Apple M2 vs AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX
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We compared two 8-core laptop CPUs: the 3.5 GHz Apple M2 against the 3.3 GHz AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX. 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
- Around 25.6 GB/s (33%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
- 29% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2589 vs 2004 points
- More modern manufacturing process β 5 versus 6 nanometers
- Newer - released 5 months later
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX
- Supports up to 64 GB DDR5-4800 RAM
- Unlocked multiplier
- More powerful AMD Radeon 680M integrated graphics: 3.7 vs 2.9 TFLOPS
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 | 1130 MB/sec | 984.2 MB/sec |
| Clang compilation | 80.4 Klines/sec | 80.9 Klines/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | 235.3 pages/sec | 221.3 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | 266.1 Mpixels/sec | 331.2 Mpixels/sec |
| Text processing | 257.4 pages/sec | 209.8 pages/sec |
| Background blur | 42.1 images/sec | 34.6 images/sec |
| Photo processing | 107 images/sec | 82.9 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | 10.5 Mpixels/sec | 20 Mpixels/sec |
PassMark
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
| Integer math | 37 GOps/sec | 88.1 GOps/sec |
| Floating point math | 37.5 GOps/sec | 49.4 GOps/sec |
| Find prime numbers | 174M Primes/sec | 62M Primes/sec |
| Random string sorting | 23.7M Strings/sec | 31.7M Strings/sec |
| Data encryption | 9.5 GBytes/sec | 18.9 GBytes/sec |
| Data compression | 185.8 MBytes/sec | 303 MBytes/sec |
| Physics | 1667 Frames/sec | 1129 Frames/sec |
| Extended instructions | 7.8B Matrices/sec | 20.7B Matrices/sec |
Blender
Blender CPU
Performance Per Watt
| Cinebench 2024 / Watt | 32.3 PPW | 17 PPW |
| Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt | 562.3 PPW | 228.2 PPW |
| Passmark CPU Mark / Watt | 869.5 PPW | 534 PPW |
| Blender / Watt | 6.07 PPW | 4.16 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 9 6900HX
No benchmark results yet
Specifications
Full technical specification of Apple M2 and AMD Ryzen 9 6900HXGeneral
| Vendor | Apple | Amd |
| Released | June 6, 2022 | January 4, 2022 |
| Type | Laptop | Laptop |
| Instruction Set | ARMv8 | x86-64 |
| Codename | Apple M2 | Zen 3+ (Rembrandt) |
| Integrated GPU | Apple M2 GPU | Radeon 680M |
| Rival Equivalent | - | - Intel Core i9 12900HX |
| Successor | - Apple M5 (10-Core) | - AMD Ryzen 9 9850HX |
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#104th place)
CPU
| P-Cores | 4 | 8 |
| P-Threads | 4 | 16 |
| Base Frequency (P) | 3.5 GHz | 3.3 GHz |
| Turbo Boost Frequency (P) | - | 4.9 GHz |
| E-Cores | 4 | - |
| E-Threads | 4 | - |
| Base Frequency (E) | 2.4 GHz | - |
| Total Cores | 8 | 8 |
| Total Threads | 8 | 16 |
| Bus Frequency | - | 100 MHz |
| Multiplier | - | 33x |
| L1 Cache | 192K (per core) | 64K (per core) |
| L2 Cache | 16MB (shared) | 512K (per core) |
| L3 Cache | - | 16MB (shared) |
| Unlocked Multiplier | No | Yes |
Package
| Transistors | 20 billions | - |
| Fabrication Process | 5 nm | 6 nm |
| TDP (PL1) | 18 W | 45 W |
| Socket | Apple M-Socket | FP7 |
| Peak Temperature | - | 95Β°C |
Laptop processors ranking (133rd and 184th place)
iGPU
| Integrated Graphics | Apple M2 GPU | AMD Radeon 680M |
| GPU Base Clock | 500 MHz | 400 MHz |
| GPU Boost Clock | 1398 MHz | 2400 MHz |
| Shading Units | 1024 | 768 |
| TMUs | 64 | 48 |
| ROPs | 32 | 32 |
| Execution Units | 128 | 12 |
| TGP | 15 W | 15 W |
iGPU FLOPS
Memory Support
| Memory Types | - LPDDR5-6400 | - DDR5-4800 - LPDDR5-6400 |
| Max. Memory Size | 24 GB | 64 GB |
| Memory Channels | 8 | 2 |
| Max. Memory Bandwidth | 102.4 GB/s | 76.8 GB/s |
| ECC Support | No | No |
Misc
| Official Site | - | AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX official page |
| PCI Express Version | 4.0 | 4.0 |
| PCI Express Lanes | - | 20 |
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