Apple M2 Ultra vs AMD Ryzen 7 1700X

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Apple M2 Ultra AMD Ryzen 7 1700X

We compared the desktop Apple M2 Ultra with 24 cores 3.5GHz and the AMD Ryzen 7 1700X with 8 cores 3.4GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Apple M2 Ultra 's Advantages

Released 6 years and 2 months late

Integrated graphics card

Higher specification of memory (LPDDR5-6400 vs DDR4-2666)

Larger memory bandwidth (800GB/s vs 39.74GB/s)

Newer PCIe version (4.0 vs 3.0)

Higher base frequency (3.5GHz vs 3.4GHz)

Lower TDP (60W vs 95W)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

Apple M2 Ultra +79%

1741

AMD Ryzen 7 1700X

971

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

Apple M2 Ultra +233%

29150

AMD Ryzen 7 1700X

8737

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Apple M2 Ultra +193%

2790

AMD Ryzen 7 1700X

949

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Apple M2 Ultra +376%

21217

AMD Ryzen 7 1700X

4457

Geekbench 5 Single Core

Apple M2 Ultra +108%

1956

AMD Ryzen 7 1700X

937

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

Apple M2 Ultra +343%

27945

AMD Ryzen 7 1700X

6302

Passmark CPU Single Core

Apple M2 Ultra +98%

4137

AMD Ryzen 7 1700X

2084

Passmark CPU Multi Core

Apple M2 Ultra +213%

48776

AMD Ryzen 7 1700X

15538

Apple M2 Ultra

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AMD Ryzen 7 1700X

General Parameters

May 2023

Release Date

Mar 2017

Apple

Manufacturer

AMD

Laptop

Type

Desktop

ARMv8

Instruction Set

x86-64

Apple M2

Core Architecture

Zen

Apple M-Socket

Socket

AM4

Apple M2 Max GPU (76-core)

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Package

134 billions

Transistor Count

4.8 billions

5 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

Apple M-Socket

Socket

AM4

60 W

Power Consumption

95 W

100°C

Peak Operating Temperature

95 °C

CPU Performance

16

Performance Cores

8

16

Performance Core Threads

16

3.5 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.4 GHz

-

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.8 GHz

8

Efficiency Cores

-

8

Efficiency Core Threads

-

2.4 GHz

Efficiency Core Base Frequency

-

24

Total Core Count

8

24

Total Thread Count

16

-

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

35x

Multiplier

34x

192 K per core

L1 Cache

96 K per core

64 MB shared

L2 Cache

512 K per core

-

L3 Cache

16 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

Memory Parameters

LPDDR5-6400

Memory Types

DDR4-2666

192 GB

Max Memory Size

64 GB

16

Max Memory Channels

2

800 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

39.74 GB/s

No

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Graphics Card Parameters

true

Integrated Graphics

-

Miscellaneous

-

Official Website

AMD Ryzen 7 1700X

4.0

PCIe Version

3.0

-

PCIe Lanes

20

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