Apple M2 Max vs AMD Ryzen 7 7745HX. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• Family
  Apple M series AMD Ryzen 7
• CPU group
  Apple M2 AMD Ryzen 7045
• Segment
  Mobile Mobile
• Generation
  2 6
• Predecessor
  Apple M1 Max (32-GPU) --

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.

• CPU Cores / Threads
  12 / 12 8 / 16
• Core architecture
  hybrid (big.LITTLE) normal
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No Yes
• Overclocking
  No Yes

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
  Apple M2 Max (32 Core) AMD Radeon 610M Graphics
• GPU frequency
  1.40 GHz 0.40 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  No turbo 2.20 GHz
• Execution units
  512 2
• Shader
  4096 128
• Max. GPU Memory
  32 GB 8 GB
• Max. displays
  2 3
• Generation
  2 9
• Direct X
  -- 12
• Technology
  5 nm 6 nm
• Release date
  Q4/2022 Q3/2022

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
• VP8
  Decode Decode / Encode
• VP9
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• AV1
  No Decode
• AVC
  Decode Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD Ryzen 7 7745HX and Apple M2 Max. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  LPDDR5-6400 DDR5-5200
• Max. Memory
  64 GB 128 GB
• Memory channels
  2 (Dual Channel) 2 (Dual Channel)
• Bandwidth
  409.6 GB/s 83.2 GB/s
• ECC
  No Yes
• PCIe
  4.0 5.0 x 28
• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Apple M2 Max and AMD Ryzen 7 7745HX to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP up
  -- 75 W
• TDP down
  -- 45 W
• Tjunction max.
  100 °C 100 °C

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Apple M2 Max and Apple M2 Max, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Technology
  5 nm 5 nm
• Chip design
  Chiplet Chiplet
• Socket
  N/A FL1
• L2-Cache
  36.00 MB 8.00 MB
• L3-Cache
  -- 32.00 MB
• Architecture
  M2 Dragon Range (Zen 4)
• Operating systems
  macOS, iPadOS Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
• Virtualization
  Apple Virtualization Framework AMD-V, SVM
• 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
• Release date
  Q2/2022 Q1/2023
• Part Number
  -- 100-000000721
• Documents
  -- Technical data sheet