Notebookcheck Logo

Apple M2 vs AMD Ryzen 5 5600X vs AMD Ryzen 7 5700X

Apple M2

► remove from comparison Apple M2

The Apple M2 is a System on a Chip (SoC) from Apple that is found in the late 2022 MacBook Air and, MacBook Pro 13. It offers 8 cores divided in four performance cores and four power-efficiency cores. The big cores offer 192 KB instruction cache, 128 KB data cache, and 16 MB shared L2 cache (up from 12 MB). The four efficiency cores are a lot smaller and offer only 128 KB instruction cache, 64 KB data cache, and 4 MB shared cache. The efficiency cores (E cluster) clock with  up to 2,4 GHz, the performance cores (P cluster) with up to 3,5 GHz and therefore higher than the M1 cores. The architecture should be similar to the A15 (iPhone 13) with Avalanche and Blizzard cores.

The chip features a unified memory architecture for the CPU and GPU cores and supports up to 24 GB LPDDR5-6400 for a bandwidth of up to 100GB/s.

According to Apple, the M2 offers a 18% higher CPU performance at the same power consumption level compared to the Apple M1. In our tests, the MacBook Pro 13 with active cooling was able to reach the 18% in Geekbench Multi. In other benchmarks we measured 12 to 15% gains compared to the M1. Therefore, the performance is now near the M1 Pro with 8 cores. The passively cooled MacBook Air may however suffer from throttling in longer load scenarios.

The integrated graphics card in the M2 offers 8 or 10 cores and a peak performance of 3.6 TFLOPs.

Furthermore, the SoC integrates a fast 16 core neural engine with a peak performance of 16 TOPS (for AI hardware acceleration), a secure enclave (e.g., for encryption), Thunderbolt / USB 4 controller, an ISP, and media de- and encoders.

The Apple M2 includes 20 billion transistors (up from the 16 billion of the M1) and is manufactured in the second generation 5nm process at TSMC (most likely N5P). The power consumption is rated at 20W what we also measured under CPU load.

AMD Ryzen 5 5600X

► remove from comparison AMD R5 5600X

The AMD Ryzen 5 5600X is a desktop processor with 6 SMT-enabled (12 threads) and based on the Zen 3 architecture. Launched in November 2020, it is the fastest 6-core Ryzen desktop processor. With a TDP of 65 watts, the Ryzen 5 5600X is the least energy-hungry model in the Zen 3 family to date.

The Ryzen 5 5600X is clocked at 3.7 GHz base clock and can be clocked up to 4.6 GHz with Precision Boost 2.

Performance

The average 5600X in our database is in the same league as the Ryzen 9 4900H and the Ryzen 7 6800HS, as far as multi-thread benchmark scores are concerned. While this isn't the fastest CPU money can buy, it still rips through most workloads with ease, as of mid 2022. Find out more in our full review.

Power consumption

This Ryzen 5 series chip has a default TDP (also known as the long-term power limit) of 65 W to be in line with most desktop processors.

The R5 5600X is built with TSMC's 7 nm process for average, as of early 2023, energy efficiency.

AMD Ryzen 7 5700X

► remove from comparison AMD R7 5700X

The AMD Ryzen 7 5700X is a desktop processor with 8 cores and simultaneous multithreading (SMT), which means it can process 16 threads simultaneously. In April 2022, AMD presented the Ryzen 7 5700X, a new 8-core processor that is very similar to the AMD Ryzen 7 5800X. However, due to the lower TDP, there are no restrictions on the clock frequency. Nevertheless, the AMD Ryzen 7 5700X reaches up to 4.6 GHz in boost, which is only 100 MHz less than the AMD Ryzen 7 5800X. However, the base clock drops significantly to 3.4 GHz.

The performance of the AMD Ryzen 7 5700X is consistently excellent in all applications. The native 8-core can really show off its strengths, especially in multi-threaded applications, although the single-core performance has also been significantly improved compared to the older Zen 2 architecture.

The internal structure of the processor is similar to the AMD Ryzen 7 5800X. The CCX modules are also connected to each other via the I/O die, which we already know from Zen2. However, according to AMD, the Infinity Fabric should now achieve clock rates of up to 2 GHz, which in turn enables a RAM clock rate of 4,000 MHz without any loss of performance.

In terms of manufacturing processes, AMD also relies on TSCM for the 7nm production of the CPU cores in the Vermeer processors, although the I/O die is still supplied in 12 nm by Globalfoundries.

The AMD Ryzen 7 5700X is impressive in gaming thanks to the significantly improved IPC compared to Zen2. In terms of power consumption, the AMD Ryzen 7 5700X impresses with its low TDP of just 65 watts. This means that the processor can also be operated with a compact air cooler without any problems. The AMD Ryzen 7 5800X is operated with a TDP of 105 watts.

ModelApple M2AMD Ryzen 5 5600XAMD Ryzen 7 5700X
SeriesApple Apple M2AMD Vermeer (Ryzen 5000)AMD Vermeer (Ryzen 5000)
Series: Vermeer (Ryzen 5000) Vermeer (Zen 3)
Apple M2 Max2.42 - 3.7 GHz12 / 12 cores48 MB L3
Apple M2 Pro2.42 - 3.5 GHz12 / 12 cores24 MB L3
Apple M2 Pro 10-Core2.42 - 3.7 GHz10 / 10 cores24 MB L3
Apple M2 « 2.42 - 3.48 GHz8 / 8 cores8 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X3.4 - 4.9 GHz16 / 32 cores64 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3.8 - 4.7 GHz8 / 16 cores32 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3.4 - 4.6 GHz8 / 16 cores32 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X « 3.7 - 4.6 GHz6 / 12 cores32 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X3.4 - 4.9 GHz16 / 32 cores64 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3.8 - 4.7 GHz8 / 16 cores32 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 7 5700X « 3.4 - 4.6 GHz8 / 16 cores32 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3.7 - 4.6 GHz6 / 12 cores32 MB L3
Clock2424 - 3480 MHz3700 - 4600 MHz3400 - 4600 MHz
L1 Cache2 MB384 KB512 KB
L2 Cache20 MB3 MB4 MB
L3 Cache8 MB32 MB32 MB
Cores / Threads8 / 86 / 128 / 16
TDP20 Watt65 Watt65 Watt
Transistors20000 Million
Technology5 nm7 nm7 nm
FeaturesARMv8 Instruction SetDDR4-3200 RAM, PCIe 4, MMX (+), SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4A, AES, AVX, AVX2, FMA3, SHAMMX(+), SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4A, x86-64, AMD-V, AES, AVX, AVX2, FMA3, SHA, Precision Boost 2
iGPUApple M2 10-Core GPU ( - 1398 MHz)
ArchitectureARMx86x86
Announced
Manufacturerwww.apple.comwww.amd.comwww.amd.com
CodenameVermeer (Zen 3)Vermeer (Zen 3)
max. Temp.95 °C90 °C
SocketAM41331
$299 U.S.$299 U.S.
Die Size2 x 74 sq. mm; I/O = 125 sq. mm mm2

Benchmarks

Performance Rating - CB R15 + R20 + 7-Zip + X265 + Blender + 3DM11 CPU - R5 5600X
41.9 pt (58%)
Performance Rating - CB R15 + R20 + 7-Zip + X265 + Blender + 3DM11 CPU - R7 5700X
42.8 pt (59%)
Cinebench 2024 - CB24 CPU Single Core
100%
1 M2 +
121 Points (84%)
Cinebench 2024 - CB24 CPU Multi Core
100%
1 M2 +
513 Points (10%)
Cinebench R23 - Cinebench R23 Multi Core
100%
M2 +
min: 8517     avg: 8654     median: 8667 (8%)     max: 8772 Points
11838 Points (11%)
13184 Points (12%)
Cinebench R23 - Cinebench R23 Single Core
100%
M2 +
min: 1580     avg: 1595     median: 1585 (67%)     max: 1638 Points
1541 Points (66%)
1499 Points (64%)
Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Single Core)
100%
M2 +
min: 216     avg: 370.8     median: 381 (42%)     max: 446 Points
601 Points (67%)
595 Points (66%)
Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Multi Core)
100%
M2 +
min: 2231     avg: 2325     median: 2324 (6%)     max: 2416 Points
4567 Points (11%)
5405 Points (13%)
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64 Bit
100%
M2 +
min: 1209.9     avg: 1222     median: 1215 (8%)     max: 1243 Points
1968 Points (12%)
2329 Points (15%)
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64 Bit
100%
M2 +
min: 222     avg: 223.8     median: 223 (67%)     max: 229 Points
254 Points (77%)
253 Points (76%)
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Multi 64 Bit
21.8 Points (28%)
26.5 Points (34%)
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Single 64 Bit
3 Points (73%)
2.9 Points (73%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (32bit)
6462 Points (39%)
6527 Points (39%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (32bit)
39331 Points (28%)
42876 Points (31%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (64bit)
69545 Points (48%)
74898 Points (52%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (64bit)
12563 Points (15%)
12419 Points (15%)
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 1024m *
113.9 s (1%)
89.6 s (1%)
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 32m *
3.9 s (1%)
3.4 s (1%)
WinRAR - WinRAR 4.0
13282 Points (21%)
12478 Points (20%)
7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Multli Thread 4 runs
56607 MIPS (32%)
65777 MIPS (38%)
7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Single Thread 4 runs
6594 MIPS (79%)
6522 MIPS (78%)
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 2
117 fps (41%)
134.7 fps (47%)
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 1
320 fps (74%)
305 fps (70%)
HWBOT x265 Benchmark v2.2 - HWBOT x265 4k Preset
15.7 fps (28%)
17.1 fps (30%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Serpent
0.9 GB/s (0%)
1.2 GB/s (0%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Twofish
1.5 GB/s (26%)
1.9 GB/s (33%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt AES
10.7 GB/s (28%)
13.4 GB/s (35%)
Blender - Blender 3.3 Classroom CPU *
100%
1 M2 +
min: 540     avg: 620     median: 619.5 (8%)     max: 702 Seconds
374 Seconds (5%)
Blender - Blender 2.79 BMW27 CPU *
100%
M2 +
min: 549     avg: 614     median: 597 (4%)     max: 713 Seconds
260.2 Seconds (2%)
221 Seconds (2%)
R Benchmark 2.5 - R Benchmark 2.5 *
0.5 sec (10%)
0.5 sec (10%)
3DMark 06 - CPU - 3DMark 06 - CPU
14576 Points (31%)
14862 Points (32%)
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M *
8.1 s (2%)
9.5 s (2%)
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M *
17.5 s (1%)
20.4 s (1%)
Super Pi Mod 1.5 XS 32M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 32M *
400.9 s (2%)
460.7 s (2%)
3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. CPU no Physx
66603 Points (58%)
77709 Points (68%)
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Physics
19649 Points (53%)
20010 Points (54%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Physics
88825 Points (72%)
90009 Points (73%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Physics
88777 Points (72%)
90305 Points (73%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Physics
91500 Points (77%)
92849 Points (78%)
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Physics
16447 Points (42%)
20598 Points (52%)
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Physics
25990 Points (46%)
27800 Points (50%)
3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy CPU
8911 Points (38%)
10432 Points (44%)
Geekbench 6.2 - Geekbench 6.2 Single-Core
100%
1 M2 +
min: 2587     avg: 2610     median: 2593 (70%)     max: 2650 Points
2186 Points (59%)
Geekbench 6.2 - Geekbench 6.2 Multi-Core
100%
1 M2 +
min: 10034     avg: 10071     median: 10085 (40%)     max: 10093 Points
9331 Points (37%)
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.4 64 Bit Single-Core
100%
M2 +
min: 1887     avg: 1914     median: 1915.5 (81%)     max: 1953 Points
1657 Points (70%)
1647 Points (69%)
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
100%
M2 +
min: 8491     avg: 8812     median: 8956 (16%)     max: 8994 Points
8980 Points (16%)
9353 Points (17%)
Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Single-Core
1587 Points (7%)
1587 Points (7%)
Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Multi-Core
8926 Points (28%)
9214 Points (29%)
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Single-Core
6953 Points (69%)
6928 Points (69%)
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
35617 Points (39%)
37730 Points (41%)
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
100%
M2 +
min: 440     avg: 451.2     median: 450.1 (1%)     max: 466.8 ms
578 ms (1%)
579 ms (1%)
Octane V2 - Octane V2 Total Score
100%
1 M2 +
min: 72484     avg: 74555     median: 74746 (67%)     max: 77756 Points
WebXPRT 4 - WebXPRT 4 Score
100%
1 M2 +
min: 223     avg: 236.6     median: 227 (65%)     max: 256 Points
236 Points (68%)
WebXPRT 3 - WebXPRT 3 Score
100%
M2 +
min: 342     avg: 369.1     median: 377 (79%)     max: 387 Points
286 Points (60%)
310 Points (65%)
Antutu v9 - AnTuTu v9 Total Score
100%
1 M2 +
min: 1257990     avg: 1337360     median: 1337360 (81%)     max: 1416730 Points
Antutu v9 - AnTuTu v9 CPU
100%
1 M2 +
min: 294643     avg: 298254     median: 298254 (82%)     max: 301865 Points
CrossMark - CrossMark Overall
100%
M2 +
min: 1437     avg: 1521     median: 1513.5 (58%)     max: 1585 Points
1489 Points (57%)
1423 Points (55%)
Power Consumption - Prime95 Power Consumption - external Monitor *
175.8 Watt (30%)
185.9 Watt (32%)
Power Consumption - Cinebench R15 Multi Power Consumption - external Monitor *
100%
1 M2 +
29 Watt (5%)
170.1 Watt (31%)
155.2 Watt (28%)
Power Consumption - Geekbench 5.5 Power Consumption 150cd *
100%
1 M2 +
min: 6.86     avg: 8.3     median: 8.4 (4%)     max: 9.71 Watt
Power Consumption - Idle Power Consumption - external Monitor *
100%
1 M2 +
min: 2.03     avg: 2.6     median: 2.4 (2%)     max: 3.98 Watt
40.9 Watt (27%)
Power Consumption - Idle Power Consumption 150cd 1min *
100%
1 M2 +
min: 1.631     avg: 3.5     median: 3.6 (4%)     max: 5.32 Watt
Power Consumption - Cinebench R15 Multi Power Efficiency - external Monitor
100%
1 M2 +
42.4 Points per Watt (32%)
11.6 Points per Watt (9%)
15 Points per Watt (11%)

Average Benchmarks Apple M2 → 100% n=12

Average Benchmarks AMD Ryzen 5 5600X → 119% n=12

Average Benchmarks AMD Ryzen 7 5700X → 126% n=12

- Range of benchmark values for this graphics card
- Average benchmark values for this graphics card
* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance
1 This benchmark is not used for the average calculation

v1.27
log 16. 06:54:50

#0 checking url part for id 14521 +0s ... 0s

#1 checking url part for id 12785 +0s ... 0s

#2 checking url part for id 15075 +0s ... 0s

#3 not redirecting to Ajax server +0s ... 0s

#4 did not recreate cache, as it is less than 5 days old! Created at Sun, 16 Jun 2024 05:37:17 +0200 +0.001s ... 0.001s

#5 composed specs +0.029s ... 0.03s

#6 did output specs +0s ... 0.03s

#7 getting avg benchmarks for device 14521 +0.003s ... 0.033s

#8 got single benchmarks 14521 +0.024s ... 0.058s

#9 getting avg benchmarks for device 12785 +0.021s ... 0.079s

#10 got single benchmarks 12785 +0.009s ... 0.087s

#11 getting avg benchmarks for device 15075 +0.019s ... 0.106s

#12 got single benchmarks 15075 +0.011s ... 0.117s

#13 got avg benchmarks for devices +0s ... 0.117s

#14 min, max, avg, median took s +0.596s ... 0.713s

#15 return log +0s ... 0.713s

Please share our article, every link counts!
> Expert Reviews and News on Laptops, Smartphones and Tech Innovations > Benchmarks / Tech > Processor Comparison - Head 2 Head
Redaktion, 2017-09- 8 (Update: 2023-07- 1)