Apple M2 Max vs Ryzen 3 PRO 5475U
Aggregate performance score
M2 Max outperforms Ryzen 3 PRO 5475U by a whopping 143% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
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Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 1233 | 521 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | AMD Cezanne (Zen 3, Ryzen 5000) | Apple M-Series |
| Power efficiency | 44.82 | no data |
| Designer | AMD | Apple |
| Manufacturer | TSMC | no data |
| Architecture codename | Barcelo-U PRO (Zen 3) (2022) | no data |
| Release date | 19 April 2022 (3 years ago) | 17 January 2023 (2 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Ryzen 3 PRO 5475U and M2 Max 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 | 8 | 12 |
| Base clock speed | 2.7 GHz | 2.424 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 4.1 GHz | 3.7 GHz |
| L1 cache | 64K (per core) | 3.3 MB |
| L2 cache | 512K (per core) | 36 MB |
| L3 cache | 8 MB (shared) | 48 MB |
| Chip lithography | 7 nm | 5 nm |
| Die size | 180 mm2 | no data |
| Maximum core temperature | 95 °C | no data |
| Number of transistors | 10,700 million | 67000 Million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | + | no data |
Compatibility
Information on Ryzen 3 PRO 5475U and M2 Max 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 | 36 MB + 48 MB |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 3 PRO 5475U and M2 Max. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | 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 | + | - |
| FMA | + | - |
| AVX | + | - |
| Precision Boost 2 | + | no data |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 3 PRO 5475U and M2 Max are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | + | - |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 3 PRO 5475U and M2 Max. 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) ( - 1600 MHz) | Apple M2 Max 38-Core GPU |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 3 PRO 5475U and M2 Max.
| PCIe version | 3.0 | no data |
| PCI Express lanes | 8 | no data |
Synthetic benchmarks
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.
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. Other than that, Passmark measures multi-core performance.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 6.27 | 15.21 |
| Recency | 19 April 2022 | 17 January 2023 |
| Physical cores | 4 | 12 |
| Threads | 8 | 12 |
| Chip lithography | 7 nm | 5 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 36 Watt |
Ryzen 3 PRO 5475U has 140% lower power consumption.
Apple M2 Max, on the other hand, has a 142.6% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 8 months, 200% more physical cores and 50% more threads, and a 40% more advanced lithography process.
The Apple M2 Max is our recommended choice as it beats the AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 5475U in performance tests.
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