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Apple M2 Max (30-GPU) vs AMD Ryzen 7 8700F

Last updated: 2026-06-04

Table of Contents

Summary
Benchmarks
Specifications
User Reviews
Popular Comparisons

Summary

Benchmarks

Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance

Rank 1 - 100 %

Apple M2 Max (30-GPU)

Rank 1 - 100 %

AMD Ryzen 7 8700F

Multi-core performance

Rank 2 - 96 %

Apple M2 Max (30-GPU)

Rank 1 - 100 %

AMD Ryzen 7 8700F

Cinebench 2024 Single-Core
Single-core performance

12C / 12T · 3.50 GHz

121 pts

8C / 16T · 5.10 GHz

104 pts

Cinebench 2024 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

12C / 12T · 3.50 GHz

1,025 pts

8C / 16T · 5.10 GHz

986 pts

Cinebench R23 Single-Core
Single-core performance

12C / 12T · 3.50 GHz

1,695 pts

8C / 16T · 5.10 GHz

1,833 pts

Cinebench R23 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

12C / 12T · 3.50 GHz

14,855 pts

8C / 16T · 4.60 GHz

18,040 pts

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

12C / 12T · 3.50 GHz

2,689

8C / 16T · 5.10 GHz

2,720

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

12C / 12T · 3.50 GHz

14,207

8C / 16T · 4.60 GHz

14,326

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

12C / 12T · 3.50 GHz

1,874

8C / 16T · 5.10 GHz

2,014

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

12C / 12T · 3.50 GHz

15,506

8C / 16T · 4.60 GHz

13,217

More benchmarks

Cinebench 2024 (SC)
427 entries

Cinebench 2024 (MC)
422 entries

Cinebench R23 (SC)
690 entries

Cinebench R23 (MC)
665 entries

Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,989 entries

Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 entries

Cinebench R20 (SC)
666 entries

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries

Cinebench R20 (MC)
615 entries

Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries

FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries

CPU performance per watt (efficiency)
140 entries

AI performance (NPU)
218 entries

Specifications

At a glance

Wischen	Apple M2 Max (30-GPU)	AMD Ryzen 7 8700F
Family	Apple M series (38)	AMD Ryzen 7 (79)
CPU group	Apple M2 (8)	AMD Ryzen 8000G (14)
Architecture	M2	Phoenix (Zen 4)
Technology	5 nm	4 nm
Segment	Notebook	Desktop
Socket		AM5 (LGA 1718)
Predecessor	Apple M1 Max (24-GPU)
Successor	Apple M3 Max (14-CPU 30-GPU)

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Apple M2 Max (30-GPU)	AMD Ryzen 7 8700F
CPU Cores / Threads	12 / 12	8 / 16
Hyperthreading / SMT	✗	✓
Core architecture	hybrid (big.LITTLE)	normal
Core Cluster 1:	8x Avalanche 0.66 - 3.50 GHz	8x Zen 4 4.10 - 5.10 GHz
Core Cluster 2:	4x Blizzard 0.60 - 2.42 GHz
L2-Cache	36.00 MB	8.00 MB
L3-Cache		16.00 MB
Overclocking	✗	✓

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Apple M2 Max (30-GPU)	AMD Ryzen 7 8700F
GPU name	Apple M2 Max (30 Core)	no iGPU
GPU frequency	0.45 - 1.40 GHz
CUs / Shader	480 / 3840	/
Raytracing	✗	✗
Max. displays	5
Max. GPU Memory	96 GB
Technology	5 nm
Release date	Q1/2023

NPU AI performance

Wischen	Apple M2 Max (30-GPU)	AMD Ryzen 7 8700F
AI hardware	Apple Neural Engine
AI specifications	16 Neural cores @ 15.8 TOPS
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Apple M2 Max (30-GPU)	AMD Ryzen 7 8700F
Memory	LPDDR5-6400 (409.6 GB/s)	DDR5-5200 (83.2 GB/s)
Max. Memory	96 GB	256 GB
Memory channels	4	2
ECC	No	No
PCIe	4.0 x 32	4.0 x 20
PCIe Bandwidth	63.0 GB/s	39.4 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	Apple M2 Max (30-GPU)	AMD Ryzen 7 8700F
TDP	45 W	65 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down		45 W
T. junction max.	100 °C	95 °C

Technical details

Wischen	Apple M2 Max (30-GPU)	AMD Ryzen 7 8700F
Chip design	Monolithic	Monolithic
AES-NI	✓	✓
Operating systems	macOS, iPadOS	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Instruction set	Armv8.5-A (64 bit)	x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions	Rosetta 2 x86-Emulation	SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2,FMA3, AVX2, AVX512
Release date	Q1/2023	Q2/2024
Release price
Documents	Technical data sheet	Technical data sheet

User Reviews

Your rating

Here you can rate one or both of the processors. The average rating of Apple M2 Max (30-GPU) is 4.6 stars (58 ratings), while AMD Ryzen 7 8700F has received 4.3 stars (69 ratings).

Click on the stars to rate one or both processors.

Apple M2 Max (30-GPU)
12C / 12T · 0.66 - 3.50 GHz

★★★★★

AMD Ryzen 7 8700F
8C / 16T · 4.10 - 5.10 GHz

★★★★★