Apple M2 vs Ryzen 3 PRO 5450U

Place in performance ranking	908	842
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	AMD Cezanne (Zen 3, Ryzen 5000)	Apple Apple M-Series
Architecture codename	Cezanne-U PRO (Zen 3)	no data
Release date	16 March 2021 (3 years ago)	10 June 2022 (1 year ago)

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 3 PRO 5450U and Apple M2 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)	8 (Octa-Core)
Threads	8	8
Base clock speed	2.6 GHz	2.424 GHz
Boost clock speed	4 GHz	3.48 GHz
L1 cache	64K (per core)	2 MB
L2 cache	512K (per core)	20 MB
L3 cache	8 MB (shared)	no data
Chip lithography	7 nm	5 nm
Die size	180 mm²	no data
Maximum core temperature	105 °C	no data
Number of transistors	10,700 million	20000 Million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	no data
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 3 PRO 5450U and Apple M2 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	no data
Socket	FP6	no data
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	20 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 3 PRO 5450U and Apple M2. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	DDR4-3200/LPDDR4-4266 RAM, PCIe 3, PRO, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SME	no data
AES-NI	+	no data
FMA	+	no data
AVX	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 3 PRO 5450U and Apple M2 are enumerated here.

AMD-V

no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 3 PRO 5450U and Apple M2. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

DDR4

no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

AMD Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000)

Apple M2 10-Core GPU ( - 1398 MHz)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 3 PRO 5450U and Apple M2.

PCIe version	3.0	no data
PCI Express lanes	8	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 5450U 7.15

Apple M2 8.25
+15.4%

Apple M2 outperforms Ryzen 3 PRO 5450U by 15% based on our aggregated 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 5450U 11066

Apple M2 14933
+34.9%

Apple M2 outperforms Ryzen 3 PRO 5450U by 35% in Passmark.