L3 cacheno data8 MB (shared)
Chip lithography3 nm7 nm
Die sizeno data180 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data95 °C
Number of transistorsno data10,700 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibilityno data+

Compatibility

Information on Apple M4 Pro (12 cores) and Ryzen 3 5125C 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)32 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Apple M4 Pro (12 cores) and Ryzen 3 5125C. 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-+
Precision Boost 2no data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Apple M4 Pro (12 cores) and Ryzen 3 5125C are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Apple M4 Pro (12 cores) and Ryzen 3 5125C. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR5DDR4-3200

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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Apple M4 16-core GPUAMD Radeon RX Vega 3 ( - 1200 MHz)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Apple M4 Pro (12 cores) and Ryzen 3 5125C.

PCIe versionno data3.0
PCI Express lanesno data8

Pros & cons summary


Recency 30 October 2024 5 May 2022
Physical cores 12 2
Threads 12 4
Chip lithography 3 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 32 Watt 15 Watt

Apple M4 Pro (12 cores) has an age advantage of 2 years, 500% more physical cores and 200% more threads, and a 133.3% more advanced lithography process.

Ryzen 3 5125C, on the other hand, has 113.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Apple M4 Pro (12 cores) and Ryzen 3 5125C. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Apple M4 Pro (12 cores) is a desktop processor while Ryzen 3 5125C is a notebook one.


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