AMD Ryzen 5 3500U vs Apple M2 (8-GPU). Specifications, performance, tests

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• CPU group
  AMD Ryzen 3000U Apple M2
• Family
  Ryzen Apple M series
• Form Factor
  Laptops / Desktops -
• Generation
  2 2
• Predecessor
  - Apple M1
• Segment
  Mobile Mobile
• Series
  Ryzen 3000 Series -

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

• A-Core
  - 4x Avalanche
• B-Core
  - 4x Blizzard
• Base Frequency
  2.1 GHz -
• Core architecture
  normal hybrid (big.LITTLE)
• CPU Cores
  4 8
• CPU Threads
  8 8
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  Yes No
• Max. Boost Clock
  3.7 GHz -
• Overclocking
  No No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  3.7 GHz -
• Turbo Frequency (4 Cores)
  3 GHz -
• A-Core Frequency
  - 3.5 GHz
• B-Core Frequency
  - 2.8 GHz

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• DirectX Version
  12 -
• Execution units
  8 128
• Generation
  8 2
• GPU Frequency
  1200 MHz 1400 MHz
• GPU name
  Radeon Vega 8 Graphics Apple M2 (8 Core)
• GPU Turbo
  No turbo No turbo
• Graphics Cores
  8 -
• Max. displays
  3 2
• Max. GPU Memory
  2 GB 24 GB
• Release date
  Q1/2018 Q2/2022
• Shader
  512 1024
• Technology
  14 nm 5 nm

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

• AV1
  No No
• H.264 / AVC
  Decode / Encode Conflicting source values: Decode | Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• VP8
  Decode / Encode Decode
• VP9
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Apple M2 (8-GPU) and AMD Ryzen 5 3500U. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  Yes No
• Max. Memory
  32 GB 24 GB
• Memory channels
  2 2 (Dual Channel)
• Memory type
  DDR4-2400 LPDDR5-6400
• PCIe
  PCIe 3.0 4.0
• PCIe lanes
  12 -
• PCIe version
  3.0 -
• System Memory Specification
  2400 -
• Memory Bandwidth
  - 102.4 GB/s

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD Ryzen 5 3500U and Apple M2 (8-GPU) Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• Configurable TDP
  12-35 W -
• Default TDP
  15 W -
• Maximum Operating Temperature
  105 °C 100 °C
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  15 W 22 W
• TDP down
  12 W 10 W
• TDP up
  35 W -

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD Ryzen 5 3500U and Apple M2 (8-GPU), virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Picasso (Zen+) M2
• Codename
  Picasso -
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) ARMv8-A64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3 Rosetta 2 x86-Emulation
• L1-Cache
  0.375 MB -
• L2-Cache
  2 MB 20 MB
• L3-Cache
  4 MB -
• Manufacturer product ID (tray)
  YM3500C4T4MFG -
• Operating systems
  Windows 11 - 64-Bit Edition / Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition / RHEL x86 64-Bit / Ubuntu x86 64-Bit macOS, iPadOS
• Release date
  Q1/2019 Q2/2022
• Socket
  FP5 -
• Technology
  12nm 5 nm
• Virtualization
  AMD-V, SVM Apple Virtualization Framework
• Chip design
  - Chiplet
• Documents
  - Technical data sheet