Apple M2 vs AMD Ryzen 5 7640U

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 3.5 GHz Apple M2 with 8-cores against the 3.5 GHz AMD Ryzen 5 7640U with 6-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 electricity consumption
NanoReview Final Score
Generic CPU rating

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 7640U and M2
Advantages of Apple M2
  • Has 2 more physical cores
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 7640U
  • Newer - released 11-months later
  • Supports up to 256 GB DDR5-5600 RAM
  • More modern manufacturing process – 4 versus 5 nanometers

Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs in benchmarks
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
1572
1756
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
8648
12475
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Geekbench 5 (Single-Core)
Apple M2 +3%
1914
Geekbench 5 (Multi-Core)
Apple M2 +2%
8942

Specifications

Full technical specification of Apple M2 and AMD Ryzen 5 7640U

General

Vendor Apple AMD
Released June 6, 2022 May 3, 2023
Type Laptop Laptop
instruction set ARMv8 x86-64
Codename Apple M2 Zen 4 (Phoenix)
Integrated GPU Apple M2 GPU Radeon 760M

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 4 6
P-Threads 4 12
Base Frequency (P) 3.5 GHz 3.5 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) - 4.9 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 - 35x
L1 Cache 192K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 16MB (shared) 1MB (per core)
L3 Cache - 16MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Transistors 20 billions 25 billions
Fabrication process 5 nm 4 nm
Socket Apple M-Socket FP8
TDP 15 W 15-30 W (configurable)
Peak temperature - 100°C

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Apple M2 GPU Radeon 760M
GPU Base Clock 500 MHz 1500 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1398 MHz 2600 MHz
Shading Units 1024 384
TMUs 64 24
ROPs 32 16
Execution Units 128 6
TGP 15 W 15 W
Max. Resolution 6016x3384 - 60 Hz -
iGPU FLOPS
3 TFLOPS
4.06 TFLOPS

Memory Support

Memory types LPDDR5-6400 DDR5-5600, LPDDR5x-7500
Memory Size 24 GB 256 GB
Max. Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 102.4 GB/s -
ECC Support No Yes

Misc

Official site - AMD Ryzen 5 7640U 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 5 7640U or Apple M2?
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