Apple M2 Pro vs AMD Ryzen 7 5700G

65 out of 100
Apple M2 Pro
VS
49 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 7 5700G

We compared two CPUs: the 3.5 GHz Apple M2 Pro (laptop) with 12-cores against the 3.8 GHz AMD Ryzen 7 5700G (desktop) with 8-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

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
iGPU capabilities for gaming and 3D-intensive tasks
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Key Differences

What are the key differences between 5700G and Pro
Advantages of Apple M2 Pro
  • More powerful Apple M2 Pro GPU (19-core) integrated graphics: 6.8 vs 2 TFLOPS
  • Supports quad-channel memory
  • Newer - released 1 year and 9 months later
  • Has 4 more physical cores
  • More modern manufacturing process โ€“ 5 versus 7 nanometers
  • Newer PCI Express version โ€“ 4.0
  • 29% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2666 vs 2074 points
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 7 5700G
  • Supports up to 128 GB DDR4-3200 RAM
  • Unlocked multiplier

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
M2 Pro +44%
125
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
M2 Pro +5%
795

GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
M2 Pro +29%
2666
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
M2 Pro +47%
14489
File compression 1630 MB/sec 965.6 MB/sec
Clang compilation 125.3 Klines/sec 80.3 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 356.9 pages/sec 190.4 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 352.9 Mpixels/sec 309.1 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 266.9 pages/sec 212.3 pages/sec
Background blur 53.8 images/sec 41.7 images/sec
Photo processing 126.3 images/sec 72.8 images/sec
Ray tracing 17 Mpixels/sec 19.4 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] โ€“ 917 & 686 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
M2 Pro +25%
4089
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
M2 Pro +10%
26724
Integer math 57.6 GOps/sec 90.7 GOps/sec
Floating point math 73.2 GOps/sec 51.2 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 354M Primes/sec 58M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 40.9M Strings/sec 33.2M Strings/sec
Data encryption 15.6 GBytes/sec 20.2 GBytes/sec
Data compression 334.8 MBytes/sec 317.3 MBytes/sec
Physics 3611 Frames/sec 979 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 14.7B Matrices/sec 21.8B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] โ€“ 584 & 12281 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
198.23
200.69

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 26.5 PPW 11.6 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 483 PPW 151.4 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 890.8 PPW 372.7 PPW
Blender / Watt 6.61 PPW 3.09 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
AMD Ryzen 7 5700G
DateBenchmarkResult
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-08-25 (Pyxis)Cinebench 2026434 / 2978
๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-04-24 (Bluekyeet)Cinebench 202493 / 847
๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-01-15 (Rakibul Hasan)Cinebench 202486 / 368
๐Ÿ“˜ 2024-10-01 (Sinpru)Cinebench 202487 / 755
๐Ÿ“˜ 2024-07-21 (Spartacus3383)Cinebench 202486 / 714

Specifications

Full technical specification of Apple M2 Pro and AMD Ryzen 7 5700G

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 8
Rival Equivalent - - Intel Core i7 11700
Successor - Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) - AMD Ryzen 7 8700G
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#113th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 8 8
P-Threads 8 16
Base Frequency (P) 3.5 GHz 3.8 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) - 4.6 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 4 -
E-Threads 4 -
Base Frequency (E) 2.4 GHz -
Total
Total Cores 12 8
Total Threads 12 16
Bus Frequency - 100 MHz
Multiplier - 38x
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)
Socket Apple M-Socket AM4
Peak Temperature 100ยฐC 95ยฐC
Desktop CPU ranking (#107th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Apple M2 Pro GPU (19-core) Radeon RX Vega 8
GPU Base Clock 450 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1398 MHz 2000 MHz
Shading Units 2432 512
TMUs 152 32
ROPs 76 8
Execution Units 304 8
TGP 35 W 25 W
iGPU FLOPS
M2 Pro +240%
6.8 TFLOPS
2 TFLOPS

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 7 5700G official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 3.0
PCI Express Lanes - 24

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