Apple M2 Max vs AMD Ryzen 5 8640U

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Apple M2 Max

AMD Ryzen 5 8640U

We compared two laptop CPUs: Apple M2 Max with 12 cores 3.5GHz and AMD Ryzen 5 8640U with 6 cores 3.5GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Apple M2 Max 's Advantages

Better graphics card performance

Larger memory bandwidth (409.6GB/s vs 89.6GB/s)

AMD Ryzen 5 8640U 's Advantages

Released 11 months late

Higher specification of memory (7500 vs 6400)

More modern manufacturing process (4nm vs 5nm)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

Apple M2 Max

1651

AMD Ryzen 5 8640U +7%

1780

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

Apple M2 Max +31%

14852

AMD Ryzen 5 8640U

11267

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Apple M2 Max +11%

2696

AMD Ryzen 5 8640U

2419

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Apple M2 Max +44%

14905

AMD Ryzen 5 8640U

10350

Apple M2 Max

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AMD Ryzen 5 8640U

General Parameters

Jan 2023

Release Date

Dec 2023

Apple

Manufacturer

AMD

Laptop

Type

Laptop

ARMv8

Instruction Set

x86-64

Apple M2

Core Architecture

Hawk Point

Apple M-Socket

Socket

FP7

Apple M2 Max GPU (38-core)

Integrated Graphics

Radeon 760M

-

Generation

Ryzen 5 (Zen 4 (Hawk Point))

Package

67 billions

Transistor Count

25 billions

5 nm

Manufacturing Process

4 nm

30 W

Power Consumption

15-30 W

100°C

Peak Operating Temperature

100°C

-

Foundry

TSMC

-

Die Size

178 mm²

CPU Performance

8

Performance Cores

6

8

Performance Core Threads

12

3.5 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.5 GHz

-

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.9 GHz

4

Efficiency Cores

-

4

Efficiency Core Threads

-

2.4 GHz

Efficiency Core Base Frequency

-

12

Total Core Count

6

12

Total Thread Count

12

-

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

35x

Multiplier

35x

192 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

32 MB shared

L2 Cache

1 MB per core

-

L3 Cache

16 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

-

SMP

1

Memory Parameters

LPDDR5-6400

Memory Types

DDR5-5600, LPDDR5x-7500

96 GB

Max Memory Size

256 GB

8

Max Memory Channels

2

409.6 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

89.6 GB/s

No

ECC Memory Support

No

Graphics Card Parameters

true

Integrated Graphics

true

450 MHz

GPU Base Frequency

1500 MHz

1398 MHz

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

2600 MHz

4864

Shader Units

384

304

Texture Units

24

152

Raster Operation Units

16

608

Execution Units

6

70 W

Power Consumption

15 W

7680x4320 - 60 Hz

Max Resolution

-

13.6 TFLOPS

Graphics Performance

4.06 TFLOPS

Miscellaneous

-

Official Website

AMD Ryzen 5 8640U

4.0

PCIe Version

4.0

-

PCIe Lanes

20

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