AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D vs Apple M2 Pro

Compared 2 processors: AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D, vs Apple M2 Pro. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D and Apple M2 Pro
Single-Thread Perf.
Single-Core Benchmark Score
Multi-Thread Perf.
Multi-Core Benchmark Score
Energy Efficiency
Chip Power Efficiency
Integrated Graphics
iGPU Performance in Games & 3D
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
Cinebench R23
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
2073
Apple M2 Pro
1589
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
23334
Apple M2 Pro
13876
Cinebench 2024
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
132
Apple M2 Pro
125
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
1322
Apple M2 Pro
795
PassMark
PassMark CPU (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
4434
Apple M2 Pro
4097
PassMark CPU (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
40068
Apple M2 Pro
26649
Integer Math116.8 GOps/s57.8 GOps/s
Floating-Point Math79.5 GOps/s73.4 GOps/s
Prime Number Search426 M primes/s356 M primes/s
Random String Sort48.7 M strings/s41 M strings/s
Data Encryption22.2 GB/s15.7 GB/s
Data Compression468.5 MB/s335.8 MB/s
Physics4093 frames/s3605 frames/s
Extended Instructions388 M matrices/s143 M matrices/s
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
3315
Apple M2 Pro
2666
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
18350
Apple M2 Pro
14489
File Compression1730 MB/s1630 MB/s
Clang Compilation140.3 KLines/s125.3 KLines/s
HTML5 Browser356.9 pages/s356.9 pages/s
PDF Rendering509 MP/sec352.9 MP/sec
Text Processing337 pages/s266.9 pages/s
Background Blur90.4 frames/s53.8 frames/s
Photo Processing135.2 frames/s126.3 frames/s
Ray Tracing29.1 MP/sec17 MP/sec

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender CPU
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
321.39
Apple M2 Pro
198.23

Performance/Watt

Points per watt of PL1 TDP
Geekbench 6 Multi / W 152.9 PPW 483 PPW
PassMark CPU / W 333.9 PPW 888.3 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / W 11 PPW 26.5 PPW
Blender / W 2.68 PPW 6.61 PPW

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Apple
Announced October, 31, 2024 January, 17, 2023
Type PC use Laptop use
Architecture x86-64 ARMv8
Codename Zen 5 (Granite Ridge) Apple M2
Integrated GPU Radeon Graphics Apple M2 Pro GPU (19-core)

Processor

Performance cores
Cores 8 8
Threads 16 8
Frequency 4.7 GHz 3.5 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo) 5.2 GHz n/a
Efficiency cores
Coresn/a4
Threadsn/a4
Frequencyn/a2.4 GHz
General
Cores count812
Threads count1612
Bus frequency100 MHzn/a
Multiplier47xn/a
L1 cache80 KB/core192 KB/core
L2 cache1000 KB/core32 KB/core
L3 Cache96 MB totaln/a
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Package

Transistor count n/a 40 billion
Process tech. 4 nm 5 nm
Power (TDP) 120 W 30 W
Max TDP (Boost) 162 W n/a
Socket AM5 Apple M-Socket
Critical temp. 95 °C 100 °C

Memory Support

Memory Type DDR5-5600 LPDDR5-6400
Max Size 192 GB 32 GB
Channels 2 4
ECC support Yes No
Max memory bandwidth n/a 204.8 GB

Other

PCIe Version 5.0 4.0
Max PCIe Lanes 28 n/a

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D the clear winner in this comparison.

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