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Apple M2 vs AMD Ryzen 7 7800X

57 out of 100
Apple M2
VS
64 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X
Apple M2
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X

We compared two 8-core CPUs: the 3.5 GHz Apple M2 (laptop) against the 4.5 GHz AMD Ryzen 7 7800X (desktop). 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 7800X and M2
Advantages of Apple M2
  • More powerful Apple M2 GPU integrated graphics: 2.9 vs 0.6 TFLOPS
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 7 7800X
  • Supports up to 128 GB DDR5-5200 RAM
  • Unlocked multiplier
  • Newer PCI Express version – 5.0
  • Newer - released 7 months later

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Apple M2
vs
Ryzen 7 7800X

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Apple M2 +6%
125
Ryzen 7 7800X
118
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Apple M2
582
Ryzen 7 7800X +118%
1270
Cinebench Scores (#101st 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)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
File compression 1130 MB/sec -
Clang compilation 80.4 Klines/sec -
HTML 5 Browser 235.3 pages/sec -
PDF Renderer 266.1 Mpixels/sec -
Text processing 257.4 pages/sec -
Background blur 42.1 images/sec -
Photo processing 107 images/sec -
Ray tracing 10.5 Mpixels/sec -
Sources: GeekBench [1] – 465 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Integer math 37 GOps/sec 41.6 GOps/sec
Floating point math 37.5 GOps/sec 25.7 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 174M Primes/sec 45M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 23.7M Strings/sec 23.6M Strings/sec
Data encryption 9.5 GBytes/sec 4.4 GBytes/sec
Data compression 185.8 MBytes/sec 185.6 MBytes/sec
Physics 1667 Frames/sec 813 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 7.8B Matrices/sec 15.7B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3] – 4611 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Apple M2
109.19
Ryzen 7 7800X
n/a

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 32.3 PPW 12.1 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 562.3 PPW -
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 869.5 PPW -
Blender / Watt 6.07 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
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-03-14 (T)Geekbench 6 CPU2647 / 10245
📘 2026-01-05 (AR)Geekbench 6 CPU2655 / 10211
📘 2025-10-24 (Shivam)Geekbench 6 CPU2619 / 9900
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Apple M2 and AMD Ryzen 7 7800X

General

Vendor Apple Amd
Released June 6, 2022 January 10, 2023
Type Laptop Desktop
Instruction Set ARMv8 x86-64
Codename Apple M2 Zen 4 (Raphael)
Integrated GPU Apple M2 GPU Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000)
Rival Equivalent - - Intel Core i7 13700K
Successor - Apple M5 (10-Core) -
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#43rd place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 4 8
P-Threads 4 16
Base Frequency (P) 3.5 GHz 4.5 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) - 5.4 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 4 -
E-Threads 4 -
Base Frequency (E) 2.4 GHz -
Total
Total Cores 8 8
Total Threads 8 16
Bus Frequency - 100 MHz
Multiplier - 45x
L1 Cache 192K (per core) -
L2 Cache 16MB (shared) 1MB (per core)
L3 Cache - 40MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No Yes

Package

Transistors 20 billions -
Fabrication Process 5 nm 5 nm
TDP (PL1) 18 W 105 W
Socket Apple M-Socket AM5
Peak Temperature - 95°C
Desktop CPU ranking (#58th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Apple M2 GPU Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000)
GPU Base Clock 500 MHz 400 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1398 MHz 2200 MHz
Shading Units 1024 128
TMUs 64 8
ROPs 32 4
Execution Units 128 2
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Apple M2 +383%
2.9 TFLOPS
Ryzen 7 7800X
0.6 TFLOPS
More info: Radeon Graphics iGPU (Ryzen 7000) compared to Apple M2 GPU (8-core)

Memory Support

Memory Types - LPDDR5-6400 - DDR5-5200
Max. Memory Size 24 GB 128 GB
Memory Channels 8 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 102.4 GB/s -
ECC Support No -

Misc

PCI Express Version 4.0 5.0
PCI Express Lanes - 28
Further details
Notes on Ryzen 7 7800X:
    - This CPU was never released for the retail market.

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Comments

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