AMD Ryzen 7 5700U vs Apple M2. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• Segment
  Mobile Mobile
• Family
  AMD Ryzen Apple M series
• Generation
  4 2
• CPU group
  AMD Ryzen 5000U Apple M2

Basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base and turbo frequency, and cache size. These parameters indirectly tell about the speed of the processor, the higher they are the better.

• Frequency
  1.80 GHz 3.50 GHz
• CPU Cores
  8 8
• Turbo (1 Core)
  4.30 GHz No turbo
• CPU Threads
  16 8
• Turbo (8 Cores)
  3.30 GHz No turbo
• Hyperthreading
  Yes No
• Overclocking
  No No
• Core architecture
  normal hybrid (big.LITTLE)
• A core
  -- 4x Avalanche
• B core
  -- 4x Blizzard

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

• GPU name
  AMD Radeon 8 Graphics (Renoir) Apple M2 (8 Core)
• GPU frequency
  1.90 GHz 3.50 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  No turbo No turbo
• Execution units
  8 128
• Shader
  512 0
• Max. GPU Memory
  2 GB 16 GB
• Max. displays
  3 3
• Generation
  9 2
• DirectX Version
  12
• Technology
  7 nm 5 nm
• Release date
  Q1/2020 Q1/2022

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

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h264
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP9
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP8
  Decode / Encode Decode
• AV1
  No Decode
• AVC
  Decode / Encode Decode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Apple M2 and AMD Ryzen 7 5700U. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  DDR4-3200 LPDDR5-5500
• Max. Memory
  32 GB 16 GB
• ECC
  Yes No
• Memory channels
  2 2
• PCIe version
  3.0 4.0
• PCIe lanes
  12

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD Ryzen 7 5700U and Apple M2 to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  15 W 15 W
• TDP up
  25 W 20 W
• TDP down
  10 W 10 W
• Tjunction max.
  105 °C --

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD Ryzen 7 5700U and AMD Ryzen 7 5700U, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

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