Apple M2 Pro vs AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS

65 out of 100
Apple M2 Pro
VS
60 out of 100
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
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Key Differences

What are the key differences between 7940HS and Pro
Advantages of Apple M2 Pro
  • Supports quad-channel memory
  • More powerful Apple M2 Pro GPU (19-core) integrated graphics: 6.8 vs 4.3 TFLOPS
  • Has 4 more physical cores
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS
  • Supports up to 256 GB DDR5-5600 RAM
  • More modern manufacturing process – 4 versus 5 nanometers

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 +20%
125
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
795
933
Cinebench Scores (#174th place)

GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
M2 Pro +8%
2666
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
M2 Pro +25%
14489
File compression 1630 MB/sec 962.5 MB/sec
Clang compilation 125.3 Klines/sec 101.4 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 356.9 pages/sec 211.8 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 352.9 Mpixels/sec 326.9 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 266.9 pages/sec 260.3 pages/sec
Background blur 53.8 images/sec 53.8 images/sec
Photo processing 126.3 images/sec 87.4 images/sec
Ray tracing 17 Mpixels/sec 22.5 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 917 & 569 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
M2 Pro +6%
4089
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
26724
29783
Integer math 57.6 GOps/sec 102.1 GOps/sec
Floating point math 73.2 GOps/sec 62.3 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 354M Primes/sec 90M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 40.9M Strings/sec 42.5M Strings/sec
Data encryption 15.6 GBytes/sec 21.5 GBytes/sec
Data compression 334.8 MBytes/sec 360.4 MBytes/sec
Physics 3611 Frames/sec 1427 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 14.7B Matrices/sec 27.2B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 584 & 2780 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
198.23
225.69

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 26.5 PPW 17.3 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 483 PPW 215.4 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 890.8 PPW 551.5 PPW
Blender / Watt 6.61 PPW 4.18 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
πŸ“˜ 2025-04-23 (Roman)Cinebench 2024125 / 795
AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2025-11-09 (chrisg)Cinebench 2024105 / 873
πŸ“˜ 2025-08-19 (Phillywilly2000)Cinebench 2024102 / 906
πŸ“˜ 2025-07-14 (GlancingOcean)Cinebench 202470 / 677
πŸ“˜ 2025-05-13 (antoooooo)Cinebench 2024109 / 1009
πŸ“˜ 2025-03-08 (ζ²§ζ΅·)Geekbench 6 CPU2614 / 12911

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
Rival Equivalent - - Intel Core i9 13900H
Successor - Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) - AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 470
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#66th place)

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 100Β°C 100Β°C
Laptop processors ranking (74th and 106th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Apple M2 Pro GPU (19-core) Radeon 780M
GPU Base Clock 450 MHz 800 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1398 MHz 2800 MHz
Shading Units 2432 768
TMUs 152 48
ROPs 76 32
Execution Units 304 12
TGP 35 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
M2 Pro +58%
6.8 TFLOPS
4.3 TFLOPS

Memory Support

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

Misc

Official Site - AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes - 20
Further details
Notes on Ryzen 9 7940HS:
    - DDR5 memory is supported only on the FP7r2 socket, while FP7 and FP8 sockets support LPDDR5/x.
    - ECC support is available exclusively on the FP7r2 socket.

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Comments

So which CPU will you choose: AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS or Apple M2 Pro?
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ComputerNerd October 20, 2023 at 01:30 PM
Easy win for the AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS. Better iGPU, better CPU on a multi-core level, and adjustable RAM & SSD for mini-PCs.
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