Apple M2 Pro vs Ryzen 3 PRO 2300U

Place in performance ranking	1402	461
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	AMD Ryzen 3	Apple Apple M-Series
Architecture codename	Raven Ridge (2017−2018)	no data
Release date	26 October 2017 (6 years ago)	17 January 2023 (1 year ago)
Current price	$536	no data

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 3 PRO 2300U and Apple M2 Pro 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	4 (Quad-Core)	12 (Dodeca-Core)
Threads	4	12
Base clock speed	2 GHz	2.424 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.4 GHz	3.5 GHz
L1 cache	128K (per core)	3.3 MB
L2 cache	512K (per core)	36 MB
L3 cache	4 MB (shared)	24 MB
Chip lithography	14 nm	5 nm
Die size	246 mm²	no data
Number of transistors	4500 Million	40000 Million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	no data
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 3 PRO 2300U and Apple M2 Pro 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	FP5	no data
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	no data

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 3 PRO 2300U and Apple M2 Pro. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	XFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMT	no data
AES-NI	+	no data
AVX	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 3 PRO 2300U and Apple M2 Pro are enumerated here.

AMD-V

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Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 3 PRO 2300U and Apple M2 Pro. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

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

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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AMD Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 2000/3000)

Apple M2 Pro 19-Core GPU

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 3 PRO 2300U and Apple M2 Pro.

PCIe version	3.0	no data
PCI Express lanes	12	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.

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.

Ryzen 3 PRO 2300U 3.74

Apple M2 Pro 14.61
+291%

Apple M2 Pro outperforms Ryzen 3 PRO 2300U by 291% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 68%

Ryzen 3 PRO 2300U 5778

Apple M2 Pro 21657
+275%

Apple M2 Pro outperforms Ryzen 3 PRO 2300U by 275% in Passmark.