AMD Ryzen 5 4600U vs Apple M2 Max

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AMD Ryzen 5 4600U

Apple M2 Max

We compared two laptop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 5 4600U with 6 cores 2.1GHz and Apple M2 Max with 12 cores 3.5GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD Ryzen 5 4600U 's Advantages

Lower TDP (25W vs 30W)

Apple M2 Max 's Advantages

Released 3 years late

Higher specification of memory (6400 vs 4266)

Larger memory bandwidth (409.6GB/s vs 68.27GB/s)

Newer PCIe version (4.0 vs 3.0)

Higher base frequency (3.5GHz vs 2.1GHz)

More modern manufacturing process (5nm vs 7nm)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 4600U

1151

Apple M2 Max +43%

1651

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 4600U

8004

Apple M2 Max +85%

14852

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 4600U

1359

Apple M2 Max +98%

2696

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 4600U

4708

Apple M2 Max +216%

14905

Geekbench 5 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 4600U

1068

Apple M2 Max +87%

2004

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 4600U

5095

Apple M2 Max +194%

15030

Passmark CPU Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 4600U

2405

Apple M2 Max +72%

4149

Passmark CPU Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 4600U

13395

Apple M2 Max +95%

26232

AMD Ryzen 5 4600U

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Apple M2 Max

General Parameters

Jan 2020

Release Date

Jan 2023

AMD

Manufacturer

Apple

Laptop

Type

Laptop

x86-64

Instruction Set

ARMv8

Zen 2

Core Architecture

Apple M2

FP6

Socket

Apple M-Socket

Radeon Vega 6

Integrated Graphics

Apple M2 Max GPU (38-core)

Package

-

Transistor Count

67 billions

7 nm

Manufacturing Process

5 nm

10-25 W

Power Consumption

30 W

105 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

100°C

CPU Performance

6

Performance Cores

8

12

Performance Core Threads

8

2.1 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.5 GHz

4 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

-

Efficiency Cores

4

-

Efficiency Core Threads

4

-

Efficiency Core Base Frequency

2.4 GHz

6

Total Core Count

12

Total Thread Count

12

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

-

21x

Multiplier

35x

32 K per core

L1 Cache

192 K per core

512 K per core

L2 Cache

32 MB shared

8 MB shared

L3 Cache

-

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

Memory Parameters

DDR4-3200, LPDDR4-4266

Memory Types

LPDDR5-6400

32 GB

Max Memory Size

96 GB

2

Max Memory Channels

8

68.27 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

409.6 GB/s

Yes

ECC Memory Support

No

Graphics Card Parameters

true

Integrated Graphics

true

-

GPU Base Frequency

450 MHz

1500 MHz

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

1398 MHz

384

Shader Units

4864

24

Texture Units

304

8

Raster Operation Units

152

-

Execution Units

608

15 W

Power Consumption

70 W

-

Max Resolution

7680x4320 - 60 Hz

-

Graphics Performance

13.6 TFLOPS

Miscellaneous

AMD Ryzen 5 4600U

Official Website

-

3.0

PCIe Version

4.0

16

PCIe Lanes

-

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