AMD Ryzen 9 6980HX vs Apple M2 Pro

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AMD Ryzen 9 6980HX

Apple M2 Pro

We compared two laptop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 9 6980HX with 8 cores 3.3GHz and Apple M2 Pro with 12 cores 3.5GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Apple M2 Pro 's Advantages

Released 1 years late

Better graphics card performance

Higher specification of memory (6400 vs 6400)

Larger memory bandwidth (204.8GB/s vs 76.8GB/s)

Higher base frequency (3.5GHz vs 3.3GHz)

More modern manufacturing process (5nm vs 6nm)

Lower TDP (30W vs 45W)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 6980HX +2%

1669

Apple M2 Pro

1632

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 6980HX +5%

14711

Apple M2 Pro

13929

AMD Ryzen 9 6980HX

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Apple M2 Pro

General Parameters

Jan 2022

Release Date

Jan 2023

AMD

Manufacturer

Apple

Laptop

Type

Laptop

x86-64

Instruction Set

ARMv8

Rembrandt

Core Architecture

Apple M2

FP7

Socket

Apple M-Socket

Radeon 680M

Integrated Graphics

Apple M2 Pro GPU (19-core)

Package

-

Transistor Count

40 billions

6 nm

Manufacturing Process

5 nm

45 W

Power Consumption

30 W

95 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

100°C

CPU Performance

8

Performance Cores

8

16

Performance Core Threads

8

3.3 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.5 GHz

5 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

-

Efficiency Cores

4

-

Efficiency Core Threads

4

-

Efficiency Core Base Frequency

2.4 GHz

8

Total Core Count

12

16

Total Thread Count

12

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

-

33x

Multiplier

-

64 K per core

L1 Cache

192 K per core

512 K per core

L2 Cache

32 MB shared

16 MB shared

L3 Cache

-

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

No

Memory Parameters

DDR5-5200, LPDDR5-6400

Memory Types

LPDDR5-6400

-

Max Memory Size

32 GB

4

Max Memory Channels

4

76.8 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

204.8 GB/s

-

ECC Memory Support

No

Graphics Card Parameters

true

Integrated Graphics

true

2000 MHz

GPU Base Frequency

450 MHz

2400 MHz

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

1398 MHz

768

Shader Units

2432

48

Texture Units

152

32

Raster Operation Units

76

12

Execution Units

304

15 W

Power Consumption

35 W

-

Max Resolution

7680x4320 - 60 Hz

3.686 TFLOPS

Graphics Performance

6.8 TFLOPS

Miscellaneous

AMD Ryzen 9 6980HX

Official Website

-

4.0

PCIe Version

4.0

20

PCIe Lanes

-

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