Apple M2 Ultra vs AMD Ryzen 9 6980HX

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Apple M2 Ultra AMD Ryzen 9 6980HX

We compared two laptop CPUs: Apple M2 Ultra with 24 cores 3.5GHz and AMD Ryzen 9 6980HX with 8 cores 3.3GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Apple M2 Ultra 's Advantages

Released 1 years and 4 months late

Larger memory bandwidth (800GB/s vs 76.8GB/s)

Higher base frequency (3.5GHz vs 3.3GHz)

AMD Ryzen 9 6980HX 's Advantages

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

Lower TDP (45W vs 60W)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

Apple M2 Ultra +5%

1741

AMD Ryzen 9 6980HX

1650

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

Apple M2 Ultra +99%

29150

AMD Ryzen 9 6980HX

14576

Apple M2 Ultra

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AMD Ryzen 9 6980HX

General Parameters

May 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 (76-core)

Integrated Graphics

Radeon 680M

Package

134 billions

Transistor Count

-

5 nm

Manufacturing Process

6 nm

Apple M-Socket

Socket

FP7

60 W

Power Consumption

45 W

100°C

Peak Operating Temperature

95 °C

CPU Performance

16

Performance Cores

8

16

Performance Core Threads

16

3.5 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.3 GHz

-

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

5 GHz

8

Efficiency Cores

-

8

Efficiency Core Threads

-

2.4 GHz

Efficiency Core Base Frequency

-

24

Total Core Count

8

24

Total Thread Count

16

-

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

35x

Multiplier

33x

192 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

64 MB shared

L2 Cache

512 K per core

-

L3 Cache

16 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

Memory Parameters

LPDDR5-6400

Memory Types

DDR5-5200, LPDDR5-6400

192 GB

Max Memory Size

-

16

Max Memory Channels

4

800 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

76.8 GB/s

No

ECC Memory Support

-

Graphics Card Parameters

true

Integrated Graphics

true

-

GPU Base Frequency

2000 MHz

-

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

2400 MHz

-

Shader Units

768

-

Texture Units

48

-

Raster Operation Units

32

-

Execution Units

12

-

Power Consumption

15 W

-

Graphics Performance

3.686 TFLOPS

Miscellaneous

-

Official Website

AMD Ryzen 9 6980HX

4.0

PCIe Version

4.0

-

PCIe Lanes

20

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