AMD Ryzen 7 7735U vs Apple M2 Ultra (76-GPU). Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  AMD Ryzen 6000U/7035U Apple M2
• Family
  Ryzen Apple M series
• Form Factor
  Laptops / Desktops -
• Generation
  5 2
• Predecessor
  - Apple M1 Ultra (64-GPU)
• Segment
  Mobile Mobile
• Series
  Ryzen 7000 Series -

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

• Base Frequency
  2.7 GHz -
• Core architecture
  normal hybrid (big.LITTLE)
• Core Configuration
  8x Zen 3+ -
• CPU Cores
  8 24
• CPU Threads
  16 24
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  Yes No
• Max. Boost Clock
  4.75 GHz -
• Overclocking
  No No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  4.75 GHz -
• A-Core
  - 16x Avalanche
• A-Core Frequency
  - 3.5 GHz
• B-Core
  - 8x Blizzard
• B-Core Frequency
  - 2.8 GHz

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
  12 1216
• Generation
  9 2
• GPU Frequency
  2200 MHz 1400 MHz
• GPU name
  AMD Radeon 680M Apple M2 Ultra (76 Core)
• GPU Turbo
  2200 MHz No turbo
• Graphics Cores
  12 -
• Max. displays
  3 2
• Max. GPU Memory
  8 GB 192 GB
• Release date
  Q1/2022 Q2/2023
• Shader
  768 9728
• Technology
  6 nm 5 nm

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

• AV1
  Decode No
• 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 Ultra (76-GPU) and AMD Ryzen 7 7735U. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  Yes No
• Max. Memory
  64 GB 192 GB
• Memory Bandwidth
  76.8 GB/s 819.1 GB/s
• Memory channels
  2 8 (Octa Channel)
• Memory type
  DDR5 / LPDDR5 LPDDR5-6400
• PCIe
  PCIe 4.0 4.0 x 64

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD Ryzen 7 7735U and Apple M2 Ultra (76-GPU) Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• Configurable TDP
  15-30 W -
• Default TDP
  28 W -
• Maximum Operating Temperature
  95 °C 100 °C
• TDP (PL1 / PBP, legacy combined label)
  28 W 90 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD Ryzen 7 7735U and Apple M2 Ultra (76-GPU), virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Rembrandt (Zen 3+) M2
• Chip design
  Monolithic Chiplet
• Codename
  Rembrandt R -
• Documents
  Technical data sheet -
• 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
  4 MB 72 MB
• L3-Cache
  16 MB -
• Operating systems
  Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux macOS, iPadOS
• Release date
  Q1/2023 Q2/2023
• Socket
  FP7 -
• Technology
  TSMC 6nm FinFET 5 nm
• Virtualization
  AMD-V, SVM Apple Virtualization Framework