What's the best choice Apple M2 or AMD Ryzen 5 5600? Which processor is faster?
We have prepared a comparison to help you choose the best processor. Compare their specifications and benchmarks.
Apple M2 has a maximum frequency of 3.50 GHz. 8 Cores. Power consumption of 15 W. Released in Q1/2022.
AMD Ryzen 5 5600 has a maximum frequency of 3.50 GHz. 6 / 12 Cores. Power consumption of 65 W. Released in Q2/2022.
Reasons to consider Place in the overall ranking
(based on several benchmarks)
score
More number of cores
2 times more cores
6
Performance per watt
times less performance per watt
65 W
Common positions Apple M2 CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.
Reasons to consider Place in the overall ranking
(based on several benchmarks)
score
Common positions AMD Ryzen 5 5600 CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.
Apple M2
Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.
Desktop / Server
AMD Ryzen
4
AMD Ryzen 5000
AMD Ryzen 5 4600H
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.
3.50 GHz
Yes
normal
Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.
no iGPU
--
No turbo
--
--
--
--
--
--
--
Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD Ryzen 5 5600 and Apple M2. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.
DDR4-3200
64 GB
No
2
Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Apple M2 and AMD Ryzen 5 5600 to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.
65 W
--
45 W
95 °C
Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Apple M2 and Apple M2, virtual machine technologies and process technology.
x86-64 (64 bit)
AMD-V, SVM
SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
3.00 MB
32.00 MB
Vermeer (Zen 3)
7 nm
AM4
Q2/2022
Based on the results of several benchmarks, you can more accurately estimate the difference in performance between Apple M2 and AMD Ryzen 5 5600.
Compare the synthetic test values and choose the best processor!
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