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Apple M2 Pro vs AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS

65 out of 100
Apple M2 Pro
VS
61 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS
Apple M2 Pro
AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 3.5 GHz Apple M2 Pro with 12-cores against the 3.8 GHz AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS with 8-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
iGPU capabilities for gaming and 3D-intensive tasks
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Key Differences

What are the key differences between 8845HS and Pro
Advantages of Apple M2 Pro
  • Supports quad-channel memory
  • More powerful Apple M2 Pro GPU (19-core) integrated graphics: 6.8 vs 4.1 TFLOPS
  • Has 4 more physical cores
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS
  • Supports up to 256 GB DDR5-5600 RAM
  • Newer - released 11 months later
  • More modern manufacturing process – 4 versus 5 nanometers

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
M2 Pro
vs
Ryzen 7 8845HS

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
M2 Pro +23%
125
Ryzen 7 8845HS
102
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
M2 Pro
795
Ryzen 7 8845HS +17%
932
Cinebench 2026 (Single) - 570
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) - 4125
Cinebench Scores (#175th place)
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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 +3%
2666
Ryzen 7 8845HS
2580
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
M2 Pro +11%
14489
Ryzen 7 8845HS
13018
File compression 1630 MB/sec 1120 MB/sec
Clang compilation 125.3 Klines/sec 96.4 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 356.9 pages/sec 278.2 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 352.9 Mpixels/sec 374.3 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 266.9 pages/sec 261.9 pages/sec
Background blur 53.8 images/sec 59.9 images/sec
Photo processing 126.3 images/sec 110.7 images/sec
Ray tracing 17 Mpixels/sec 22.3 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 917 & 158 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
M2 Pro +10%
4089
Ryzen 7 8845HS
3721
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
M2 Pro
26724
Ryzen 7 8845HS +6%
28291
Integer math 57.6 GOps/sec 97 GOps/sec
Floating point math 73.2 GOps/sec 58.8 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 354M Primes/sec 86M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 40.9M Strings/sec 41.4M Strings/sec
Data encryption 15.6 GBytes/sec 20.3 GBytes/sec
Data compression 334.8 MBytes/sec 341.6 MBytes/sec
Physics 3611 Frames/sec 1339 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 14.7B Matrices/sec 25.4B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 584 & 3870 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
M2 Pro
198.23
Ryzen 7 8845HS +4%
205.32

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 26.5 PPW 17.3 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 483 PPW 241.1 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 890.8 PPW 523.9 PPW
Blender / Watt 6.61 PPW 3.8 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
πŸ“˜ 2025-04-23 (Roman)Cinebench 2024125 / 795
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AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-15 (korn87)Cinebench 2026570 / 4125
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-07 (korn87)Geekbench 6 CPU2718 / 13855
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-07 (korn87)Cinebench 2026570 / 4125
πŸ“˜ 2026-03-09 (MaidElle)Geekbench 6 CPU2514 / 12971
πŸ“˜ 2026-02-26 (iFraan)Geekbench 6 CPU2331 / 10135
Add View all (18)

Specifications

Full technical specification of Apple M2 Pro and AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS

General

Vendor Apple Amd
Released January 17, 2023 December 6, 2023
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set ARMv8 x86-64
Codename Apple M2 Zen 4 (Hawk Point)
Integrated GPU Apple M2 Pro GPU (19-core) Radeon 780M
Rival Equivalent - - Intel Core Ultra 7 165H
Successor - Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) - AMD Ryzen 7 260
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#59th 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) - 5.1 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) 1MB (per core)
L3 Cache - 16MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Transistors 40 billions 25 billions
Fabrication Process 5 nm 4 nm
TDP (PL1) 30 W 35-54 W (configurable)
Socket Apple M-Socket FP8
Peak Temperature 100Β°C 100Β°C
Laptop processors ranking (74th and 90th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Apple M2 Pro GPU (19-core) Radeon 780M
GPU Base Clock 450 MHz 800 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1398 MHz 2700 MHz
Shading Units 2432 768
TMUs 152 48
ROPs 76 32
Execution Units 304 12
TGP 35 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
M2 Pro +66%
6.8 TFLOPS
Ryzen 7 8845HS
4.1 TFLOPS
More info: Radeon 780M compared to Apple M2 Pro GPU (19-core)

Memory Support

Memory Types - LPDDR5-6400 - DDR5-5600
- LPDDR5x-7500
Max. Memory Size 32 GB 256 GB
Memory Channels 4 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 204.8 GB/s -
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site - AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes - 20

Cast your vote

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Total votes: 9

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Comments

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