AMD Ryzen 5 4680U vs Apple M2. Specifications, performance, tests

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• CPU group
  AMD Ryzen 4000U Apple M2
• Family
  AMD Ryzen Apple M series
• Generation
  3 2
• Segment
  Mobile Mobile

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

• Base Frequency
  2.2 GHz 3.5 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal hybrid (big.LITTLE)
• Core Configuration
  6x -
• CPU Cores
  6 8
• CPU Threads
  12 8
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  Yes No
• Overclocking
  No No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  4 GHz No turbo
• A-Core
  - 4x Avalanche
• B-Core
  - 4x Blizzard
• Turbo Frequency (8 Cores)
  - No turbo

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• DirectX Version
  12 -
• Execution units
  7 128
• Generation
  9 2
• GPU Frequency
  1500 MHz 3500 MHz
• GPU name
  AMD Radeon 7 Graphics (Renoir) Apple M2 (8 Core)
• GPU Turbo
  No turbo No turbo
• Max. displays
  3 3
• Max. GPU Memory
  2 GB 16 GB
• Release date
  Q1/2020 Q1/2022
• Shader
  448 0
• Technology
  7 nm 5 nm

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

• AV1
  No Decode
• H.264 / AVC
  Decode / Encode Conflicting source values: Decode | Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• VP8
  Decode / Encode Decode
• VP9
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Apple M2 and AMD Ryzen 5 4680U. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  Yes No
• Max. Memory
  64 GB 16 GB
• Memory Bandwidth
  51.2 GB/s -
• Memory channels
  2 2
• Memory type
  DDR4-3200LPDDR4-4266 LPDDR5-5500
• PCIe
  3.0 x 12 -
• PCIe version
  - 4.0

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD Ryzen 5 4680U and Apple M2 Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• Maximum Operating Temperature
  105 °C -
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  15 W 15 W
• TDP down
  10 W 10 W
• TDP up
  25 W 20 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD Ryzen 5 4680U and Apple M2, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Renoir (Zen 2) M2
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) ARMv8-A64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3 Rosetta 2 x86-Emulation
• L2-Cache
  3 MB 16 MB
• L3-Cache
  8 MB -
• Release date
  Q2/2021 Q1/2022
• Socket
  FP6 -
• Technology
  7 nm 5 nm
• Virtualization
  AMD-V, SVM None