Apple M2 Max vs AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX3D

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Apple M2 Max AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX3D

We compared two laptop CPUs: Apple M2 Max with 12 cores 3.5GHz and AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX3D with 16 cores 2.3GHz . 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

Higher specification of memory (LPDDR5-6400 vs DDR5-5200)

Larger memory bandwidth (409.6GB/s vs 83.2GB/s)

Higher base frequency (3.5GHz vs 2.3GHz)

Lower TDP (30W vs 55W)

AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX3D 's Advantages

Released 6 months late

Newer PCIe version (5 vs 4.0)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

Apple M2 Max

1629

AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX3D +20%

1958

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

Apple M2 Max

14912

AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX3D +126%

33745

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Apple M2 Max

2696

AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX3D +3%

2783

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Apple M2 Max

14905

AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX3D +7%

16080

Blender

Apple M2 Max

260

AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX3D +86%

485

Geekbench 5 Single Core

Apple M2 Max

2004

AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX3D +6%

2138

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

Apple M2 Max

15030

AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX3D +27%

19153

Apple M2 Max

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AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX3D

General Parameters

Jan 2023

Release Date

Jul 2023

Apple

Manufacturer

AMD

Laptop

Type

Laptop

ARMv8

Instruction Set

-

Apple M2

Core Architecture

Dragon Range

Apple M-Socket

Socket

AMD Socket FL1

Apple M2 Max GPU (38-core)

Integrated Graphics

Radeon 610M

-

Generation

Ryzen 9 (Zen 4 (Dragon Range))

Package

67 billions

Transistor Count

17.84 billions

5 nm

Manufacturing Process

5 nm

Apple M-Socket

Socket

AMD Socket FL1

30 W

Power Consumption

55 W

100°C

Peak Operating Temperature

89 °C

-

Foundry

TSMC

-

Die Size

2x71 mm²

-

I/O Process Size

6 nm

-

I/O Die Size

122 mm²

-

Package

µFC-BGAFL1

CPU Performance

8

Performance Cores

-

8

Performance Core Threads

-

3.5 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.3 GHz

-

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

5.4 GHz

4

Efficiency Cores

-

4

Efficiency Core Threads

-

2.4 GHz

Efficiency Core Base Frequency

-

12

Total Core Count

16

12

Total Thread Count

32

-

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

35x

Multiplier

23.0

192 K per core

L1 Cache

64 KB per core

32 MB shared

L2 Cache

1 MB per core

-

L3 Cache

128 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

-

SMP

1

Memory Parameters

LPDDR5-6400

Memory Types

DDR5-5200

96 GB

Max Memory Size

64 GB

8

Max Memory Channels

2

409.6 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

83.2 GB/s

No

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Graphics Card Parameters

true

Integrated Graphics

true

450 MHz

GPU Base Frequency

-

1398 MHz

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

2200 MHz

4864

Shader Units

-

304

Texture Units

-

152

Raster Operation Units

-

608

Execution Units

2

70 W

Power Consumption

-

7680x4320 - 60 Hz

Max Resolution

-

13.6 TFLOPS

Graphics Performance

0.49 TFLOPS

Miscellaneous

-

Official Website

AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX3D

4.0

PCIe Version

5

-

PCIe Lanes

28

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