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Apple M2 vs AMD Ryzen 5 5600H

57 out of 100
Apple M2
VS
42 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 5 5600H
Apple M2
AMD Ryzen 5 5600H

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 3.5 GHz Apple M2 with 8-cores against the 3.3 GHz AMD Ryzen 5 5600H with 6-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

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 5600H and M2
Advantages of Apple M2
  • More powerful Apple M2 GPU integrated graphics: 2.9 vs 1.6 TFLOPS
  • More modern manufacturing process – 5 versus 7 nanometers
  • 40% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2589 vs 1850 points
  • Newer - released 1 year and 5 months later
  • Has 2 more physical cores
  • Newer PCI Express version – 4.0
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 5600H
  • Supports up to 32 GB DDR4-3200 RAM

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Apple M2
vs
Ryzen 5 5600H

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Apple M2 +58%
125
Ryzen 5 5600H
79
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Apple M2 +29%
582
Ryzen 5 5600H
451
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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)
Apple M2 +40%
2589
Ryzen 5 5600H
1850
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Apple M2 +49%
10122
Ryzen 5 5600H
6779
File compression 1130 MB/sec 604.2 MB/sec
Clang compilation 80.4 Klines/sec 53.2 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 235.3 pages/sec 109.3 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 266.1 Mpixels/sec 175.5 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 257.4 pages/sec 194.4 pages/sec
Background blur 42.1 images/sec 32.8 images/sec
Photo processing 107 images/sec 47.4 images/sec
Ray tracing 10.5 Mpixels/sec 13.8 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 465 & 459 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Apple M2 +35%
3883
Ryzen 5 5600H
2872
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Apple M2
15651
Ryzen 5 5600H +5%
16362
Integer math 37 GOps/sec 58.3 GOps/sec
Floating point math 37.5 GOps/sec 32.8 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 174M Primes/sec 46M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 23.7M Strings/sec 21M Strings/sec
Data encryption 9.5 GBytes/sec 12.7 GBytes/sec
Data compression 185.8 MBytes/sec 204.1 MBytes/sec
Physics 1667 Frames/sec 712 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 7.8B Matrices/sec 14.1B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 4611 & 6703 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Apple M2
109.19
Ryzen 5 5600H +7%
117.32

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 32.3 PPW 8.4 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 562.3 PPW 125.5 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 869.5 PPW 303 PPW
Blender / Watt 6.07 PPW 2.17 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
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-03-14 (T)GeekBench2647 / 10245
πŸ“˜ 2026-01-05 (AR)GeekBench2655 / 10211
πŸ“˜ 2025-10-24 (Shivam)GeekBench2619 / 9900
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AMD Ryzen 5 5600H
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2025-11-21 -> mayankdhamiCinebench 202477 / 451
πŸ“˜ 2025-10-14 (Juuhana)GeekBench1851 / 7626
πŸ“˜ 2025-10-14 (Juuhachi)GeekBench1851 / 7436
πŸ“˜ 2025-10-12 (Juu)GeekBench1888 / 7373
πŸ“˜ 2025-05-03 (bluntking)Cinebench 202479 / 451
Add View all (8)

Specifications

Full technical specification of Apple M2 and AMD Ryzen 5 5600H

General

Vendor Apple Amd
Released June 6, 2022 January 12, 2021
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set ARMv8 x86-64
Codename Apple M2 Zen 3 (Cezanne)
Integrated GPU Apple M2 GPU Radeon RX Vega 7
Rival Equivalent - - Intel Core i5 11500H
Successor - Apple M5 (10-Core) - AMD Ryzen 5 6600H
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#151st place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 4 6
P-Threads 4 12
Base Frequency (P) 3.5 GHz 3.3 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) - 4.2 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 4 -
E-Threads 4 -
Base Frequency (E) 2.4 GHz -
Total
Total Cores 8 6
Total Threads 8 12
Bus Frequency - 100 MHz
Multiplier - 33x
L1 Cache 192K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 16MB (shared) 512K (per core)
L3 Cache - 16MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Transistors 20 billions -
Fabrication Process 5 nm 7 nm
TDP (PL1) 18 W 35-54 W (configurable)
Socket Apple M-Socket FP6
Peak Temperature - 105Β°C

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Apple M2 GPU Radeon RX Vega 7
GPU Base Clock 500 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1398 MHz 1800 MHz
Shading Units 1024 448
TMUs 64 28
ROPs 32 8
Execution Units 128 7
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Apple M2 +81%
2.9 TFLOPS
Ryzen 5 5600H
1.6 TFLOPS
More info: Radeon RX Vega 7 compared to Apple M2 GPU (8-core)

Memory Support

Memory Types - LPDDR5-6400 - DDR4-3200
- LPDDR4-4266
Max. Memory Size 24 GB 32 GB
Memory Channels 8 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 102.4 GB/s -
ECC Support No Yes

Misc

Official Site - AMD Ryzen 5 5600H official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 3.0
PCI Express Lanes - 16

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Comments

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