Apple M2 Pro (12-CPU 19-GPU) vs AMD Ryzen 5 1600X

Last updated: 2024-03-18

CPU comparison with benchmarks


Apple M2 Pro (12-CPU 19-GPU)		AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
CPU comparison In this CPU comparison, we compare the Apple M2 Pro (12-CPU 19-GPU) and the AMD Ryzen 5 1600X and use benchmarks to check which processor is faster. We compare the Apple M2 Pro (12-CPU 19-GPU) 12 core processor released in Q1/2023 with the AMD Ryzen 5 1600X which has 6 CPU cores and was introduced in Q1/2017.

Apple M series (25)	Family	AMD Ryzen 5 (86)
Apple M2 (8)	CPU group	AMD Ryzen 1000 (15)
2	Generation	1
M2	Architecture	Summit Ridge (Zen)
Mobile	Segment	Desktop / Server
Apple M1 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU)	Predecessor	--
Apple M3 Pro (12-CPU 18-GPU)	Successor	--

CPU Cores and Base Frequency The Apple M2 Pro (12-CPU 19-GPU) is a 12 core processor with a clock frequency of 0.66 GHz (3.50 GHz). The processor can compute 12 threads at the same time. The AMD Ryzen 5 1600X clocks with 3.30 GHz (3.70 GHz), has 6 CPU cores and can calculate 12 threads in parallel.
Apple M2 Pro (12-CPU 19-GPU)	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
12	Cores	6
12	Threads	12
hybrid (big.LITTLE)	Core architecture	normal
No	Hyperthreading	Yes
No	Overclocking ?	Yes
0.66 GHz (3.50 GHz) 8x Avalanche	A-Core	3.30 GHz (3.70 GHz)
0.60 GHz (2.42 GHz) 4x Blizzard	B-Core	--

NPU AI performance The performance values of the processor's AI unit. The isolated NPU performance is specified here, the total AI performance (NPU+CPU+iGPU) can be higher. Processors with support for artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors.
Apple M2 Pro (12-CPU 19-GPU)	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
Apple Neural Engine	AI hardware	--
16 Neural cores @ 15.8 TOPS	AI specifications	--
--	NPU + CPU + iGPU	--

Integrated graphics (iGPU) Graphics (iGPU) integrated into the processor not only enable image output without having to rely on a dedicated graphics solution, but can also efficiently accelerate video playback.
Apple M2 Pro (19 Core)	GPU	no iGPU
0.45 GHz	GPU frequency	--
1.40 GHz	GPU (Turbo)	--
2	GPU Generation	--
5 nm	Technology
3	Max. displays
304	Compute units	--
2432	Shader	--
No	Hardware Raytracing	No
No	Frame Generation	No
32 GB	Max. GPU Memory	--
--	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.
Apple M2 Pro (19 Core)	GPU	no iGPU
Decode / Encode	Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit)	No
Decode / Encode	Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit)	No
Decode / Encode	Codec h264	No
Decode / Encode	Codec VP9	No
Decode	Codec VP8	No
No	Codec AV1	No
Decode	Codec AVC	No
Decode	Codec VC-1	No
Decode / Encode	Codec JPEG	No

Memory & PCIe Up to 32 GB of memory in a maximum of 2 memory channels is supported by the Apple M2 Pro (12-CPU 19-GPU), while the AMD Ryzen 5 1600X supports a maximum of 64 GB of memory with a maximum memory bandwidth of 42.7 GB/s enabled.
Apple M2 Pro (12-CPU 19-GPU)	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
LPDDR5-6400	Memory	DDR4-2666
32 GB	Max. Memory	64 GB
2 (Dual Channel)	Memory channels	2 (Dual Channel)
102.4 GB/s	Max. Bandwidth	42.7 GB/s
No	ECC	Yes
36.00 MB	L2 Cache	--
--	L3 Cache	16.00 MB
4.0	PCIe version	3.0
--	PCIe lanes	20
--	PCIe Bandwidth	19.7 GB/s
Thermal Management The Apple M2 Pro (12-CPU 19-GPU) has a TDP of 40 W. The TDP of the AMD Ryzen 5 1600X is 95 W. System integrators use the TDP of the processor as a guide when dimensioning the cooling solution.
Apple M2 Pro (12-CPU 19-GPU)	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
40 W	TDP (PL1 / PBP)	95 W
--	TDP (PL2)	--
--	TDP up	--
--	TDP down	--
100 °C	Tjunction max.	95 °C
Technical details The Apple M2 Pro (12-CPU 19-GPU) has 36.00 MB cache and is manufactured in 5 nm. The cache of AMD Ryzen 5 1600X is at 16.00 MB. The processor is manufactured in 14 nm.

Apple M2 Pro (12-CPU 19-GPU)	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
5 nm	Technology	14 nm
Chiplet	Chip design	Monolithic
Armv8.5-A (64 bit)	Instruction set (ISA)	x86-64 (64 bit)
Rosetta 2 x86-Emulation	ISA extensions	SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
--	Socket	AM4 (PGA 1331)
Apple Virtualization Framework	Virtualization	AMD-V, SVM
Yes	AES-NI	Yes
macOS, iPadOS	Operating systems	Windows 10, Linux
Q1/2023	Release date	Q1/2017
--	Release price	245 $

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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 4 CPU benchmarks

Apple M2 Pro (12-CPU 19-GPU) (100%)

AMD Ryzen 5 1600X (50%)

⌀ Multi core performance in 5 CPU benchmarks

Apple M2 Pro (12-CPU 19-GPU) (100%)

AMD Ryzen 5 1600X (43%)

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.


	Apple M2 Pro (12-CPU 19-GPU) 12C 12T @ 3.50 GHz	122 (100%)
	AMD Ryzen 5 1600X 6C 12T @ 3.70 GHz	59 (48%)

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.


	Apple M2 Pro (12-CPU 19-GPU) 12C 12T @ 3.50 GHz	782 (100%)
	AMD Ryzen 5 1600X 6C 12T @ 3.70 GHz	411 (53%)

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.


	Apple M2 Pro (12-CPU 19-GPU) 12C 12T @ 3.50 GHz	1695 (100%)
	AMD Ryzen 5 1600X 6C 12T @ 3.70 GHz	942 (56%)

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.


	Apple M2 Pro (12-CPU 19-GPU) 12C 12T @ 3.50 GHz	14855 (100%)
	AMD Ryzen 5 1600X 6C 12T @ 3.50 GHz	6470 (44%)

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.


	Apple M2 Pro (12-CPU 19-GPU) 12C 12T @ 3.50 GHz	1874 (100%)
	AMD Ryzen 5 1600X 6C 12T @ 3.70 GHz	950 (51%)

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.


	Apple M2 Pro (12-CPU 19-GPU) 12C 12T @ 3.50 GHz	15506 (100%)
	AMD Ryzen 5 1600X 6C 12T @ 3.50 GHz	5220 (34%)

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.


	Apple M2 Pro (12-CPU 19-GPU) 12C 12T @ 3.50 GHz	2689 (100%)
	AMD Ryzen 5 1600X 6C 12T @ 3.70 GHz	1167 (43%)

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.


	Apple M2 Pro (12-CPU 19-GPU) 12C 12T @ 3.50 GHz	14207 (100%)
	AMD Ryzen 5 1600X 6C 12T @ 3.50 GHz	5089 (36%)

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.


	Apple M2 Pro (12-CPU 19-GPU) 12C 12T @ 3.50 GHz	26294 (100%)
	AMD Ryzen 5 1600X 6C 12T @ 3.50 GHz	13207 (50%)

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 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.


	Apple M2 Pro (12-CPU 19-GPU) 12C 12T @ 3.50 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 5 1600X 6C 12T @ 3.70 GHz	389 (100%)

Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 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.


	Apple M2 Pro (12-CPU 19-GPU) 12C 12T @ 3.50 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 5 1600X 6C 12T @ 3.50 GHz	2764 (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.


	Apple M2 Pro (12-CPU 19-GPU) Apple M2 Pro (19 Core) @ 1.40 GHz	6745 (100%)
	AMD Ryzen 5 1600X @ 0.00 GHz	0 (0%)

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)

Blender is a free 3D graphics software for rendering (creating) 3D bodies, which can also be textured and animated in the software. The Blender benchmark creates predefined scenes and measures the time (s) required for the entire scene. The shorter the time required, the better. We selected bmw27 as the benchmark scene.


	Apple M2 Pro (12-CPU 19-GPU) 12C 12T @ 3.50 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 5 1600X 6C 12T @ 3.50 GHz	323.8 (100%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Single-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.


	Apple M2 Pro (12-CPU 19-GPU) 12C 12T @ 3.50 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 5 1600X 6C 12T @ 3.70 GHz	415 (100%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.


	Apple M2 Pro (12-CPU 19-GPU) 12C 12T @ 0.66 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 5 1600X 6C 12T @ 3.30 GHz	3367 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 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.


	Apple M2 Pro (12-CPU 19-GPU) 12C 12T @ 3.50 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 5 1600X 6C 12T @ 3.70 GHz	151 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 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.


	Apple M2 Pro (12-CPU 19-GPU) 12C 12T @ 3.50 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 5 1600X 6C 12T @ 3.50 GHz	1126 (100%)

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.


	Apple M2 Pro (12-CPU 19-GPU) 14,855 CB R23 MC @ 40 W	371 (100%)
	AMD Ryzen 5 1600X 3.30 GHz	0 (0%)

AI performance (NPU)

The performance values of the processor's AI unit. The isolated NPU performance is given here, the total AI performance (NPU+CPU+iGPU) can be higher.

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).


	Apple M2 Pro (12-CPU 19-GPU) 12C 12T @ 0.66 GHz	15.8 (100%)
	AMD Ryzen 5 1600X 6C 12T @ 3.30 GHz	0 (0%)

Devices using this processor
Apple M2 Pro (12-CPU 19-GPU)	AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
Apple MacBook Pro 16 (2023)	Unknown

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The AMD Ryzen processors were first introduced by AMD in Q1 2017. They are the successor to the not particularly successful AMD Bulldozer processors. The latter were manufactured using an outdated manufacturing process and could not keep up with the competing products from Intel. AMD lost a large portion of its desktop processor market share during this period.

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