Apple M2 Ultra vs AMD Ryzen 7 8745HX
We compared two laptop CPUs: Apple M2 Ultra with 24 cores 3.5GHz and AMD Ryzen 7 8745HX with 8 cores 3.6GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.
Main Differences
Apple M2 Ultra Advantages
Integrated graphics card
Higher specification of memory (6400 vs 5200)
AMD Ryzen 7 8745HX Advantages
Released 1 years and 11 months late
Newer PCIe version (5 vs 4.0)
Higher base frequency (3.6GHz vs 3.5GHz)
Lower TDP (55W vs 60W)
Score
General Parameters
May 2023
Release Date
Apr 2025
Apple
Manufacturer
AMD
Laptop
Type
Laptop
ARMv8
Instruction Set
-
Apple M2
Core Architecture
Dragon Range
Apple M-Socket
Socket
AMD Socket FL1
Apple M2 Max GPU (76-core)
Integrated Graphics
Radeon 610M
-
Generation
Ryzen 7 (Zen 4 (Dragon Range))
Package
134 billions
Transistor Count
6.57 billions
5 nm
Manufacturing Process
5 nm
60 W
Power Consumption
55 W
100°C
Peak Operating Temperature
100°C
-
Foundry
TSMC
-
Die Size
71 mm²
-
I/O Process Size
6 nm
-
I/O Die Size
122 mm²
CPU Performance
16
Performance Cores
-
16
Performance Core Threads
-
3.5 GHz
Performance Core Base Frequency
3.6 GHz
-
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
5.1 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
36.0
192 K per core
L1 Cache
64 KB per core
64 MB shared
L2 Cache
1 MB per core
-
L3 Cache
32 MB shared
No
Unlocked Multiplier
Yes
-
SMP
1
Memory Parameters
LPDDR5-6400
Memory Types
DDR5-5200
192 GB
Max Memory Size
-
16
Max Memory Channels
2
800 GB/s
Max Memory Bandwidth
-
No
ECC Memory Support
No
Graphics Card Parameters
true
Integrated Graphics
-
Miscellaneous
4.0
PCIe Version
5
-
PCIe Lanes
28
