Apple M2 Ultra vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
CPU · Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
May 2023
Jan 2021
Manufacturer
Apple
AMD
Type
Laptop
Laptop
Instruction Set
ARMv8
x86-64
Core Architecture
Apple M2
Lucienne
Integrated Graphics
Apple M2 Max GPU (76-core)
Radeon RX Vega 7
Package
Transistor Count
134 billions
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Manufacturing Process
5 nm
7 nm
Socket
Apple M-Socket
FP6
Power Consumption
60 W
10-25 W
Peak Operating Temperature
100°C
105 °C
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
16
6
Performance Core Threads
16
12
Performance Core Base Frequency
3.5 GHz
2.1 GHz
Efficiency Cores
8
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Efficiency Core Threads
8
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Efficiency Core Base Frequency
2.4 GHz
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Total Core Count
24
6
Total Thread Count
24
12
Multiplier
35x
21x
L1 Cache
192 K per core
64 K per core
L2 Cache
64 MB shared
512 K per core
Unlocked Multiplier
No
No
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
—
4 GHz
Bus Frequency
—
100 MHz
L3 Cache
—
8 MB shared
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
LPDDR5-6400
DDR4-3200, LPDDR4-4266
Max Memory Size
192 GB
32 GB
Max Memory Channels
16
2
Max Memory Bandwidth
800 GB/s
51.2 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
No
No
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics
true
true
GPU Base Frequency
—
300 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
—
1800 MHz
Shader Units
—
448
Texture Units
—
28
Raster Operation Units
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7
Power Consumption
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10-45 W
Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
4.0
3.0
PCIe Lanes
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12
Benchmark
Cinebench R23
1,729
1,168
Cinebench R23
28,910
7,059
Geekbench 6
2,790
1,445
Geekbench 5
1,956
1,106
Geekbench 6
21,217
5,919
Geekbench 5
27,945
4,917
Cinebench 2024
126
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Cinebench 2024
1,918
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Blender
505
95
Passmark CPU
4,137
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Passmark CPU
48,776
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▲ Specs Compare
Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.