Apple M2 Pro vs AMD Ryzen AI 5 430
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We compared two laptop CPUs: the 3.5 GHz Apple M2 Pro with 12-cores against the 2.0 GHz AMD Ryzen AI 5 430 with 4-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
- More powerful Apple M2 Pro GPU (19-core) integrated graphics: 6.8 vs 1.4 TFLOPS
- Has 8 more physical cores
- Around 115.2 GB/s (129%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
- Supports quad-channel memory
Advantages of AMD Ryzen AI 5 430
- Supports up to 256 GB DDR5-5600 RAM
- Newer - released 3 years and 1 month later
- More modern manufacturing process – 4 versus 5 nanometers
Test in Benchmarks
Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasksCinebench
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
| File compression | 1630 MB/sec | 729.9 MB/sec |
| Clang compilation | 125.3 Klines/sec | 43.9 Klines/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | 356.9 pages/sec | 161.7 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | 352.9 Mpixels/sec | 205.7 Mpixels/sec |
| Text processing | 266.9 pages/sec | 274.6 pages/sec |
| Background blur | 53.8 images/sec | 39.1 images/sec |
| Photo processing | 126.3 images/sec | 80.2 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | 17 Mpixels/sec | 9.85 Mpixels/sec |
PassMark
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
| Integer math | 57.6 GOps/sec | 39.7 GOps/sec |
| Floating point math | 73.2 GOps/sec | 27.2 GOps/sec |
| Find prime numbers | 354M Primes/sec | 44M Primes/sec |
| Random string sorting | 40.9M Strings/sec | 16.5M Strings/sec |
| Data encryption | 15.6 GBytes/sec | 7.5 GBytes/sec |
| Data compression | 334.8 MBytes/sec | 156.9 MBytes/sec |
| Physics | 3611 Frames/sec | 716 Frames/sec |
| Extended instructions | 14.7B Matrices/sec | 11.4B Matrices/sec |
Blender
Blender CPU
Performance Per Watt
| Cinebench 2024 / Watt | 26.5 PPW | 17.9 PPW |
| Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt | 483 PPW | 268.4 PPW |
| Passmark CPU Mark / Watt | 890.8 PPW | 472.5 PPW |
| Blender / Watt | 6.61 PPW | 3.67 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2025-04-23 (Roman) | Cinebench 2024 | 125 / 795 |
AMD Ryzen AI 5 430
No benchmark results yet
Specifications
Full technical specification of Apple M2 Pro and AMD Ryzen AI 5 430General
| Vendor | Apple | Amd |
| Released | January 17, 2023 | January 5, 2026 |
| Type | Laptop | Laptop |
| Instruction Set | ARMv8 | x86-64 |
| Codename | Apple M2 | Zen 5 (Gorgon Point) |
| Model number | - | 430 |
| Integrated GPU | Apple M2 Pro GPU (19-core) | Radeon 840M |
| Successor | - Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) | - |
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#92nd place)
CPU
| P-Cores | 8 | 1 |
| P-Threads | 8 | 2 |
| Base Frequency (P) | 3.5 GHz | 2.0 GHz |
| Turbo Boost Frequency (P) | - | 4.5 GHz |
| E-Cores | 4 | 3 |
| E-Threads | 4 | 6 |
| Base Frequency (E) | 2.4 GHz | 2.0 GHz |
| Turbo Boost Frequency (E) | - | 3.4 GHz |
| Total Cores | 12 | 4 |
| Total Threads | 12 | 8 |
| Bus Frequency | - | 100 MHz |
| Multiplier | - | 20x |
| L1 Cache | 192K (per core) | 80K (per core) |
| L2 Cache | 32MB (shared) | 1MB (per core) |
| L3 Cache | - | 8MB (shared) |
| Unlocked Multiplier | No | No |
Package
| Transistors | 40 billions | - |
| Fabrication Process | 5 nm | 4 nm |
| TDP (PL1) | 30 W | 15-28 W (configurable) |
| Socket | Apple M-Socket | FP8 |
| Peak Temperature | 100°C | 100°C |
Laptop processors ranking (74th and 164th place)
iGPU
| Integrated Graphics | Apple M2 Pro GPU (19-core) | Radeon 840M |
| GPU Base Clock | 450 MHz | 400 MHz |
| GPU Boost Clock | 1398 MHz | 2800 MHz |
| Shading Units | 2432 | 256 |
| TMUs | 152 | 16 |
| ROPs | 76 | 8 |
| Execution Units | 304 | 4 |
| TGP | 35 W | 15 W |
iGPU FLOPS
Memory Support
| Memory Types | - LPDDR5-6400 | - DDR5-5600 - LPDDR5X-8000 |
| Max. Memory Size | 32 GB | 256 GB |
| Memory Channels | 4 | 2 |
| Max. Memory Bandwidth | 204.8 GB/s | 89.6 GB/s |
| ECC Support | No | No |
Misc
| Official Site | - | AMD Ryzen AI 5 430 official page |
| PCI Express Version | 4.0 | 4.0 |
| PCI Express Lanes | - | 14 |
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