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Apple M2 vs AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS

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

We compared two 8-core laptop CPUs: the 3.5 GHz Apple M2 against the 3.8 GHz AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS. 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 (3)

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 M2
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS
  • Supports up to 256 GB DDR5-5600 RAM
  • Newer - released 1 year and 6 months later
  • More powerful Radeon 780M integrated graphics: 4.1 vs 2.9 TFLOPS
  • More modern manufacturing process – 4 versus 5 nanometers

Test in Benchmarks

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

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Apple M2 +23%
125
Ryzen 7 8845HS
102
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Apple M2
582
Ryzen 7 8845HS +60%
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)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Apple M2
10122
Ryzen 7 8845HS +29%
13018
File compression 1130 MB/sec 1120 MB/sec
Clang compilation 80.4 Klines/sec 96.4 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 235.3 pages/sec 278.2 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 266.1 Mpixels/sec 374.3 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 257.4 pages/sec 261.9 pages/sec
Background blur 42.1 images/sec 59.9 images/sec
Photo processing 107 images/sec 110.7 images/sec
Ray tracing 10.5 Mpixels/sec 22.3 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 465 & 158 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Apple M2 +4%
3883
Ryzen 7 8845HS
3721
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Apple M2
15651
Ryzen 7 8845HS +81%
28291
Integer math 37 GOps/sec 97 GOps/sec
Floating point math 37.5 GOps/sec 58.8 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 174M Primes/sec 86M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 23.7M Strings/sec 41.4M Strings/sec
Data encryption 9.5 GBytes/sec 20.3 GBytes/sec
Data compression 185.8 MBytes/sec 341.6 MBytes/sec
Physics 1667 Frames/sec 1339 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 7.8B Matrices/sec 25.4B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 4611 & 3870 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Apple M2
109.19
Ryzen 7 8845HS +88%
205.32

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 32.3 PPW 17.3 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 562.3 PPW 241.1 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 869.5 PPW 523.9 PPW
Blender / Watt 6.07 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
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-03-14 (T)Geekbench 6 CPU2647 / 10245
πŸ“˜ 2026-01-05 (AR)Geekbench 6 CPU2655 / 10211
πŸ“˜ 2025-10-24 (Shivam)Geekbench 6 CPU2619 / 9900
Add View all (3)
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 and AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS

General

Vendor Apple Amd
Released June 6, 2022 December 6, 2023
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set ARMv8 x86-64
Codename Apple M2 Zen 4 (Hawk Point)
Integrated GPU Apple M2 GPU Radeon 780M
Rival Equivalent - - Intel Core Ultra 7 165H
Successor - Apple M5 (10-Core) - AMD Ryzen 7 260
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#59th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 4 8
P-Threads 4 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 8 8
Total Threads 8 16
Bus Frequency - 100 MHz
Multiplier - 38x
L1 Cache 192K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 16MB (shared) 1MB (per core)
L3 Cache - 16MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Transistors 20 billions 25 billions
Fabrication Process 5 nm 4 nm
TDP (PL1) 18 W 35-54 W (configurable)
Socket Apple M-Socket FP8
Peak Temperature - 100Β°C
Laptop processors ranking (133rd and 90th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Apple M2 GPU Radeon 780M
GPU Base Clock 500 MHz 800 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1398 MHz 2700 MHz
Shading Units 1024 768
TMUs 64 48
ROPs 32 32
Execution Units 128 12
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Apple M2
2.9 TFLOPS
Ryzen 7 8845HS +41%
4.1 TFLOPS
More info: Radeon 780M compared to Apple M2 GPU (8-core)

Memory Support

Memory Types - LPDDR5-6400 - DDR5-5600
- LPDDR5x-7500
Max. Memory Size 24 GB 256 GB
Memory Channels 8 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 102.4 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

Choose between two processors
5 (6.4%)
73 (93.6%)
Total votes: 78

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Comments

So which CPU will you choose: AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS or Apple M2?
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Darth_Nisis December 16, 2025 at 03:28 PM
This processor is more attractive now that it the Radeon 780m iGPU FINALLY has proper ROCM support in linux. I wanted to buy a mini pc last year with this chip but it was useless to me due to the lack of ROCM support, which was added around September of this year.
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ComputerNerd October 2, 2024 at 01:22 PM
From the mini-PC market, the M2 Air is getting destroyed by the Ryzen 7 8845HS. The gaming selection is very limited, the RAM & SSD aren't adjustable, it costs far more to get the same RAM & SSD specs built on the initial purchase, the iGPU has less TFLOP power, and the CPU multi-core performance is far behind. The only saving aspects of the regular M2 chip are the better battery life on a laptop, better for photo editing, and a more stable OS.
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buoi July 28, 2024 at 11:53 AM
m2 is trash here ? it's costly
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