Apple M2 vs AMD Ryzen 5 3501U
CPU · Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Jun 2022
Jun 2026
Manufacturer
Apple
AMD
Type
Laptop
Laptop
Instruction Set
ARMv8
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Core Architecture
Apple M2
Picasso
Integrated Graphics
Apple M2 GPU
Radeon Vega 8
Generation
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Ryzen 5 (Zen+ (Picasso))
Package
Transistor Count
20 billions
4.94 billions
Manufacturing Process
5 nm
12 nm
Socket
Apple M-Socket
AMD Socket FP5
Power Consumption
15 W
15 W
Peak Operating Temperature
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105°C
Foundry
—
GlobalFoundries
Die Size
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210 mm²
Package
—
FP5
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
4
—
Performance Core Threads
4
—
Performance Core Base Frequency
3.5 GHz
2.1 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
3.4 GHz
3.7 GHz
Efficiency Cores
4
—
Efficiency Core Threads
4
—
Efficiency Core Base Frequency
2.4 GHz
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Total Core Count
8
4
Total Thread Count
8
4
L1 Cache
192 K per core
96 KB per core
L2 Cache
16 MB shared
512 KB per core
Unlocked Multiplier
No
No
Bus Frequency
—
100 MHz
Multiplier
—
21.0
L3 Cache
—
4 MB shared
SMP
—
1
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
LPDDR5-6400
DDR4-2400
Max Memory Size
24 GB
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Max Memory Channels
2
2
Max Memory Bandwidth
102.4 GB/s
38.4 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
No
No
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics
true
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GPU Base Frequency
500 MHz
—
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
1398 MHz
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Shader Units
1024
—
Texture Units
64
—
Raster Operation Units
32
—
Execution Units
128
—
Power Consumption
15 W
—
Max Resolution
6016x3384 - 60 Hz
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Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
4.0
3
Benchmark
Geekbench 6
2,694
1,081
Geekbench 6
10,130
2,981
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Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.