Apple M2 vs AMD Ryzen 5 8540U

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Apple M2 AMD Ryzen 5 8540U

We compared two laptop CPUs: Apple M2 with 8 cores 3.5GHz and AMD Ryzen 5 8540U with 6 cores 3.2GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Apple M2 's Advantages

Better graphics card performance

Larger memory bandwidth (102.4GB/s vs 89.6GB/s)

Higher base frequency (3.5GHz vs 3.2GHz)

Lower TDP (15W vs 15W)

AMD Ryzen 5 8540U 's Advantages

Released 1 years and 6 months late

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

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

Apple M2

1701

AMD Ryzen 5 8540U +6%

1814

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

Apple M2

8538

AMD Ryzen 5 8540U +23%

10508

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Apple M2 +12%

2694

AMD Ryzen 5 8540U

2390

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Apple M2 +23%

10130

AMD Ryzen 5 8540U

8172

Apple M2

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AMD Ryzen 5 8540U

General Parameters

Jun 2022

Release Date

Dec 2023

Apple

Manufacturer

Amd

Laptop

Type

Laptop

ARMv8

Instruction Set

x86-64

Apple M2

Core Architecture

Hawk Point

Apple M-Socket

Socket

FP7

Apple M2 GPU

Integrated Graphics

Radeon 740M

-

Generation

Ryzen 5 (Zen 4 (Hawk Point))

Package

20 billions

Transistor Count

20.9 billions

5 nm

Manufacturing Process

4 nm

Apple M-Socket

Socket

FP7

15 W

Power Consumption

15-30 W

-

Peak Operating Temperature

100°C

-

Foundry

TSMC

-

Die Size

137 mm²

-

Package

FP7, FP7r2

CPU Performance

4

Performance Cores

6

4

Performance Core Threads

12

3.5 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.2 GHz

3.4 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.9 GHz

4

Efficiency Cores

4

Efficiency Core Threads

8

2.4 GHz

Efficiency Core Base Frequency

-

8

Total Core Count

6

8

Total Thread Count

12

-

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

-

Multiplier

32x

192 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

16 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

24 GB

Max Memory Size

256 GB

2

Max Memory Channels

2

102.4 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

89.6 GB/s

No

ECC Memory Support

No

Graphics Card Parameters

true

Integrated Graphics

true

500 MHz

GPU Base Frequency

1500 MHz

1398 MHz

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

2800 MHz

1024

Shader Units

256

64

Texture Units

16

32

Raster Operation Units

8

128

Execution Units

4

15 W

Power Consumption

15 W

6016x3384 - 60 Hz

Max Resolution

-

2.86 TFLOPS

Graphics Performance

2.56 TFLOPS

Miscellaneous

-

Official Website

AMD Ryzen 5 8540U

4.0

PCIe Version

4.0

-

PCIe Lanes

14

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