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AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U vs Apple M3 (8-GPU)
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Benchmarks
Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks
Single-core performance
Multi-core performance
Cinebench R23 Single-Core
Single-core performance
4C / 8T · 3.60 GHz
Apple M3 (8-GPU)
100 %
8C / 8T · 4.06 GHz
Cinebench R23 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
4C / 8T · 3.00 GHz
Apple M3 (8-GPU)
100 %
8C / 8T · 4.06 GHz
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance
4C / 8T · 3.60 GHz
Apple M3 (8-GPU)
100 %
8C / 8T · 4.06 GHz
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
4C / 8T · 3.00 GHz
Apple M3 (8-GPU)
100 %
8C / 8T · 4.06 GHz
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Raven Ridge)
Apple M3 (8-GPU)
100 %
Apple M3 (8 Core)
More benchmarks
Cinebench 2026 (ST)
218 entries
218 entries
Cinebench 2026 (MC)
219 entries
219 entries
Cinebench 2024 (SC)
427 entries
427 entries
Cinebench 2024 (MC)
422 entries
422 entries
Cinebench R23 (SC)
690 entries
690 entries
Cinebench R23 (MC)
665 entries
665 entries
Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,989 entries
1,989 entries
Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 entries
1,927 entries
Cinebench R20 (SC)
666 entries
666 entries
Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries
2,512 entries
Cinebench R20 (MC)
615 entries
615 entries
Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries
2,483 entries
FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries
2,219 entries
PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries
2,504 entries
CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
751 entries
751 entries
Cinebench R15 (SC)
1,113 entries
1,113 entries
Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,110 entries
1,110 entries
Geekbench 3 (SC)
945 entries
945 entries
Geekbench 3 (MC)
941 entries
941 entries
Cinebench R11.5 (SC)
826 entries
826 entries
Cinebench R11.5 (MC)
837 entries
837 entries
CPU performance per watt (efficiency)
140 entries
140 entries
AI performance (NPU)
218 entries
218 entries
Specifications
At a glance
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Wischen
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AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U | Apple M3 (8-GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| Family | AMD Ryzen 5 PRO (33) | Apple M series (38) |
| CPU group | AMD Ryzen 2000U (7) | Apple M3 (6) |
| Architecture | Raven Ridge (Zen) | M3 |
| Technology | 14 nm | 3 nm |
| Segment | Notebook | Notebook |
| Socket | AM4 (PGA 1331) | |
| Predecessor | Apple M2 (8-GPU) | |
| Successor |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
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Wischen
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AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U | Apple M3 (8-GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| CPU Cores / Threads | 4 / 8 | 8 / 8 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT | ✓ | ✗ |
| Core architecture | normal | hybrid (big.LITTLE) |
| Core Cluster 1: | 4x 2.00 - 3.60 GHz |
4x Ibiza P-Core 0.70 - 4.06 GHz |
| Core Cluster 2: | 4x Ibiza E-Core 0.74 - 2.75 GHz |
|
| L2-Cache | 20.00 MB | |
| L3-Cache | 4.00 MB | |
| Overclocking | ✗ | ✗ |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)
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Wischen
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AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U | Apple M3 (8-GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| GPU name | AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Raven Ridge) | Apple M3 (8 Core) |
| GPU frequency | 1.10 GHz | 0.39 - 1.40 GHz |
| CUs / Shader | 8 / 512 | 128 / 1024 |
| Raytracing | ✗ | ✓ |
| Max. displays | 3 | 2 |
| Max. GPU Memory | 2 GB | 24 GB |
| Technology | 14 nm | 3 nm |
| Release date | Q1/2018 | Q4/2023 |
NPU AI performance
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Wischen
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AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U | Apple M3 (8-GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| AI hardware | Apple Neural Engine | |
| AI specifications | 16 Neural cores @ 35 TOPS | |
| NPU + CPU + iGPU |
Memory & PCIe
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Wischen
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AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U | Apple M3 (8-GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| Memory | DDR4-2400 (38.4 GB/s) | LPDDR5-6400 (102.4 GB/s) |
| Max. Memory | 32 GB | 24 GB |
| Memory channels | 2 | 2 |
| ECC | Yes | No |
| PCIe | 3.0 x 12 | 4.0 |
| PCIe Bandwidth | 11.8 GB/s |
Thermal Management
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Wischen
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AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U | Apple M3 (8-GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 15 W | 22 W |
| TDP (PL2) | ||
| TDP up | 25 W | |
| TDP down | 12 W | 10 W |
| T. junction max. | 95 °C | 100 °C |
Technical details
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Wischen
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AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U | Apple M3 (8-GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| Chip design | Chiplet | Monolithic |
| AES-NI | ✓ | ✓ |
| Operating systems | Windows 10, Linux | macOS, iPadOS |
| Instruction set | x86-64 (64 bit) | Armv8-A (64 bit) |
| ISA extensions | SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3 | Rosetta 2 x86-Emulation |
| Release date | Q4/2017 | Q4/2023 |
| Release price | 150 $ | |
| Documents | Technical data sheet |
User Reviews
Your rating
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AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U
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