Apple M2 Pro vs AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 3.5 GHz Apple M2 Pro with 12-cores against the 4.0 GHz AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS 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
NanoReview Final Score
Generic CPU rating

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 7940HS and Pro
Advantages of Apple M2 Pro
  • Supports quad-channel memory
  • Has 4 more physical cores
  • 10% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2674 vs 2436 points
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS
  • Supports up to 256 GB DDR5-5600 RAM
  • More modern manufacturing process – 4 versus 5 nanometers
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Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks

Cinebench R23

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
1672
1833
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
14984
17576

GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
M2 Pro +10%
2674
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
12222
13106
File compression 1480 MB/sec 1330 MB/sec
Clang compilation 98.8 Klines/sec 101.3 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 292.7 pages/sec 279.4 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 316.7 Mpixels/sec 376.7 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 263.2 pages/sec 256 pages/sec
Background blur 47.1 images/sec 60.6 images/sec
Photo processing 112.8 images/sec 103.3 images/sec
Ray tracing 14.4 Mpixels/sec 21.9 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2]

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
M2 Pro +6%
4135
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
26382
30875
Integer math 58.5 GOps/sec 105.2 GOps/sec
Floating point math 74.4 GOps/sec 64.5 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 362M Primes/sec 92M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 42.1M Strings/sec 43.1M Strings/sec
Data encryption 15.9 GBytes/sec 22.5 GBytes/sec
Data compression 340.3 MBytes/sec 377.4 MBytes/sec
Physics 3657 Frames/sec 1501 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 12.2B Matrices/sec 28.3B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4]

Specifications

Full technical specification of Apple M2 Pro and AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS

General

Vendor Apple AMD
Released January 17, 2023 January 4, 2023
Type Laptop Laptop
instruction set ARMv8 x86-64
Codename Apple M2 Zen 4 (Phoenix)
Integrated GPU Apple M2 Pro GPU (19-core) Radeon 780M

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 8 8
P-Threads 8 16
Base Frequency (P) 3.5 GHz 4.0 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) - 5.2 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 - 40x
L1 Cache 192K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 32MB (shared) 1MB (per core)
L3 Cache - 16MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Transistors 40 billions 25 billions
Fabrication process 5 nm 4 nm
TDP (PL1) 30 W 35-54 W (configurable)
Socket Apple M-Socket FP8
Peak temperature - 100°C

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Apple M2 Pro GPU (19-core) Radeon 780M
GPU Base Clock 450 MHz 1500 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1398 MHz 2800 MHz
Shading Units 2432 768
TMUs 152 48
ROPs 76 32
Execution Units - 12
TGP 35 W 15 W
Max. Resolution 7680x4320 - 60 Hz 7680x4320 - 60 Hz
iGPU FLOPS
6.8 TFLOPS
8.12 TFLOPS

Memory Support

Memory types - LPDDR5-6400 - DDR5-5600
- LPDDR5x-7500
Memory Size 32 GB 256 GB
Max. Memory Channels 4 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 204.8 GB/s -
ECC Support No Yes

Misc

Official site - AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes - 20

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Comments

So which CPU will you choose: AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS or Apple M2 Pro?
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