Apple M2 vs AMD Ryzen 5 3600
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We compared two CPUs: the 3.5 GHz Apple M2 (laptop) with 8-cores against the 3.6 GHz AMD Ryzen 5 3600 (desktop) with 6-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
The "iGPU" and "Power Efficiency" have a minor impact on the DeviceFacts Score for desktop CPU.
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Value for money (Beta)
Key Differences
Advantages of Apple M2
- Around 54.72 GB/s (115%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
- Newer - released 3 years later
- 56% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2589 vs 1662 points
- More modern manufacturing process β 5 versus 7 nanometers
- Has 2 more physical cores
- Includes an integrated GPU Apple M2 GPU
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 3600
- Supports up to 128 GB DDR4-3200 RAM
- Unlocked multiplier
Test in Benchmarks
Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasksCinebench
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
| Cinebench 2026 (Single) | - | 388 |
| Cinebench 2026 (Multi) | - | 2039 |
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
| File compression | 1130 MB/sec | 660.6 MB/sec |
| Clang compilation | 80.4 Klines/sec | 59 Klines/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | 235.3 pages/sec | 146 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | 266.1 Mpixels/sec | 207.8 Mpixels/sec |
| Text processing | 257.4 pages/sec | 143.3 pages/sec |
| Background blur | 42.1 images/sec | 37 images/sec |
| Photo processing | 107 images/sec | 54.2 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | 10.5 Mpixels/sec | 12.9 Mpixels/sec |
PassMark
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
| Integer math | 37 GOps/sec | 48.5 GOps/sec |
| Floating point math | 37.5 GOps/sec | 28.6 GOps/sec |
| Find prime numbers | 174M Primes/sec | 109M Primes/sec |
| Random string sorting | 23.7M Strings/sec | 23.6M Strings/sec |
| Data encryption | 9.5 GBytes/sec | 13.9 GBytes/sec |
| Data compression | 185.8 MBytes/sec | 219.6 MBytes/sec |
| Physics | 1667 Frames/sec | 1146 Frames/sec |
| Extended instructions | 7.8B Matrices/sec | 14.4B Matrices/sec |
Blender
Blender CPU
Performance Per Watt
| Cinebench 2024 / Watt | 32.3 PPW | 7.9 PPW |
| Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt | 562.3 PPW | 111.5 PPW |
| Passmark CPU Mark / Watt | 869.5 PPW | 271.8 PPW |
| Blender / Watt | 6.07 PPW | 2.09 PPW |
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.
Recent User Tests
Apple M2
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-03-14 (T) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 2647 / 10245 |
| π 2026-01-05 (AR) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 2655 / 10211 |
| π 2025-10-24 (Shivam) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 2619 / 9900 |
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-07-16 (abdou) | Cinebench 2026 | 388 / 2039 |
| π 2026-03-31 (Ike) | Cinebench 2024 | 70 / 517 |
| π 2025-12-16 -> Jeromeneil | Cinebench 2024 | 71 / 511 |
| π 2025-11-02 (BeastAsLow) | Cinebench 2024 | 64 / 479 |
| π 2025-10-17 (RandomStorm) | Cinebench 2024 | 72 / 419 |
Specifications
Full technical specification of Apple M2 and AMD Ryzen 5 3600General
| Vendor | Apple | Amd |
| Released | June 6, 2022 | July 7, 2019 |
| Type | Laptop | Desktop |
| Instruction Set | ARMv8 | x86-64 |
| Codename | Apple M2 | Zen 2 (Matisse) |
| Integrated GPU | Apple M2 GPU | No |
| Successor | - Apple M5 (10-Core) | - AMD Ryzen 5 7600 |
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#163rd place)
CPU
| P-Cores | 4 | 6 |
| P-Threads | 4 | 12 |
| Base Frequency (P) | 3.5 GHz | 3.6 GHz |
| Turbo Boost Frequency (P) | - | 4.2 GHz |
| E-Cores | 4 | - |
| E-Threads | 4 | - |
| Base Frequency (E) | 2.4 GHz | - |
| Total Cores | 8 | 6 |
| Total Threads | 8 | 12 |
| Bus Frequency | - | 100 MHz |
| Multiplier | - | 36x |
| L1 Cache | 192K (per core) | 64K (per core) |
| L2 Cache | 16MB (shared) | 512K (per core) |
| L3 Cache | - | 32MB (shared) |
| Unlocked Multiplier | No | Yes |
Package
| Transistors | 20 billions | 3.8 billions |
| Fabrication Process | 5 nm | 7 nm |
| TDP (PL1) | 18 W | 65 W |
| Socket | Apple M-Socket | AM4 |
| Peak Temperature | - | 95Β°C |
Laptop processors ranking (#133rd place)
Desktop CPU ranking (#152nd place)
iGPU
| Integrated Graphics | Apple M2 GPU | - |
| GPU Base Clock | 500 MHz | - |
| GPU Boost Clock | 1398 MHz | - |
| Shading Units | 1024 | - |
| TMUs | 64 | - |
| ROPs | 32 | - |
| Execution Units | 128 | - |
| TGP | 15 W | - |
iGPU FLOPS
Memory Support
| Memory Types | - LPDDR5-6400 | - DDR4-3200 |
| Max. Memory Size | 24 GB | 128 GB |
| Memory Channels | 8 | 2 |
| Max. Memory Bandwidth | 102.4 GB/s | 47.68 GB/s |
| ECC Support | No | Yes |
Misc
| Official Site | - | AMD Ryzen 5 3600 official page |
| PCI Express Version | 4.0 | 4.0 |
| PCI Express Lanes | - | 16 |
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