AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX vs Apple M2 Ultra

VS

AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX

Apple M2 Ultra

We compared two laptop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX with 8 cores 3.3GHz and Apple M2 Ultra with 24 cores 3.5GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX 's Advantages

Lower TDP (54W vs 60W)

Apple M2 Ultra 's Advantages

Released 2 years and 4 months late

Higher specification of memory (6400 vs 4266)

Larger memory bandwidth (800GB/s vs 51.2GB/s)

Newer PCIe version (4.0 vs 3.0)

Higher base frequency (3.5GHz vs 3.3GHz)

More modern manufacturing process (5nm vs 7nm)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX

1626

Apple M2 Ultra +6%

1729

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX

11891

Apple M2 Ultra +143%

28910

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX

2047

Apple M2 Ultra +36%

2790

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX

8439

Apple M2 Ultra +151%

21217

Blender

AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX

181

Apple M2 Ultra +179%

505

Geekbench 5 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX

1554

Apple M2 Ultra +25%

1956

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX

8431

Apple M2 Ultra +231%

27945

Passmark CPU Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX

3370

Apple M2 Ultra +22%

4137

Passmark CPU Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX

23374

Apple M2 Ultra +108%

48776

AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX

VS

Apple M2 Ultra

General Parameters

Jan 2021

Release Date

May 2023

AMD

Manufacturer

Apple

Laptop

Type

Laptop

x86-64

Instruction Set

ARMv8

Zen 3 (Cezanne)

Core Architecture

Apple M2

FP6

Socket

Apple M-Socket

Radeon RX Vega 8

Integrated Graphics

Apple M2 Max GPU (76-core)

Package

10.7 billions

Transistor Count

134 billions

7 nm

Manufacturing Process

5 nm

35-54 W

Power Consumption

60 W

105°C

Peak Operating Temperature

100°C

CPU Performance

8

Performance Cores

16

Performance Core Threads

16

3.3 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.5 GHz

4.8 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

-

Efficiency Cores

8

-

Efficiency Core Threads

8

-

Efficiency Core Base Frequency

2.4 GHz

8

Total Core Count

24

16

Total Thread Count

24

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

-

33x

Multiplier

35x

64 K per core

L1 Cache

192 K per core

512 K per core

L2 Cache

64 MB shared

16 MB shared

L3 Cache

-

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

Memory Parameters

DDR4-3200, LPDDR4-4266

Memory Types

LPDDR5-6400

64 GB

Max Memory Size

192 GB

2

Max Memory Channels

16

51.2 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

800 GB/s

No

ECC Memory Support

No

Graphics Card Parameters

true

Integrated Graphics

true

2100 MHz

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

-

512

Shader Units

-

32

Texture Units

-

8

Raster Operation Units

-

15 W

Power Consumption

-

Miscellaneous

AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX

Official Website

-

3.0

PCIe Version

4.0

12

PCIe Lanes

-

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