Apple M2 Pro vs AMD Ryzen 9 6980HS

VS

Apple M2 Pro

AMD Ryzen 9 6980HS

We compared two laptop CPUs: Apple M2 Pro with 12 cores 3.5GHz and AMD Ryzen 9 6980HS with 8 cores 3.3GHz . 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

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 35W)

AMD Ryzen 9 6980HS 's Advantages

Higher specification of memory (6400 vs 6400)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

Apple M2 Pro

1632

AMD Ryzen 9 6980HS +2%

1669

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

Apple M2 Pro

13929

AMD Ryzen 9 6980HS +5%

14736

Apple M2 Pro

VS

AMD Ryzen 9 6980HS

General Parameters

Jan 2023

Release Date

Jan 2022

Apple

Manufacturer

AMD

Laptop

Type

Laptop

ARMv8

Instruction Set

x86-64

Apple M2

Core Architecture

Rembrandt

Apple M-Socket

Socket

FP7

Apple M2 Pro GPU (19-core)

Integrated Graphics

Radeon 680M

Package

40 billions

Transistor Count

-

5 nm

Manufacturing Process

6 nm

30 W

Power Consumption

35 W

100°C

Peak Operating Temperature

95 °C

CPU Performance

8

Performance Cores

8

Performance Core Threads

16

3.5 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.3 GHz

-

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

5 GHz

4

Efficiency Cores

-

4

Efficiency Core Threads

-

2.4 GHz

Efficiency Core Base Frequency

-

12

Total Core Count

8

12

Total Thread Count

16

-

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

-

Multiplier

33x

192 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

32 MB shared

L2 Cache

512 K per core

-

L3 Cache

16 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

Memory Parameters

LPDDR5-6400

Memory Types

DDR5-5200, LPDDR5-6400

32 GB

Max Memory Size

-

4

Max Memory Channels

4

204.8 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

76.8 GB/s

No

ECC Memory Support

-

Graphics Card Parameters

true

Integrated Graphics

true

450 MHz

GPU Base Frequency

2000 MHz

1398 MHz

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

2400 MHz

2432

Shader Units

768

152

Texture Units

48

76

Raster Operation Units

32

304

Execution Units

12

35 W

Power Consumption

15 W

7680x4320 - 60 Hz

Max Resolution

-

6.8 TFLOPS

Graphics Performance

3.686 TFLOPS

Miscellaneous

-

Official Website

AMD Ryzen 9 6980HS

4.0

PCIe Version

4.0

-

PCIe Lanes

20

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