Apple M2 vs AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 8540U

VS

Apple M2

AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 8540U

We compared two laptop CPUs: Apple M2 with 8 cores 3.5GHz and AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 8540U with 6 cores 3.7GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Apple M2 's Advantages

Larger memory bandwidth (102.4GB/s vs 89.6GB/s)

Lower TDP (15W vs 30W)

AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 8540U 's Advantages

Released 1 years and 10 months late

Higher specification of memory (7500 vs 6400)

Newer PCIe version (4 vs 4.0)

Higher base frequency (3.7GHz vs 3.5GHz)

More modern manufacturing process (4nm vs 5nm)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Apple M2 +14%

2694

AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 8540U

2359

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Apple M2 +22%

10130

AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 8540U

8271

Apple M2

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AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 8540U

General Parameters

Jun 2022

Release Date

Apr 2024

Apple

Manufacturer

AMD

Laptop

Type

Laptop

ARMv8

Instruction Set

-

Apple M2

Core Architecture

Hawk Point 2

Apple M-Socket

Socket

AMD Socket FP7

Apple M2 GPU

Integrated Graphics

Radeon 740M

-

Generation

Ryzen 5 (Zen 4 (Hawk Point))

Package

20 billions

Transistor Count

20.9 billions

5 nm

Manufacturing Process

4 nm

15 W

Power Consumption

15-30 W

-

Foundry

TSMC

-

Die Size

137 mm²

CPU Performance

4

Performance Cores

2

4

Performance Core Threads

4

3.5 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.7 GHz

3.4 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.9 GHz

4

Efficiency Cores

4

Efficiency Core Threads

8

2.4 GHz

Efficiency Core Base Frequency

3 GHz

-

Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency

3.5 GHz

8

Total Core Count

6

8

Total Thread Count

12

-

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

-

Multiplier

37

192 K per core

L1 Cache

64 KB per core

16 MB shared

L2 Cache

6 MB

-

L3 Cache

16 MB

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

-

SMP

1

Memory Parameters

LPDDR5-6400

Memory Types

DDR5-5600,LPDDR5x-7500

24 GB

Max Memory Size

256

2

Max Memory Channels

2

102.4 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

89.6 GB/s

No

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Graphics Card Parameters

true

Integrated Graphics

true

500 MHz

GPU Base Frequency

-

1398 MHz

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

2800 MHz

1024

Shader Units

-

64

Texture Units

-

32

Raster Operation Units

-

128

Execution Units

4

15 W

Power Consumption

-

6016x3384 - 60 Hz

Max Resolution

-

2.86 TFLOPS

Graphics Performance

-

Miscellaneous

-

Official Website

AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 8540U

4.0

PCIe Version

4

-

PCIe Lanes

14

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