Apple M2 Max vs AMD Ryzen 5 3500U

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Apple M2 Max

AMD Ryzen 5 3500U

We compared two laptop CPUs: Apple M2 Max with 12 cores 3.5GHz and AMD Ryzen 5 3500U with 4 cores 2.1GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Apple M2 Max 's Advantages

Released 4 years late

Better graphics card performance

Higher specification of memory (6400 vs 2400)

Larger memory bandwidth (409.6GB/s vs 35.76GB/s)

Newer PCIe version (4.0 vs 3.0)

Higher base frequency (3.5GHz vs 2.1GHz)

More modern manufacturing process (5nm vs 12nm)

Lower TDP (30W vs 35W)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

Apple M2 Max +115%

1651

AMD Ryzen 5 3500U

765

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

Apple M2 Max +439%

14852

AMD Ryzen 5 3500U

2752

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Apple M2 Max +193%

2696

AMD Ryzen 5 3500U

920

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Apple M2 Max +485%

14905

AMD Ryzen 5 3500U

2547

Blender

Apple M2 Max +420%

255

AMD Ryzen 5 3500U

49

Geekbench 5 Single Core

Apple M2 Max +264%

2004

AMD Ryzen 5 3500U

550

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

Apple M2 Max +425%

15030

AMD Ryzen 5 3500U

2859

Passmark CPU Single Core

Apple M2 Max +112%

4149

AMD Ryzen 5 3500U

1954

Passmark CPU Multi Core

Apple M2 Max +275%

26232

AMD Ryzen 5 3500U

6987

Apple M2 Max

VS

AMD Ryzen 5 3500U

General Parameters

Jan 2023

Release Date

Jan 2019

Apple

Manufacturer

AMD

Laptop

Type

Laptop

ARMv8

Instruction Set

x86-64

Apple M2

Core Architecture

Picasso

Apple M-Socket

Socket

FP5

Apple M2 Max GPU (38-core)

Integrated Graphics

Radeon Vega 8

Package

67 billions

Transistor Count

4.9 billions

5 nm

Manufacturing Process

12 nm

30 W

Power Consumption

12-35 W

100°C

Peak Operating Temperature

105 °C

CPU Performance

8

Performance Cores

4

8

Performance Core Threads

8

3.5 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.1 GHz

-

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.7 GHz

4

Efficiency Cores

-

4

Efficiency Core Threads

-

2.4 GHz

Efficiency Core Base Frequency

-

12

Total Core Count

4

12

Total Thread Count

8

-

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

35x

Multiplier

21x

192 K per core

L1 Cache

96 K per core

32 MB shared

L2 Cache

512 K per core

-

L3 Cache

4 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

Memory Parameters

LPDDR5-6400

Memory Types

DDR4-2400

96 GB

Max Memory Size

32 GB

8

Max Memory Channels

2

409.6 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

35.76 GB/s

No

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Graphics Card Parameters

true

Integrated Graphics

true

450 MHz

GPU Base Frequency

300 MHz

1398 MHz

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

1200 MHz

4864

Shader Units

512

304

Texture Units

32

152

Raster Operation Units

8

608

Execution Units

8

70 W

Power Consumption

65 W

7680x4320 - 60 Hz

Max Resolution

3840x2160 - 60 Hz

13.6 TFLOPS

Graphics Performance

1.13 TFLOPS

Miscellaneous

-

Official Website

AMD Ryzen 5 3500U

4.0

PCIe Version

3.0

-

PCIe Lanes

12

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