Apple M2 vs AMD Ryzen 9 7940HX

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Apple M2 AMD Ryzen 9 7940HX

We compared two laptop CPUs: Apple M2 with 8 cores 3.5GHz and AMD Ryzen 9 7940HX with 16 cores 2.4GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Apple M2 's Advantages

Better graphics card performance

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

Larger memory bandwidth (102.4GB/s vs 83.2GB/s)

Higher base frequency (3.5GHz vs 2.4GHz)

Lower TDP (15W vs 55W)

AMD Ryzen 9 7940HX 's Advantages

Released 1 years and 7 months late

Newer PCIe version (5.0 vs 4.0)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

Apple M2

1701

AMD Ryzen 9 7940HX +10%

1882

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

Apple M2

8538

AMD Ryzen 9 7940HX +289%

33284

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Apple M2

2694

AMD Ryzen 9 7940HX

2688

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Apple M2

10130

AMD Ryzen 9 7940HX +54%

15655

Apple M2

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AMD Ryzen 9 7940HX

General Parameters

Jun 2022

Release Date

Jan 2024

Apple

Manufacturer

AMD

Laptop

Type

Laptop

ARMv8

Instruction Set

x86-64

Apple M2

Core Architecture

Zen 4 (Dragon Range)

Apple M-Socket

Socket

AMD Socket FL1

Apple M2 GPU

Integrated Graphics

Radeon 610M

Package

20 billions

Transistor Count

13.14 billions

5 nm

Manufacturing Process

5 nm

Apple M-Socket

Socket

AMD Socket FL1

15 W

Power Consumption

55 W

-

Peak Operating Temperature

100°C

CPU Performance

4

Performance Cores

16

4

Performance Core Threads

32

3.5 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.4 GHz

3.4 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

5.2 GHz

4

Efficiency Cores

-

4

Efficiency Core Threads

-

2.4 GHz

Efficiency Core Base Frequency

-

8

Total Core Count

16

8

Total Thread Count

32

-

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

-

Multiplier

24

192 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

16 MB shared

L2 Cache

1 MB per core

-

L3 Cache

64 MB

No

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

Memory Parameters

LPDDR5-6400

Memory Types

DDR5-5200

24 GB

Max Memory Size

64 GB

2

Max Memory Channels

2

102.4 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

83.2 GB/s

No

ECC Memory Support

-

Graphics Card Parameters

true

Integrated Graphics

true

500 MHz

GPU Base Frequency

400 MHz

1398 MHz

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

2200 MHz

1024

Shader Units

128

64

Texture Units

8

32

Raster Operation Units

4

128

Execution Units

2

15 W

Power Consumption

15 W

6016x3384 - 60 Hz

Max Resolution

-

2.86 TFLOPS

Graphics Performance

0.563 TFLOPS

Miscellaneous

-

Official Website

4.0

PCIe Version

5.0

-

PCIe Lanes

28

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