Apple M2 vs AMD Ryzen 9 8940H

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Apple M2 AMD Ryzen 9 8940H

We compared two laptop CPUs: Apple M2 with 8 cores 3.5GHz and AMD Ryzen 9 8940H 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 's Advantages

Higher specification of memory (LPDDR5-6400 vs DDR5-5600)

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

Lower TDP (15W vs 35W)

AMD Ryzen 9 8940H 's Advantages

Released 1 years and 7 months late

Better graphics card performance

Higher base frequency (4.0GHz vs 3.5GHz)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Apple M2 +7%

2694

AMD Ryzen 9 8940H

2512

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Apple M2

10130

AMD Ryzen 9 8940H +29%

13104

Apple M2

VS

AMD Ryzen 9 8940H

General Parameters

Jun 2022

Release Date

Jan 2024

Apple

Manufacturer

AMD

Laptop

Type

Laptop

ARMv8

Instruction Set

x86-64

Apple M2

Core Architecture

Zen 4 (Phoenix)

Apple M-Socket

Socket

FP8

Apple M2 GPU

Integrated Graphics

Radeon 780M

Package

20 billions

Transistor Count

25 billions

5 nm

Manufacturing Process

4 nm

Apple M-Socket

Socket

FP8

15 W

Power Consumption

35-54 W

-

Peak Operating Temperature

100°C

CPU Performance

4

Performance Cores

8

4

Performance Core Threads

16

3.5 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

4.0 GHz

3.4 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

5.2 GHz

4

Efficiency Cores

-

4

Efficiency Core Threads

-

2.4 GHz

Efficiency Core Base Frequency

-

8

Total Core Count

8

Total Thread Count

16

-

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

-

Multiplier

40x

192 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

16 MB shared

L2 Cache

8 MB

-

L3 Cache

16 MB

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

Memory Parameters

LPDDR5-6400

Memory Types

DDR5-5600

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

-

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

768

64

Texture Units

48

32

Raster Operation Units

32

128

Execution Units

12

15 W

Power Consumption

15 W

6016x3384 - 60 Hz

Max Resolution

7680x4320 - 60 Hz

2.86 TFLOPS

Graphics Performance

8.12 TFLOPS

Miscellaneous

-

Official Website

AMD Ryzen 9 8940H

4.0

PCIe Version

4.0

-

PCIe Lanes

20

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