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Apple M2 vs AMD Ryzen 5 7600X

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 2 - 90 %
Apple M2
Rank 1 - 100 %
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X
Multi-core performance
Rank 2 - 65 %
Apple M2
Rank 1 - 100 %
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X
Cinebench 2026 Single-Thread

Cinebench 2026 Single-Thread
Single-core performance

Apple M2
Apple M2 99 %
8C / 8T · 3.50 GHz
470 pts
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X
6C / 12T · 5.30 GHz
477 pts
Cinebench 2026 Multi-Core

Cinebench 2026 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Apple M2
Apple M2 67 %
8C / 8T · 3.50 GHz
2,316 pts
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X
6C / 12T · 5.30 GHz
3,453 pts
Cinebench 2024 Single-Core

Cinebench 2024 Single-Core
Single-core performance

Apple M2
Apple M2 100 %
8C / 8T · 3.50 GHz
120 pts
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X
6C / 12T · 5.30 GHz
115 pts
Cinebench 2024 Multi-Core

Cinebench 2024 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Apple M2
Apple M2 63 %
8C / 8T · 3.50 GHz
555 pts
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X
6C / 12T · 5.30 GHz
885 pts
Cinebench R23 Single-Core

Cinebench R23 Single-Core
Single-core performance

Apple M2
Apple M2 81 %
8C / 8T · 3.50 GHz
1,592 pts
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X
6C / 12T · 5.30 GHz
1,976 pts
Cinebench R23 Multi-Core

Cinebench R23 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Apple M2
Apple M2 56 %
8C / 8T · 3.50 GHz
8,558 pts
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X
6C / 12T · 5.30 GHz
15,315 pts
Geekbench 6 Single-Core

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

Apple M2
Apple M2 91 %
8C / 8T · 3.50 GHz
2,596
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X
6C / 12T · 5.30 GHz
2,846
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Apple M2
Apple M2 79 %
8C / 8T · 3.50 GHz
10,062
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X
6C / 12T · 5.30 GHz
12,714
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance

Apple M2
Apple M2 85 %
8C / 8T · 3.50 GHz
1,874
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X
6C / 12T · 5.30 GHz
2,197
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core

Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Apple M2
Apple M2 75 %
8C / 8T · 3.50 GHz
8,853
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X
6C / 12T · 5.30 GHz
11,874
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Apple M2
Apple M2 100 %
Apple M2 (10 Core)
3,550
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X
AMD Radeon Graphics (Raphael)
563

More benchmarks

At a glance

Wischen
Apple M2AMD Ryzen 5 7600X
FamilyApple M series (38)AMD Ryzen 5 (100)
CPU groupApple M2 (8)AMD Ryzen 7000 (18)
ArchitectureM2Raphael (Zen 4)
Technology5 nm5 nm
SegmentNotebookDesktop
SocketAM5 (LGA 1718)
PredecessorApple M1AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
SuccessorApple M3AMD Ryzen 5 9600X

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen
Apple M2AMD Ryzen 5 7600X
CPU Cores / Threads8 / 86 / 12
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturehybrid (big.LITTLE)normal
Core Cluster 1: 4x Avalanche
0.66 - 3.50 GHz
6x
4.70 - 5.30 GHz
Core Cluster 2: 4x Blizzard
0.60 - 2.42 GHz
L2-Cache20.00 MB6.00 MB
L3-Cache32.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen
Apple M2AMD Ryzen 5 7600X
GPU nameApple M2 (10 Core)AMD Radeon Graphics (Raphael)
GPU frequency0.45 - 1.40 GHz0.40 - 2.20 GHz
CUs / Shader160 / 12802 / 128
Raytracing
Max. displays23
Max. GPU Memory24 GB8 GB
Technology5 nm5 nm
Release dateQ2/2022Q3/2022

NPU AI performance

Wischen
Apple M2AMD Ryzen 5 7600X
AI hardwareApple Neural Engine
AI specifications16 Neural cores @ 15.8 TOPS
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen
Apple M2AMD Ryzen 5 7600X
MemoryLPDDR5-6400 (102.4 GB/s)
DDR5-5200 (83.2 GB/s)
Max. Memory24 GB128 GB
Memory channels22
ECCNoYes
PCIe4.05.0 x 24
PCIe Bandwidth94.5 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen
Apple M2AMD Ryzen 5 7600X
TDP20 W105 W
TDP (PL2)142 W
TDP up30 W
TDP down10 W
T. junction max.100 °C95 °C

Technical details

Wischen
Apple M2AMD Ryzen 5 7600X
Chip designMonolithicChiplet
AES-NI
Operating systemsmacOS, iPadOSWindows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Instruction setArmv8.5-A (64 bit)x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensionsRosetta 2 x86-EmulationSSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2,FMA3, AVX2, AVX512
Release dateQ2/2022Q4/2022
Release price299 $
DocumentsTechnical data sheetTechnical data sheet

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Apple M2
Apple M2
8C / 8T · 0.66 - 3.50 GHz
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X
6C / 12T · 4.70 - 5.30 GHz

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