Apple M2 Pro vs AMD Ryzen 7 6800H
We compared two laptop CPUs: the 3.5 GHz Apple M2 Pro with 12-cores against the 3.2 GHz AMD Ryzen 7 6800H with 8-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.
Review
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
Choose your main usage scenario to recalculate the Final Score and see which CPU suits your needs.
Key Differences
Advantages of Apple M2 Pro
- Around 128 GB/s (167%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
- Supports quad-channel memory
- More powerful Apple M2 Pro GPU (19-core) integrated graphics: 6.8 vs 3.4 TFLOPS
- Has 4 more physical cores
- 41% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2666 vs 1891 points
- Newer - released 1 year later
- More modern manufacturing process β 5 versus 6 nanometers
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 7 6800H
- Supports up to 64 GB DDR5-4800 RAM
Test in Benchmarks
Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasksCinebench
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
| Cinebench 2026 (Single) | - | 437 |
| Cinebench 2026 (Multi) | - | 3117 |
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
| File compression | 1630 MB/sec | 944.9 MB/sec |
| Clang compilation | 125.3 Klines/sec | 68.6 Klines/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | 356.9 pages/sec | 196.3 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | 352.9 Mpixels/sec | 295.8 Mpixels/sec |
| Text processing | 266.9 pages/sec | 194.5 pages/sec |
| Background blur | 53.8 images/sec | 46 images/sec |
| Photo processing | 126.3 images/sec | 84.4 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | 17 Mpixels/sec | 17.9 Mpixels/sec |
PassMark
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
| Integer math | 57.6 GOps/sec | 84 GOps/sec |
| Floating point math | 73.2 GOps/sec | 47.3 GOps/sec |
| Find prime numbers | 354M Primes/sec | 57M Primes/sec |
| Random string sorting | 40.9M Strings/sec | 30.2M Strings/sec |
| Data encryption | 15.6 GBytes/sec | 17.9 GBytes/sec |
| Data compression | 334.8 MBytes/sec | 289.4 MBytes/sec |
| Physics | 3611 Frames/sec | 1027 Frames/sec |
| Extended instructions | 14.7B Matrices/sec | 19.8B Matrices/sec |
Blender
Blender CPU
Performance Per Watt
| Cinebench 2024 / Watt | 26.5 PPW | 15.8 PPW |
| Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt | 483 PPW | 215.8 PPW |
| Passmark CPU Mark / Watt | 890.8 PPW | 504.7 PPW |
| Blender / Watt | 6.61 PPW | - |
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.
Recent User Tests
Apple M2 Pro
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2025-04-23 (Roman) | Cinebench 2024 | 125 / 795 |
AMD Ryzen 7 6800H
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-07-03 (Sarfraz) | Cinebench 2024 | 434 / 2815 |
| π 2026-04-01 (Ronak Sarkar) | Cinebench 2026 | 437 / 3117 |
| π 2025-03-09 (Lex) | Cinebench 2024 | 42 / 391 |
| π 2025-01-12 (Edu) | Cinebench 2024 | 87 / 713 |
Specifications
Full technical specification of Apple M2 Pro and AMD Ryzen 7 6800HGeneral
| Vendor | Apple | Amd |
| Released | January 17, 2023 | January 4, 2022 |
| Type | Laptop | Laptop |
| Instruction Set | ARMv8 | x86-64 |
| Codename | Apple M2 | Zen 3+ (Rembrandt) |
| Integrated GPU | Apple M2 Pro GPU (19-core) | Radeon 680M |
| Rival Equivalent | - | - Intel Core i7 12800H |
| Successor | - Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) | - |
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#111th place)
CPU
| P-Cores | 8 | 8 |
| P-Threads | 8 | 16 |
| Base Frequency (P) | 3.5 GHz | 3.2 GHz |
| Turbo Boost Frequency (P) | - | 4.7 GHz |
| E-Cores | 4 | - |
| E-Threads | 4 | - |
| Base Frequency (E) | 2.4 GHz | - |
| Total Cores | 12 | 8 |
| Total Threads | 12 | 16 |
| Bus Frequency | - | 100 MHz |
| Multiplier | - | 32x |
| L1 Cache | 192K (per core) | 64K (per core) |
| L2 Cache | 32MB (shared) | 512K (per core) |
| L3 Cache | - | 16MB (shared) |
| Unlocked Multiplier | No | No |
Package
| Transistors | 40 billions | - |
| Fabrication Process | 5 nm | 6 nm |
| TDP (PL1) | 30 W | 45 W |
| Socket | Apple M-Socket | FP7 |
| Peak Temperature | 100Β°C | 95Β°C |
Laptop processors ranking (74th and 193rd place)
iGPU
| Integrated Graphics | Apple M2 Pro GPU (19-core) | AMD Radeon 680M |
| GPU Base Clock | 450 MHz | 400 MHz |
| GPU Boost Clock | 1398 MHz | 2200 MHz |
| Shading Units | 2432 | 768 |
| TMUs | 152 | 48 |
| ROPs | 76 | 32 |
| Execution Units | 304 | 12 |
| TGP | 35 W | 15 W |
iGPU FLOPS
Memory Support
| Memory Types | - LPDDR5-6400 | - DDR5-4800 - LPDDR5-6400 |
| Max. Memory Size | 32 GB | 64 GB |
| Memory Channels | 4 | 2 |
| Max. Memory Bandwidth | 204.8 GB/s | 76.8 GB/s |
| ECC Support | No | Yes |
Misc
| Official Site | - | AMD Ryzen 7 6800H official page |
| PCI Express Version | 4.0 | 4.0 |
| PCI Express Lanes | - | 20 |
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