Apple M2 vs AMD Ryzen 7 7840U
We compared two 8-core laptop CPUs: the 3.5 GHz Apple M2 against the 3.3 GHz AMD Ryzen 7 7840U. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.
Review
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
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 7 7840U
- Newer - released 11-months later
- Supports up to 256 GB DDR5-5600 RAM
- More modern manufacturing process – 4 versus 5 nanometers
Benchmarks
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Geekbench 5 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 5 (Multi-Core)
Specifications
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 780M |
CPU
| P-Cores | 4 | 8 |
| P-Threads | 4 | 16 |
| Base Frequency (P) | 3.5 GHz | 3.3 GHz |
| Turbo Boost Frequency (P) | - | 5.1 GHz |
| E-Cores | 4 | - |
| E-Threads | 4 | - |
| Base Frequency (E) | 2.4 GHz | - |
| Total Cores | 8 | 8 |
| Total Threads | 8 | 16 |
| Bus Frequency | - | 100 MHz |
| Multiplier | - | 33x |
| 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 780M |
| GPU Base Clock | 500 MHz | 1500 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 |
| Max. Resolution | 6016x3384 - 60 Hz | 7680x4320 - 60 Hz |
iGPU FLOPS
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 7 7840U official page |
| PCI Express Version | 4.0 | 4.0 |
| PCI Express Lanes | - | 20 |
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