AMD Ryzen AI Max PRO 490 vs Apple M2

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CPU AMD Ryzen AI Max PRO 490 AMD · 2026-05

CPU Apple M2 Apple · 2022-06

General Parameters

Release Date

May 2026

Jun 2022

Manufacturer

AMD

Apple

Type

Laptop

Laptop

Core Architecture

Gorgon Halo

Apple M2

Integrated Graphics

Radeon 8050S

Apple M2 GPU

Generation

Ryzen AI Max PRO (Zen 5)

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Instruction Set

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ARMv8

Package

Manufacturing Process

4 nm

5 nm

Socket

AMD Socket FP11

Apple M-Socket

Power Consumption

55 W

15 W

Peak Operating Temperature

100°C

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Foundry

TSMC

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Die Size

2x70.6 mm²

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I/O Die Size

308 mm²

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Package

FC-BGA

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Transistor Count

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20 billions

CPU Performance

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.2 GHz

3.5 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

5 GHz

3.4 GHz

Total Core Count

12

8

Total Thread Count

24

8

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

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Multiplier

32.0

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L1 Cache

80 KB per core

192 K per core

L2 Cache

1 MB per core

16 MB shared

L3 Cache

64 MB

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Unlocked Multiplier

No

No

SMP

1

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Performance Cores

—

4

Performance Core Threads

—

4

Efficiency Cores

—

4

Efficiency Core Threads

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4

Efficiency Core Base Frequency

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2.4 GHz

Memory Parameters

Memory Types

LPDDR5X-8533

LPDDR5-6400

Max Memory Size

192 up to GB

24 GB

Max Memory Channels

4

2

Max Memory Bandwidth

273.1 GB/s

102.4 GB/s

ECC Memory Support

Yes

No

Miscellaneous

PCIe Version

4

4.0

PCIe Lanes

16

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Graphics Card Parameters

Integrated Graphics

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true

GPU Base Frequency

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500 MHz

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

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1398 MHz

Shader Units

—

1024

Texture Units

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64

Raster Operation Units

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32

Execution Units

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128

Power Consumption

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15 W

Max Resolution

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6016x3384 - 60 Hz

Benchmark

Geekbench 6

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2,694

Geekbench 6

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10,130

▲ Specs Compare Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.