AMD Ryzen 9 7845HX vs Apple M2 Max (30-GPU)

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AMD Ryzen 9 7845HX CPU1 vs CPU2 Apple M2 Max (30-GPU)
AMD Ryzen 9 7845HX Apple M2 Max (30-GPU)

CPU comparison

AMD Ryzen 9 7845HX or Apple M2 Max (30-GPU) - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results.

The AMD Ryzen 9 7845HX has 12 cores with 24 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 5.20 GHz. Up to 128 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The AMD Ryzen 9 7845HX was released in Q1/2023.

The Apple M2 Max (30-GPU) has 12 cores with 12 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.50 GHz. The CPU supports up to 96 GB of memory in 4 memory channels. The Apple M2 Max (30-GPU) was released in Q1/2023.
AMD Ryzen 9 (35) Family Apple M series (23)
AMD Ryzen 7045 (6) CPU group Apple M2 (8)
6 Generation 2
Dragon Range (Zen 4) Architecture M2
Mobile Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor Apple M1 Max (24-GPU)
-- Successor Apple M3 Max (14-CPU 30-GPU)

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The AMD Ryzen 9 7845HX is a 12 core processor with a clock frequency of 3.00 GHz (5.20 GHz). The Apple M2 Max (30-GPU) has 12 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 0.66 GHz (3.50 GHz).
AMD Ryzen 9 7845HX Characteristic Apple M2 Max (30-GPU)
12 Cores 12
24 Threads 12
normal Core architecture hybrid (big.LITTLE)
Yes Hyperthreading No
Yes Overclocking ? No
3.00 GHz (5.20 GHz)
12x Zen 4		 A-Core 0.66 GHz (3.50 GHz)
8x Avalanche
-- B-Core 0.60 GHz (2.42 GHz)
4x Blizzard

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.
AMD Ryzen 9 7845HX Characteristic Apple M2 Max (30-GPU)
-- AI hardware Apple Neural Engine
-- AI specifications 16 Neural cores @ 15.8 TOPS

Internal Graphics

The integrated graphics unit of a processor is not only responsible for the pure image output on the system, but can also significantly increase the efficiency of the system with the support of modern video codecs.
AMD Radeon 610M GPU Apple M2 Max (30 Core)
0.40 GHz GPU frequency 0.45 GHz
2.20 GHz GPU (Turbo) 1.40 GHz
9 GPU Generation 2
6 nm Technology 5 nm
3 Max. displays 5
2 Compute units 480
128 Shader 3840
Yes Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
8 GB Max. GPU Memory 96 GB
12 DirectX Version --

Hardware codec support

A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.
AMD Radeon 610M GPU Apple M2 Max (30 Core)
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec h264 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec VP9 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec VP8 Decode
Decode Codec AV1 No
Decode / Encode Codec AVC Decode
Decode Codec VC-1 Decode
Decode / Encode Codec JPEG Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

The AMD Ryzen 9 7845HX supports a maximum of 128 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Apple M2 Max (30-GPU) can connect up to 96 GB of memory in 4 memory channels.
AMD Ryzen 9 7845HX Characteristic Apple M2 Max (30-GPU)
DDR5-5200 Memory LPDDR5-6400
128 GB Max. Memory 96 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 4 (Quad Channel)
83.2 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 409.6 GB/s
Yes ECC No
12.00 MB L2 Cache 36.00 MB
64.00 MB L3 Cache --
5.0 PCIe version 4.0
28 PCIe lanes 32
110.3 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth 63.0 GB/s

Thermal Management

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The AMD Ryzen 9 7845HX has a TDP of 55 W, that of the Apple M2 Max (30-GPU) is 45 W.
AMD Ryzen 9 7845HX Characteristic Apple M2 Max (30-GPU)
55 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 45 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
75 W TDP up --
45 W TDP down --
100 °C Tjunction max. 100 °C

Technical details

The AMD Ryzen 9 7845HX has a 76.00 MB cache, while the Apple M2 Max (30-GPU) cache has a total of 36.00 MB.
AMD Ryzen 9 7845HX Characteristic Apple M2 Max (30-GPU)
5 nm Technology 5 nm
Chiplet Chip design Chiplet
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) Armv8.5-A (64 bit)
SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2,FMA3, AVX2, AVX512 ISA extensions Rosetta 2 x86-Emulation
FL1 Socket --
AMD-V, SVM Virtualization Apple Virtualization Framework
Yes AES-NI Yes
Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux Operating systems macOS, iPadOS
Q1/2023 Release date Q1/2023
-- Release price --
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 3 CPU benchmarks
AMD Ryzen 9 7845HX (99%)
Apple M2 Max (30-GPU) (94%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 4 CPU benchmarks
AMD Ryzen 9 7845HX (99%)
Apple M2 Max (30-GPU) (76%)

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
AMD Ryzen 9 7845HX AMD Ryzen 9 7845HX
12C 24T @ 5.20 GHz
1859 (100%)
Apple M2 Max (30-GPU) Apple M2 Max (30-GPU)
12C 12T @ 3.50 GHz
1695 (91%)

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
AMD Ryzen 9 7845HX AMD Ryzen 9 7845HX
12C 24T @ 3.00 GHz
26654 (100%)
Apple M2 Max (30-GPU) Apple M2 Max (30-GPU)
12C 12T @ 3.50 GHz
14855 (56%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
AMD Ryzen 9 7845HX AMD Ryzen 9 7845HX
12C 24T @ 5.20 GHz
2052 (100%)
Apple M2 Max (30-GPU) Apple M2 Max (30-GPU)
12C 12T @ 3.50 GHz
1874 (91%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
AMD Ryzen 9 7845HX AMD Ryzen 9 7845HX
12C 24T @ 3.00 GHz
16789 (100%)
Apple M2 Max (30-GPU) Apple M2 Max (30-GPU)
12C 12T @ 3.50 GHz
15506 (92%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.
AMD Ryzen 9 7845HX AMD Ryzen 9 7845HX
12C 24T @ 5.20 GHz
2645 (98%)
Apple M2 Max (30-GPU) Apple M2 Max (30-GPU)
12C 12T @ 3.50 GHz
2689 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.
AMD Ryzen 9 7845HX AMD Ryzen 9 7845HX
12C 24T @ 3.00 GHz
13667 (96%)
Apple M2 Max (30-GPU) Apple M2 Max (30-GPU)
12C 12T @ 3.50 GHz
14207 (100%)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.
AMD Ryzen 9 7845HX AMD Ryzen 9 7845HX
AMD Radeon 610M @ 2.20 GHz
443 (4%)
Apple M2 Max (30-GPU) Apple M2 Max (30-GPU)
Apple M2 Max (30 Core) @ 1.40 GHz
10650 (100%)

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.
AMD Ryzen 9 7845HX AMD Ryzen 9 7845HX
12C 24T @ 3.00 GHz
46864 (100%)
Apple M2 Max (30-GPU) Apple M2 Max (30-GPU)
12C 12T @ 3.50 GHz
26310 (56%)

CPU performance per watt (efficiency)

Efficiency of the processor under full load in the Cinebench R23 (multi-core) benchmark. The benchmark result is divided by the average energy required (CPU package power in watts). The higher the value, the more efficient the CPU is under full load.
AMD Ryzen 9 7845HX AMD Ryzen 9 7845HX
26,654 CB R23 MC @ 102 W
261 (70%)
Apple M2 Max (30-GPU) Apple M2 Max (30-GPU)
14,855 CB R23 MC @ 40 W
371 (100%)

Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)

The Cinebench 2024 benchmark is based on the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxon's 3D program Cinema 4D. The benchmark runs are each 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.
AMD Ryzen 9 7845HX AMD Ryzen 9 7845HX
12C 24T @ 5.20 GHz
0 (0%)
Apple M2 Max (30-GPU) Apple M2 Max (30-GPU)
12C 12T @ 3.50 GHz
121 (100%)

Cinebench 2024 (Multi-Core)

The Multi-Core test of the Cinebench 2024 benchmark uses all cpu cores to render using the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxons Cinema 4D. The benchmark run is 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.
AMD Ryzen 9 7845HX AMD Ryzen 9 7845HX
12C 24T @ 5.20 GHz
0 (0%)
Apple M2 Max (30-GPU) Apple M2 Max (30-GPU)
12C 12T @ 3.50 GHz
1025 (100%)

Performance for Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML)

Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. The performance is given in the number (trillions) of arithmetic operations per second (TOPS).
AMD Ryzen 9 7845HX AMD Ryzen 9 7845HX
12C 24T @ 3.00 GHz
0 (0%)
Apple M2 Max (30-GPU) Apple M2 Max (30-GPU)
12C 12T @ 0.66 GHz
15.8 (100%)

Devices using this processor
AMD Ryzen 9 7845HX Apple M2 Max (30-GPU)
Unknown Apple MacBook Pro 14 (2023)
Apple MacBook Pro 16 (2023)

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