Apple M2 vs AMD Ryzen 9 7950X
We compared two CPUs: the 3.5 GHz Apple M2 (laptop) with 8-cores against the 4.5 GHz AMD Ryzen 9 7950X (desktop) with 16-cores. 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 power consumption
Integrated Graphics
iGPU capabilities for gaming and 3D-intensive tasks
NanoReview Final Score
Generic CPU rating
The "iGPU" and "Power Efficiency" have a minor impact on the NanoReview Score when comparing desktop CPUs.
Key Differences
Advantages of Apple M2
- Around 29 GB/s (40%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 7950X
- Supports up to 128 GB DDR5-5200 RAM
- Has 8 more physical cores
- Unlocked multiplier
- Newer PCI Express version – 5.0
- 16% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 3021 vs 2594 points
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Test in Benchmarks
Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasksCinebench R23
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
| File compression | 1100 MB/sec | 1720 MB/sec |
| Clang compilation | 81.3 Klines/sec | 222.2 Klines/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | 227.5 pages/sec | 370.1 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | 280 Mpixels/sec | 531.7 Mpixels/sec |
| Text processing | 261.3 pages/sec | 302.2 pages/sec |
| Background blur | 41.4 images/sec | 78.3 images/sec |
| Photo processing | 95.9 images/sec | 127.2 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | 10.8 Mpixels/sec | 51.1 Mpixels/sec |
PassMark
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
| Integer math | 36.3 GOps/sec | 228.2 GOps/sec |
| Floating point math | 38.7 GOps/sec | 139.2 GOps/sec |
| Find prime numbers | 183M Primes/sec | 357M Primes/sec |
| Random string sorting | 24.5M Strings/sec | 102.9M Strings/sec |
| Data encryption | 9.7 GBytes/sec | 49.8 GBytes/sec |
| Data compression | 190.6 MBytes/sec | 842.9 MBytes/sec |
| Physics | 1657 Frames/sec | 3100 Frames/sec |
| Extended instructions | 6.4B Matrices/sec | 62.4B Matrices/sec |
Value for money
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Specifications
Full technical specification of Apple M2 and AMD Ryzen 9 7950XGeneral
| Vendor | Apple | AMD |
| Released | June 6, 2022 | August 29, 2022 |
| Type | Laptop | Desktop |
| instruction set | ARMv8 | x86-64 |
| Codename | Apple M2 | Zen 4 (Raphael) |
| Integrated GPU | Apple M2 GPU | Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000) |
CPU
| P-Cores | 4 | 16 |
| P-Threads | 4 | 32 |
| Base Frequency (P) | 3.5 GHz | 4.5 GHz |
| Turbo Boost Frequency (P) | - | 5.7 GHz |
| E-Cores | 4 | - |
| E-Threads | 4 | - |
| Base Frequency (E) | 2.4 GHz | - |
| Total Cores | 8 | 16 |
| Total Threads | 8 | 32 |
| Bus Frequency | - | 100 MHz |
| Multiplier | - | 45x |
| L1 Cache | 192K (per core) | 64K (per core) |
| L2 Cache | 16MB (shared) | 1MB (per core) |
| L3 Cache | - | 64MB (shared) |
| Unlocked Multiplier | No | Yes |
Package
| Transistors | 20 billions | 13.1 billions |
| Fabrication process | 5 nm | 5 nm |
| TDP (PL1) | 15 W | 170 W |
| Max. Boost TDP (PL2) | - | 230 W |
| Socket | Apple M-Socket | AM5 |
| Peak temperature | - | 95°C |
iGPU
| Integrated Graphics | Apple M2 GPU | Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000) |
| GPU Base Clock | 500 MHz | 1500 MHz |
| GPU Boost Clock | 1398 MHz | 2200 MHz |
| Shading Units | 1024 | 448 |
| TMUs | 64 | 8 |
| ROPs | 32 | 4 |
| Execution Units | 128 | 2 |
| TGP | 15 W | 15 W |
| Max. Resolution | 6016x3384 - 60 Hz | - |
iGPU FLOPS
Memory Support
| Memory types | - LPDDR5-6400 | - DDR5-5200 |
| Memory Size | 24 GB | 128 GB |
| Max. Memory Channels | 2 | 2 |
| Max. Memory Bandwidth | 102.4 GB/s | 73.4 GB/s |
| ECC Support | No | Yes |
Misc
| Official site | - | AMD Ryzen 9 7950X official page |
| PCI Express Version | 4.0 | 5.0 |
| PCI Express Lanes | - | 28 |
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