Apple M2 Max vs AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS

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Apple M2 Max AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS

We compared two laptop CPUs: Apple M2 Max with 12 cores 3.5GHz and AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS with 8 cores 4.0GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Apple M2 Max 's Advantages

Better graphics card performance

Larger memory bandwidth (409.6GB/s vs 89.6GB/s)

Lower TDP (30W vs 35W)

AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS 's Advantages

Released 11 months late

Higher specification of memory (LPDDR5x-7500 vs LPDDR5-6400)

Higher base frequency (4.0GHz vs 3.5GHz)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

Apple M2 Max

1629

AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS +11%

1811

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

Apple M2 Max

14912

AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS +15%

17203

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Apple M2 Max +3%

2696

AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS

2616

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Apple M2 Max +11%

14905

AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS

13312

Blender

Apple M2 Max +39%

260

AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS

187

Geekbench 5 Single Core

Apple M2 Max +1%

2004

AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS

1965

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

Apple M2 Max +21%

15030

AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS

12368

Apple M2 Max

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AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS

General Parameters

Jan 2023

Release Date

Dec 2023

Apple

Manufacturer

Amd

Laptop

Type

Laptop

ARMv8

Instruction Set

x86-64

Apple M2

Core Architecture

Zen 4 (Hawk Point)

Apple M-Socket

Socket

FP8

Apple M2 Max GPU (38-core)

Integrated Graphics

Radeon 780M

-

Generation

Ryzen 9 (Zen 4 (Hawk Point))

Package

67 billions

Transistor Count

25 billions

5 nm

Manufacturing Process

4 nm

Apple M-Socket

Socket

FP8

30 W

Power Consumption

35-54 W

100°C

Peak Operating Temperature

100°C

-

Foundry

TSMC

-

Die Size

178 mm²

-

Package

FP8, FP7, FP7r2

CPU Performance

8

Performance Cores

8

Performance Core Threads

16

3.5 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

4.0 GHz

-

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

5.2 GHz

4

Efficiency Cores

-

4

Efficiency Core Threads

-

2.4 GHz

Efficiency Core Base Frequency

-

12

Total Core Count

8

12

Total Thread Count

16

-

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

35x

Multiplier

40x

192 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

32 MB shared

L2 Cache

1 MB per core

-

L3 Cache

16 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

-

SMP

1

Memory Parameters

LPDDR5-6400

Memory Types

DDR5-5600, LPDDR5x-7500

96 GB

Max Memory Size

256 GB

8

Max Memory Channels

2

409.6 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

89.6 GB/s

No

ECC Memory Support

No

Graphics Card Parameters

true

Integrated Graphics

true

450 MHz

GPU Base Frequency

800 MHz

1398 MHz

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

2800 MHz

4864

Shader Units

768

304

Texture Units

48

152

Raster Operation Units

32

608

Execution Units

12

70 W

Power Consumption

15 W

7680x4320 - 60 Hz

Max Resolution

7680x4320 - 60 Hz

13.6 TFLOPS

Graphics Performance

8.12 TFLOPS

Miscellaneous

-

Official Website

AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS

4.0

PCIe Version

4.0

-

PCIe Lanes

20

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