Apple M2 Pro vs AMD Ryzen 7 7700X

65 out of 100
Apple M2 Pro
VS
65 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 7 7700X

We compared two CPUs: the 3.5 GHz Apple M2 Pro (laptop) with 12-cores against the 4.5 GHz AMD Ryzen 7 7700X (desktop) with 8-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

Review

General overview and comparison of the processors
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Multi-Core Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Power Efficiency
The efficiency score of power consumption
Integrated Graphics
iGPU capabilities for gaming and 3D-intensive tasks
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Key Differences

What are the key differences between 7700X and Pro
Advantages of Apple M2 Pro
  • More powerful Apple M2 Pro GPU (19-core) integrated graphics: 6.8 vs 0.6 TFLOPS
  • Supports quad-channel memory
  • Has 4 more physical cores
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 7 7700X
  • Supports up to 128 GB DDR5-5200 RAM
  • Unlocked multiplier
  • Newer PCI Express version โ€“ 5.0
  • 10% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2931 vs 2666 points

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
M2 Pro +6%
125
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
795
1104
Cinebench 2026 (Single) - 619
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) - 4481
Cinebench Scores (#131st place)

GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
2666
2931
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
14489
15478
File compression 1630 MB/sec 1560 MB/sec
Clang compilation 125.3 Klines/sec 120.3 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 356.9 pages/sec 298 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 352.9 Mpixels/sec 437.3 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 266.9 pages/sec 300.6 pages/sec
Background blur 53.8 images/sec 72.1 images/sec
Photo processing 126.3 images/sec 114.7 images/sec
Ray tracing 17 Mpixels/sec 26.7 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] โ€“ 917 & 840 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
4089
4176
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
26724
35487
Integer math 57.6 GOps/sec 111.7 GOps/sec
Floating point math 73.2 GOps/sec 68.6 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 354M Primes/sec 177M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 40.9M Strings/sec 49.9M Strings/sec
Data encryption 15.6 GBytes/sec 24.6 GBytes/sec
Data compression 334.8 MBytes/sec 418.3 MBytes/sec
Physics 3611 Frames/sec 1980 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 14.7B Matrices/sec 31.9B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] โ€“ 584 & 9568 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
198.23
284.16

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 26.5 PPW 10.5 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 483 PPW 147.4 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 890.8 PPW 338 PPW
Blender / Watt 6.61 PPW 2.71 PPW
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Apple M2 Pro
DateBenchmarkResult
๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-04-23 (Roman)Cinebench 2024125 / 795
AMD Ryzen 7 7700X
DateBenchmarkResult
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-07-11 (ankan_001)Geekbench 6 CPU3068 / 16420
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-06-15 (Bigscheff)Geekbench 6 CPU3011 / 15732
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-06-15 (Bigscheff)Cinebench 2026634 / 4679
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-05-10 (darkV0R4X)Cinebench 2026521 / 3583
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-05-01 (EMPEROR)Cinebench 2026619 / 4481

Specifications

Full technical specification of Apple M2 Pro and AMD Ryzen 7 7700X

General

Vendor Apple Amd
Released January 17, 2023 September 29, 2022
Type Laptop Desktop
Instruction Set ARMv8 x86-64
Codename Apple M2 Zen 4 (Raphael)
Integrated GPU Apple M2 Pro GPU (19-core) Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000)
Rival Equivalent - - Intel Core i7 13700K
Successor - Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) - AMD Ryzen 7 9700X
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#39th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 8 8
P-Threads 8 16
Base Frequency (P) 3.5 GHz 4.5 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) - 5.4 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 4 -
E-Threads 4 -
Base Frequency (E) 2.4 GHz -
Total
Total Cores 12 8
Total Threads 12 16
Bus Frequency - 100 MHz
Multiplier - 45x
L1 Cache 192K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 32MB (shared) 1MB (per core)
L3 Cache - 32MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No Yes

Package

Transistors 40 billions 6.57 billions
Fabrication Process 5 nm 5 nm
TDP (PL1) 30 W 105 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) - 142 W
Socket Apple M-Socket AM5
Peak Temperature 100ยฐC 95ยฐC
Desktop CPU ranking (#53rd place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Apple M2 Pro GPU (19-core) Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000)
GPU Base Clock 450 MHz 400 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1398 MHz 2200 MHz
Shading Units 2432 128
TMUs 152 8
ROPs 76 4
Execution Units 304 2
TGP 35 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
M2 Pro +1033%
6.8 TFLOPS
0.6 TFLOPS

Memory Support

Memory Types - LPDDR5-6400 - DDR5-5200
Max. Memory Size 32 GB 128 GB
Memory Channels 4 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 204.8 GB/s -
ECC Support No Yes

Misc

Official Site - AMD Ryzen 7 7700X official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 5.0
PCI Express Lanes - 28

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