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Apple M2 Pro vs AMD Ryzen 5 5600G

65 out of 100
Apple M2 Pro
VS
46 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 5 5600G
Apple M2 Pro
AMD Ryzen 5 5600G

We compared two CPUs: the 3.5 GHz Apple M2 Pro (laptop) with 12-cores against the 3.9 GHz AMD Ryzen 5 5600G (desktop) with 6-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Performance
  4. Specs
  5. Comments

Review

General overview and comparison of the processors
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Multi-Core Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Power Efficiency
The efficiency score of power consumption
Integrated Graphics
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Key Differences

What are the key differences between 5600G and Pro
Advantages of Apple M2 Pro
  • More powerful Apple M2 Pro GPU (19-core) integrated graphics: 6.8 vs 1.7 TFLOPS
  • Has 6 more physical cores
  • Supports quad-channel memory
  • Newer - released 1 year and 9 months later
  • More modern manufacturing process โ€“ 5 versus 7 nanometers
  • 38% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2666 vs 1938 points
  • Newer PCI Express version โ€“ 4.0
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 5600G
  • Supports up to 128 GB DDR4-3200 RAM
  • Unlocked multiplier

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
M2 Pro
vs
Ryzen 5 5600G

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
M2 Pro +44%
125
Ryzen 5 5600G
87
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
M2 Pro +24%
795
Ryzen 5 5600G
642
Cinebench 2026 (Single) - 409
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) - 2218
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GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
M2 Pro +38%
2666
Ryzen 5 5600G
1938
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
M2 Pro +75%
14489
Ryzen 5 5600G
8288
File compression 1630 MB/sec 773.3 MB/sec
Clang compilation 125.3 Klines/sec 64.7 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 356.9 pages/sec 141.5 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 352.9 Mpixels/sec 231 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 266.9 pages/sec 210.7 pages/sec
Background blur 53.8 images/sec 42.1 images/sec
Photo processing 126.3 images/sec 55.6 images/sec
Ray tracing 17 Mpixels/sec 16.2 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] โ€“ 917 & 1112 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
M2 Pro +29%
4089
Ryzen 5 5600G
3178
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
M2 Pro +36%
26724
Ryzen 5 5600G
19626
Integer math 57.6 GOps/sec 66.9 GOps/sec
Floating point math 73.2 GOps/sec 37.8 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 354M Primes/sec 56M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 40.9M Strings/sec 25.3M Strings/sec
Data encryption 15.6 GBytes/sec 15.2 GBytes/sec
Data compression 334.8 MBytes/sec 248.9 MBytes/sec
Physics 3611 Frames/sec 889 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 14.7B Matrices/sec 17.4B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] โ€“ 584 & 15922 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
M2 Pro +32%
198.23
Ryzen 5 5600G
150.02

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 26.5 PPW 9.9 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 483 PPW 127.5 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 890.8 PPW 301.9 PPW
Blender / Watt 6.61 PPW 2.31 PPW
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Apple M2 Pro
DateBenchmarkResult
๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-04-23 (Roman)Cinebench 2024125 / 795
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AMD Ryzen 5 5600G
DateBenchmarkResult
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-05-05 (krek)Cinebench 2026433 / 2333
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-04-26 (Zhyn)Cinebench 2026335 / 1764
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-04-17 (Chakib)Cinebench 202483 / 575
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-04-07 (TakoyakiCandil)Cinebench 202492 / 646
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-03-27 (GreyArcanine)Cinebench 2026409 / 2218
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Apple M2 Pro and AMD Ryzen 5 5600G

General

Vendor Apple Amd
Released January 17, 2023 April 13, 2021
Type Laptop Desktop
Instruction Set ARMv8 x86-64
Codename Apple M2 Zen 3 (Cezanne)
Integrated GPU Apple M2 Pro GPU (19-core) Radeon RX Vega 7
Successor - Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) - AMD Ryzen 5 8600G
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#139th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 8 6
P-Threads 8 12
Base Frequency (P) 3.5 GHz 3.9 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) - 4.4 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 4 -
E-Threads 4 -
Base Frequency (E) 2.4 GHz -
Total
Total Cores 12 6
Total Threads 12 12
Bus Frequency - 100 MHz
Multiplier - 39x
L1 Cache 192K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 32MB (shared) 512K (per core)
L3 Cache - 16MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No Yes

Package

Transistors 40 billions 10.7 billions
Fabrication Process 5 nm 7 nm
TDP (PL1) 30 W 45-65 W (configurable)
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) - 88 W
Socket Apple M-Socket AM4
Peak Temperature 100ยฐC 95ยฐC
Desktop CPU ranking (#130th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Apple M2 Pro GPU (19-core) Radeon RX Vega 7
GPU Base Clock 450 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1398 MHz 1900 MHz
Shading Units 2432 448
TMUs 152 28
ROPs 76 8
Execution Units 304 7
TGP 35 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
M2 Pro +300%
6.8 TFLOPS
Ryzen 5 5600G
1.7 TFLOPS
More info: Radeon RX Vega 7 compared to Apple M2 Pro GPU (19-core)

Memory Support

Memory Types - LPDDR5-6400 - DDR4-3200
Max. Memory Size 32 GB 128 GB
Memory Channels 4 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 204.8 GB/s -
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site - AMD Ryzen 5 5600G official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 3.0
PCI Express Lanes - 24

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Comments

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