AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS vs Apple M2 Max

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AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS Apple M2 Max

We compared two laptop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS with 8 cores 3.3GHz and Apple M2 Max with 12 cores 3.5GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Apple M2 Max 's Advantages

Released 1 years late

Better graphics card performance

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

Larger memory bandwidth (409.6GB/s vs 76.8GB/s)

Higher base frequency (3.5GHz vs 3.3GHz)

Lower TDP (30W vs 35W)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS

1586

Apple M2 Max +2%

1629

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS

13121

Apple M2 Max +13%

14912

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS

1985

Apple M2 Max +35%

2696

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS

9206

Apple M2 Max +61%

14905

Blender

AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS

205

Apple M2 Max +26%

260

Geekbench 5 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS

1526

Apple M2 Max +31%

2004

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS

9154

Apple M2 Max +64%

15030

Passmark CPU Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS

3323

Apple M2 Max +24%

4149

Passmark CPU Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS

23895

Apple M2 Max +9%

26232

AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS

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Apple M2 Max

General Parameters

Jan 2022

Release Date

Jan 2023

AMD

Manufacturer

Apple

Laptop

Type

Laptop

x86-64

Instruction Set

ARMv8

Rembrandt

Core Architecture

Apple M2

FP7

Socket

Apple M-Socket

Radeon 680M

Integrated Graphics

Apple M2 Max GPU (38-core)

Package

-

Transistor Count

67 billions

6 nm

Manufacturing Process

5 nm

FP7

Socket

Apple M-Socket

35 W

Power Consumption

30 W

95 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

100°C

CPU Performance

8

Performance Cores

8

16

Performance Core Threads

8

3.3 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.5 GHz

4.9 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

-

Efficiency Cores

4

-

Efficiency Core Threads

4

-

Efficiency Core Base Frequency

2.4 GHz

8

Total Core Count

12

16

Total Thread Count

12

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

-

33x

Multiplier

35x

64 K per core

L1 Cache

192 K per core

512 K per core

L2 Cache

32 MB shared

16 MB shared

L3 Cache

-

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

Memory Parameters

DDR5-5200, LPDDR5-6400

Memory Types

LPDDR5-6400

-

Max Memory Size

96 GB

4

Max Memory Channels

8

76.8 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

409.6 GB/s

-

ECC Memory Support

No

Graphics Card Parameters

true

Integrated Graphics

true

2000 MHz

GPU Base Frequency

450 MHz

2400 MHz

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

1398 MHz

768

Shader Units

4864

48

Texture Units

304

32

Raster Operation Units

152

12

Execution Units

608

15 W

Power Consumption

70 W

-

Max Resolution

7680x4320 - 60 Hz

3.686 TFLOPS

Graphics Performance

13.6 TFLOPS

Miscellaneous

AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS

Official Website

-

4.0

PCIe Version

4.0

20

PCIe Lanes

-

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