Apple M2 vs AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX
We compared two 8-core laptop CPUs: the 3.5 GHz Apple M2 against the 3.3 GHz AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX. 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
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 Apple M2
- Newer - released 5-months later
- Around 25.6 GB/s (33%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
- More modern manufacturing process – 5 versus 6 nanometers
- 21% faster in a single-core Geekbench v5 test - 1925 vs 1589 points
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX
- Supports up to 64 GB DDR5-4800 RAM
- Unlocked multiplier
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)
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Specifications
General
| Vendor | Apple | AMD |
| Released | June 6, 2022 | January 4, 2022 |
| Type | Laptop | Laptop |
| instruction set | ARMv8 | x86-64 |
| Codename | Apple M2 | Zen 3+ (Rembrandt) |
| Integrated GPU | Apple M2 GPU | Radeon 680M |
CPU
| P-Cores | 4 | 8 |
| P-Threads | 4 | 16 |
| Base Frequency (P) | 3.5 GHz | 3.3 GHz |
| Turbo Boost Frequency (P) | - | 4.9 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) | 512K (per core) |
| L3 Cache | - | 16MB (shared) |
| Unlocked Multiplier | No | Yes |
Package
| Transistors | 20 billions | - |
| Fabrication process | 5 nm | 6 nm |
| Socket | Apple M-Socket | FP7 |
| TDP | 15 W | 45 W |
| Peak temperature | - | 95°C |
iGPU
| Integrated Graphics | Apple M2 GPU | AMD Radeon 680M |
| GPU Base Clock | 500 MHz | 2000 MHz |
| GPU Boost Clock | 1398 MHz | 2400 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 | - |
iGPU FLOPS
Memory Support
| Memory types | LPDDR5-6400 | DDR5-4800, LPDDR5-6400 |
| Memory Size | 24 GB | 64 GB |
| Max. Memory Channels | 2 | 2 |
| Max. Memory Bandwidth | 102.4 GB/s | 76.8 GB/s |
| ECC Support | No | No |
Misc
| Official site | - | AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX official page |
| PCI Express Version | 4.0 | 4.0 |
| PCI Express Lanes | - | 20 |
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