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Apple M2 Pro vs AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D

65 out of 100
Apple M2 Pro
VS
61 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
Apple M2 Pro
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D

We compared two CPUs: the 3.5 GHz Apple M2 Pro (laptop) with 12-cores against the 4.2 GHz AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D (desktop) with 8-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Performance
  4. Specs
  5. Comments (1)

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
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Integrated Graphics
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Key Differences

What are the key differences between 7800X3D 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
  • More than 11ยฐ C higher critical temperature
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
  • Supports up to 128 GB DDR5-5200 RAM
  • Newer PCI Express version โ€“ 5.0

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
M2 Pro
vs
Ryzen 7 7800X3D

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
M2 Pro +10%
125
Ryzen 7 7800X3D
114
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
M2 Pro
795
Ryzen 7 7800X3D +41%
1119
Cinebench 2026 (Single) - 575
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) - 4363
Cinebench Scores (#124th place)
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GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
M2 Pro
14489
Ryzen 7 7800X3D +6%
15319
File compression 1630 MB/sec 1710 MB/sec
Clang compilation 125.3 Klines/sec 111.9 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 356.9 pages/sec 331.1 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 352.9 Mpixels/sec 399 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 266.9 pages/sec 266.2 pages/sec
Background blur 53.8 images/sec 65.8 images/sec
Photo processing 126.3 images/sec 117 images/sec
Ray tracing 17 Mpixels/sec 22.9 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] โ€“ 917 & 774 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
M2 Pro +9%
4089
Ryzen 7 7800X3D
3759
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
M2 Pro
26724
Ryzen 7 7800X3D +28%
34276
Integer math 57.6 GOps/sec 103.2 GOps/sec
Floating point math 73.2 GOps/sec 60.9 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 354M Primes/sec 319M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 40.9M Strings/sec 46M Strings/sec
Data encryption 15.6 GBytes/sec 22.3 GBytes/sec
Data compression 334.8 MBytes/sec 384.2 MBytes/sec
Physics 3611 Frames/sec 3510 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 14.7B Matrices/sec 29.1B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] โ€“ 584 & 26928 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
M2 Pro
198.23
Ryzen 7 7800X3D +34%
266.61

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 26.5 PPW 9.3 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 483 PPW 127.7 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 890.8 PPW 285.6 PPW
Blender / Watt 6.61 PPW 2.22 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
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AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
DateBenchmarkResult
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-06-30 (Indyee)Cinebench 2026571 / 4254
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-06-07 (mNine)Cinebench 20241768 / 17329
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-06-03 (Ker_Sandwichman)Cinebench 2024112 / 1073
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-05-24 (Corey)Cinebench 2026564 / 4313
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-05-18 (CN Merritt)Cinebench 2024109 / 1084
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Apple M2 Pro and AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D

General

Vendor Apple Amd
Released January 17, 2023 January 4, 2023
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 9800X3D
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#47th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 8 8
P-Threads 8 16
Base Frequency (P) 3.5 GHz 4.2 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) - 5 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 - 42x
L1 Cache 192K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 32MB (shared) 1MB (per core)
L3 Cache - 96MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Transistors 40 billions 11.2 billions
Fabrication Process 5 nm 5 nm
TDP (PL1) 30 W 120 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) - 162 W
Socket Apple M-Socket AM5
Peak Temperature 100ยฐC 89ยฐC
Desktop CPU ranking (#68th 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
Ryzen 7 7800X3D
0.6 TFLOPS
More info: Radeon Graphics iGPU (Ryzen 7000) compared to Apple M2 Pro GPU (19-core)

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 7800X3D official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 5.0
PCI Express Lanes - 28
Further details
Notes on Ryzen 7 7800X3D:
    - ECC requires mobo support.

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Comments

So which CPU will you choose: AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D or Apple M2 Pro?
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Vectormath June 6, 2024 at 06:07 PM
Both of these processors are excellent. For a mobile setting M2 is the clear winner and for a desktop setting the 7800x3d is the clear winner. However for the price coupled with a dedicated GPU any mid range Intel, AMD, or Nvidia card the winner clearly goes to AMD with its large 96mb L3 cache. Another clear advantage is the fact 7800x3d can be upgraded with better hardware. The M2 memory cannot be upgraded nor fixed. Also this processor uses alot less energy compared to Intel. I do like how the M2 Pro has 32mb of L2 cache.
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