Apple M2 vs AMD Ryzen 3 4300U

VS

Apple M2

AMD Ryzen 3 4300U

We compared two laptop CPUs: Apple M2 with 8 cores 3.5GHz and AMD Ryzen 3 4300U with 4 cores 2.7GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Apple M2 's Advantages

Released 2 years and 5 months late

Higher specification of memory (6400 vs 4266)

Larger memory bandwidth (102.4GB/s vs 68.27GB/s)

Newer PCIe version (4.0 vs 3.0)

Higher base frequency (3.5GHz vs 2.7GHz)

More modern manufacturing process (5nm vs 7nm)

Lower TDP (15W vs 25W)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

Apple M2 +85%

1701

AMD Ryzen 3 4300U

918

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

Apple M2 +147%

8538

AMD Ryzen 3 4300U

3447

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Apple M2 +100%

2694

AMD Ryzen 3 4300U

1345

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Apple M2 +193%

10130

AMD Ryzen 3 4300U

3452

Blender

Apple M2 +139%

146

AMD Ryzen 3 4300U

61

Geekbench 5 Single Core

Apple M2 +91%

1914

AMD Ryzen 3 4300U

998

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

Apple M2 +209%

8942

AMD Ryzen 3 4300U

2892

Passmark CPU Single Core

Apple M2 +69%

3932

AMD Ryzen 3 4300U

2316

Passmark CPU Multi Core

Apple M2 +106%

15485

AMD Ryzen 3 4300U

7495

Apple M2

VS

AMD Ryzen 3 4300U

General Parameters

Jun 2022

Release Date

Jan 2020

Apple

Manufacturer

AMD

Laptop

Type

Laptop

ARMv8

Instruction Set

x86-64

Apple M2

Core Architecture

Zen 2

Apple M-Socket

Socket

FP6

Apple M2 GPU

Integrated Graphics

Radeon Vega 5

Package

20 billions

Transistor Count

-

5 nm

Manufacturing Process

7 nm

15 W

Power Consumption

10-25 W

-

Peak Operating Temperature

105 °C

CPU Performance

4

Performance Cores

4

Performance Core Threads

4

3.5 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.7 GHz

3.4 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.7 GHz

4

Efficiency Cores

-

4

Efficiency Core Threads

-

2.4 GHz

Efficiency Core Base Frequency

-

8

Total Core Count

4

8

Total Thread Count

4

-

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

-

Multiplier

27x

192 K per core

L1 Cache

32 K per core

16 MB shared

L2 Cache

512 K per core

-

L3 Cache

4 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

Memory Parameters

LPDDR5-6400

Memory Types

DDR4-3200, LPDDR4-4266

24 GB

Max Memory Size

32 GB

2

Max Memory Channels

2

102.4 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

68.27 GB/s

No

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Graphics Card Parameters

true

Integrated Graphics

true

500 MHz

GPU Base Frequency

-

1398 MHz

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

1400 MHz

1024

Shader Units

320

64

Texture Units

20

32

Raster Operation Units

7

128

Execution Units

-

15 W

Power Consumption

12 W

6016x3384 - 60 Hz

Max Resolution

-

2.86 TFLOPS

Graphics Performance

-

Miscellaneous

-

Official Website

AMD Ryzen 3 4300U

4.0

PCIe Version

3.0

-

PCIe Lanes

16

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