Apple M2 Max vs AMD Ryzen 7 7840U. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  Apple M2 AMD Ryzen 7040
• Family
  Apple M series Ryzen
• Generation
  2 6
• Predecessor
  Apple M1 Max (32-GPU) -
• Segment
  Mobile Mobile
• Form Factor
  - Laptops / Desktops
• Series
  - Ryzen 7000 Series

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

• A-Core
  8x Avalanche -
• A-Core Frequency
  3.5 GHz -
• B-Core
  4x Blizzard -
• B-Core Frequency
  2.8 GHz -
• Core architecture
  hybrid (big.LITTLE) normal
• CPU Cores
  12 8
• CPU Threads
  12 16
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No Yes
• Overclocking
  No No
• Base Frequency
  - 3.3 GHz
• Core Configuration
  - 8x Zen 4
• Max. Boost Clock
  - 5.1 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  - 5.1 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
  512 12
• Generation
  2 10
• GPU Frequency
  1400 MHz 2700 MHz
• GPU name
  Apple M2 Max (32 Core) AMD Radeon 780M
• GPU Turbo
  No turbo 2700 MHz
• Max. displays
  2 4
• Max. GPU Memory
  32 GB 32 GB
• Release date
  Q4/2022 Q1/2023
• Shader
  4096 768
• Technology
  5 nm 4 nm
• Graphics Cores
  - 12

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

• AV1
  No Decode / Encode
• H.264 / AVC
  Conflicting source values: Decode | 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 Decode
• VP9
  Decode / Encode Decode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD Ryzen 7 7840U and Apple M2 Max. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No Yes
• Max. Memory
  64 GB 256 GB
• Memory Bandwidth
  409.6 GB/s 89.6 GB/s
• Memory channels
  2 (Dual Channel) 2
• Memory type
  LPDDR5-6400 DDR5 (FP7r2) / LPDDR5X (FP7-FP8)
• PCIe
  4.0 PCIe 4.0

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Apple M2 Max and AMD Ryzen 7 7840U 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
  100 °C 100 °C
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  45 W -
• TDP down
  - 15 W
• TDP up
  - 30 W
• Configurable TDP
  - 15-30 W
• Default TDP
  - 28 W
• TDP (PL1 / PBP, legacy combined label)
  - 28 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Apple M2 Max and AMD Ryzen 7 7840U, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  M2 Phoenix (Zen 4)
• Chip design
  Chiplet Monolithic
• Documents
  - Technical data sheet
• Instruction set (ISA)
  ARMv8-A64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  Rosetta 2 x86-Emulation SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2,FMA3, AVX2, AVX512
• L2-Cache
  36 MB 8 MB
• L3-Cache
  - 16 MB
• Operating systems
  macOS, iPadOS Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
• Release date
  Q2/2022 2023-05-03
• Socket
  - FP7 / FP7r2 / FP8
• Technology
  5 nm TSMC 4nm FinFET
• Virtualization
  Apple Virtualization Framework AMD-V, SVM
• Codename
  - Phoenix