Apple M1 vs Athlon 3000G

Primary details

Comparing Athlon 3000G and Apple M1 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	1581	1110
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	7.64	no data
Market segment	Desktop processor	Laptop
Series	AMD Athlon	Apple Apple M-Series
Architecture codename	Zen+ (2018−2020)	no data
Release date	21 November 2019 (4 years ago)	10 November 2020 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$49	no data
Current price	$165 (3.4x MSRP)	$3.99

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Athlon 3000G and Apple M1 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	3.5 GHz	2.064 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.5 GHz	3.2 GHz
L1 cache	96K (per core)	2 MB
L2 cache	512K (per core)	16 MB
L3 cache	4 MB (shared)	16 MB
Chip lithography	14 nm	5 nm
Die size	209.78 mm2?	no data
Number of transistors	4,800 million	16000 Million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	-
Unlocked multiplier	Yes	No

Compatibility

Information on Athlon 3000G and Apple M1 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 (Uniprocessor)	no data
Socket	AM4	no data
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	no data

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon 3000G and Apple M1. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI	+	no data
AVX	+	no data
PowerNow	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon 3000G and Apple M1 are enumerated here.

AMD-V

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no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon 3000G and Apple M1. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4 Dual-channel	no data
Maximum memory size	64 GB?	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	42.671 GB/s	no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card Compare

AMD Radeon RX Vega 3

Apple M1 8-Core GPU

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon 3000G and Apple M1.

PCIe version	3.0	no data
PCI Express lanes	6	no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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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 M1 outperforms Athlon 3000G by 83% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	2.90	5.31
Integrated graphics card	2.97	14.06
Recency	21 November 2019	10 November 2020
Physical cores	2	8
Threads	4	8
Chip lithography	14 nm	5 nm

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