Apple M2 Pro vs AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 375

65 out of 100
Apple M2 Pro
VS
73 out of 100
AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 375

We compared two 12-core laptop CPUs: the 3.5 GHz Apple M2 Pro against the 2.0 GHz AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 375. 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 375 and Pro
Advantages of Apple M2 Pro
  • Supports quad-channel memory
  • More powerful Apple M2 Pro GPU (19-core) integrated graphics: 6.8 vs 5.9 TFLOPS
Advantages of AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 375
  • Supports up to 256 GB DDR5-5600 RAM
  • Newer - released 1 year and 7 months later
  • More modern manufacturing process โ€“ 4 versus 5 nanometers
  • 12% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2977 vs 2666 points

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
795
1277
Cinebench Scores (#98th place)

GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
2666
2977
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
14489
16240
File compression 1630 MB/sec 1270 MB/sec
Clang compilation 125.3 Klines/sec 131.2 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 356.9 pages/sec 304 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 352.9 Mpixels/sec 480.8 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 266.9 pages/sec 316.2 pages/sec
Background blur 53.8 images/sec 74.1 images/sec
Photo processing 126.3 images/sec 135.3 images/sec
Ray tracing 17 Mpixels/sec 32.6 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] โ€“ 917 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
M2 Pro +3%
4089
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
26724
35341
Integer math 57.6 GOps/sec 124.4 GOps/sec
Floating point math 73.2 GOps/sec 78.3 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 354M Primes/sec 129M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 40.9M Strings/sec 48.5M Strings/sec
Data encryption 15.6 GBytes/sec 22.3 GBytes/sec
Data compression 334.8 MBytes/sec 446.6 MBytes/sec
Physics 3611 Frames/sec 1911 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 14.7B Matrices/sec 32B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] โ€“ 584 & 140 samples

Blender

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

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 26.5 PPW 23.6 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 483 PPW 300.7 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 890.8 PPW 654.5 PPW
Blender / Watt 6.61 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 AI 9 HX 375
DateBenchmarkResult
๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-10-31 (DavidchoGamer84)Cinebench 2024121 / 1277

Specifications

Full technical specification of Apple M2 Pro and AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 375

General

Vendor Apple Amd
Released January 17, 2023 July 24, 2024
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set ARMv8 x86-64
Codename Apple M2 Zen 5 (Strix Point)
Model number - 375
Integrated GPU Apple M2 Pro GPU (19-core) Radeon 890M
Rival Equivalent - - Intel Core i9 14900HX
Successor - Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) - AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 475
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#27th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 8 4
P-Threads 8 8
Base Frequency (P) 3.5 GHz 2.0 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) - 5.1 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 4 8
E-Threads 4 16
Base Frequency (E) 2.4 GHz 2.0 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) - 3.3 GHz
Total
Total Cores 12 12
Total Threads 12 24
Bus Frequency - 100 MHz
Multiplier - 20x
L1 Cache 192K (per core) 80K (per core)
L2 Cache 32MB (shared) 1MB (per core)
L3 Cache - 24MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Transistors 40 billions -
Fabrication Process 5 nm 4 nm
TDP (PL1) 30 W 15-54 W (configurable)
Socket Apple M-Socket FP8
Peak Temperature 100ยฐC 100ยฐC
Laptop processors ranking (74th and 39th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Apple M2 Pro GPU (19-core) AMD Radeon 890M
GPU Base Clock 450 MHz 400 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1398 MHz 2900 MHz
Shading Units 2432 1024
TMUs 152 64
ROPs 76 32
Execution Units 304 16
TGP 35 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
M2 Pro +15%
6.8 TFLOPS
5.9 TFLOPS

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 -
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site - AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 375 official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes - 16

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