Home > CPU Comparison > Apple M2 or Ryzen 7 7840HS: what's better?

Apple M2 vs AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS

57 out of 100
Apple M2
VS
61 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS
Apple M2
AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS

We compared two 8-core laptop CPUs: the 3.5 GHz Apple M2 against the 3.8 GHz AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS. 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
NanoReview Final Score
Choose your main usage scenario to recalculate the Final Score and see which CPU suits your needs.
πŸ”Œ Usage Scenario:

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 7840HS and M2
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS
  • Supports up to 256 GB DDR5-5600 RAM
  • More powerful Radeon 780M integrated graphics: 4.1 vs 2.9 TFLOPS
  • More modern manufacturing process – 4 versus 5 nanometers
  • Newer - released 7 months later

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Apple M2
vs
Ryzen 7 7840HS

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Apple M2 +23%
125
Ryzen 7 7840HS
102
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Apple M2
582
Ryzen 7 7840HS +57%
911
Cinebench Scores (#182nd place)
Submit your benchmark results

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)
Apple M2
10122
Ryzen 7 7840HS +19%
12085
File compression 1130 MB/sec 1120 MB/sec
Clang compilation 80.4 Klines/sec 102.5 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 235.3 pages/sec 217.2 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 266.1 Mpixels/sec 350 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 257.4 pages/sec 251.8 pages/sec
Background blur 42.1 images/sec 59.4 images/sec
Photo processing 107 images/sec 87.6 images/sec
Ray tracing 10.5 Mpixels/sec 22.5 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 465 & 753 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Apple M2 +5%
3883
Ryzen 7 7840HS
3708
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Apple M2
15651
Ryzen 7 7840HS +81%
28292
Integer math 37 GOps/sec 97.1 GOps/sec
Floating point math 37.5 GOps/sec 59 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 174M Primes/sec 87M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 23.7M Strings/sec 40.4M Strings/sec
Data encryption 9.5 GBytes/sec 20.3 GBytes/sec
Data compression 185.8 MBytes/sec 340.4 MBytes/sec
Physics 1667 Frames/sec 1362 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 7.8B Matrices/sec 25.4B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 4611 & 4310 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Apple M2
109.19
Ryzen 7 7840HS +100%
218.59

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 32.3 PPW 16.9 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 562.3 PPW 223.8 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 869.5 PPW 523.9 PPW
Blender / Watt 6.07 PPW 4.05 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)Geekbench 6 CPU2647 / 10245
πŸ“˜ 2026-01-05 (AR)Geekbench 6 CPU2655 / 10211
πŸ“˜ 2025-10-24 (Shivam)Geekbench 6 CPU2619 / 9900
Add View all (3)
AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2025-12-08 (Hari)Cinebench 2024104 / 880
πŸ“˜ 2025-07-31 (Safi ullah)Cinebench 2024102 / 911
πŸ“˜ 2025-06-10 (Johns)Cinebench 2024105 / 929
πŸ“˜ 2025-04-05 (KaniastyGucio)Cinebench 2024100 / 910
πŸ“˜ 2024-12-09 (Anand)Cinebench 202472 / 719
Add View all (11)

Specifications

Full technical specification of Apple M2 and AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS

General

Vendor Apple Amd
Released June 6, 2022 January 4, 2023
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set ARMv8 x86-64
Codename Apple M2 Zen 4 (Phoenix)
Integrated GPU Apple M2 GPU Radeon 780M
Rival Equivalent - - Intel Core i7 13620H
Successor - Apple M5 (10-Core) - AMD Ryzen 7 8840HS
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#62nd place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 4 8
P-Threads 4 16
Base Frequency (P) 3.5 GHz 3.8 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) - 5.1 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 4 -
E-Threads 4 -
Base Frequency (E) 2.4 GHz -
Total
Total Cores 8 8
Total Threads 8 16
Bus Frequency - 100 MHz
Multiplier - 38x
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
TDP (PL1) 18 W 35-54 W (configurable)
Socket Apple M-Socket FP8
Peak Temperature - 100Β°C
Laptop processors ranking (133rd and 93rd place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Apple M2 GPU Radeon 780M
GPU Base Clock 500 MHz 800 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1398 MHz 2700 MHz
Shading Units 1024 768
TMUs 64 48
ROPs 32 32
Execution Units 128 12
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Apple M2
2.9 TFLOPS
Ryzen 7 7840HS +41%
4.1 TFLOPS
More info: Radeon 780M compared to Apple M2 GPU (8-core)

Memory Support

Memory Types - LPDDR5-6400 - DDR5-5600
- LPDDR5x-7500
Max. Memory Size 24 GB 256 GB
Memory Channels 8 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 102.4 GB/s -
ECC Support No Yes

Misc

Official Site - AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes - 20
Further details
Notes on Ryzen 7 7840HS:
    - 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.

Cast your vote

Choose between two processors
26 (9%)
262 (91%)
Total votes: 288

Competitors

1. Apple M2 vs Intel Core i7 12700H (2)
2. Apple M2 vs Apple M4 (10-Core)
3. Apple M2 vs Apple M3
4. Apple M2 vs Apple M2 Pro (2)
5. Apple M2 vs Intel Core i5 12500H (7)
6. AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS vs AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS (9)
7. AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS vs AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS (12)
8. AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS vs Intel Core i7 13700H (16)
9. AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS vs AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS (4)
10. AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS vs Intel Core i7 13620H
Compare other CPUs (460+)

Comments

So which CPU will you choose: AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS or Apple M2?
🌐 Register your profile and become part of NanoReview community!
EnglishРусский