Apple M2 Max vs AMD Ryzen 5 6600U

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Apple M2 Max AMD Ryzen 5 6600U

We compared two laptop CPUs: Apple M2 Max with 12 cores 3.5GHz and AMD Ryzen 5 6600U with 6 cores 2.9GHz . 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

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

Higher base frequency (3.5GHz vs 2.9GHz)

AMD Ryzen 5 6600U 's Advantages

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

Lower TDP (15W vs 30W)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

Apple M2 Max +12%

1629

AMD Ryzen 5 6600U

1453

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

Apple M2 Max +67%

14912

AMD Ryzen 5 6600U

8923

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Apple M2 Max +53%

2696

AMD Ryzen 5 6600U

1755

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Apple M2 Max +116%

14905

AMD Ryzen 5 6600U

6878

Geekbench 5 Single Core

Apple M2 Max +36%

2004

AMD Ryzen 5 6600U

1473

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

Apple M2 Max +100%

15030

AMD Ryzen 5 6600U

7486

Passmark CPU Single Core

Apple M2 Max +30%

4149

AMD Ryzen 5 6600U

3190

Passmark CPU Multi Core

Apple M2 Max +47%

26232

AMD Ryzen 5 6600U

17827

Apple M2 Max

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AMD Ryzen 5 6600U

General Parameters

Jan 2023

Release Date

Jan 2022

Apple

Manufacturer

AMD

Laptop

Type

Laptop

ARMv8

Instruction Set

x86-64

Apple M2

Core Architecture

Rembrandt

Apple M-Socket

Socket

FP7

Apple M2 Max GPU (38-core)

Integrated Graphics

Radeon 660M

Package

67 billions

Transistor Count

-

5 nm

Manufacturing Process

6 nm

Apple M-Socket

Socket

FP7

30 W

Power Consumption

15-28 W

100°C

Peak Operating Temperature

95 °C

CPU Performance

8

Performance Cores

6

8

Performance Core Threads

12

3.5 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.9 GHz

-

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.5 GHz

4

Efficiency Cores

-

4

Efficiency Core Threads

-

2.4 GHz

Efficiency Core Base Frequency

-

12

Total Core Count

6

12

Total Thread Count

12

-

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

35x

Multiplier

29x

192 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

32 MB shared

L2 Cache

512 K per core

-

L3 Cache

16 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

Memory Parameters

LPDDR5-6400

Memory Types

DDR5-4800, LPDDR5-6400

96 GB

Max Memory Size

-

8

Max Memory Channels

4

409.6 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

76.8 GB/s

No

ECC Memory Support

-

Graphics Card Parameters

true

Integrated Graphics

true

450 MHz

GPU Base Frequency

1500 MHz

1398 MHz

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

1900 MHz

4864

Shader Units

384

304

Texture Units

24

152

Raster Operation Units

16

608

Execution Units

6

70 W

Power Consumption

15 W

7680x4320 - 60 Hz

Max Resolution

-

13.6 TFLOPS

Graphics Performance

1.46 TFLOPS

Miscellaneous

-

Official Website

AMD Ryzen 5 6600U

4.0

PCIe Version

4.0

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