AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 375 vs Apple M2

Compared 2 processors: AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 375, vs Apple M2. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 375 and Apple M2
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
Processors:
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Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
Cinebench R23
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 375
1988
Apple M2
1581
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 375
21712
Apple M2
8667
Cinebench 2024
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 375
121
Apple M2
125
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 375
1009
Apple M2
582
PassMark
PassMark CPU (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 375
3913
Apple M2
3902
PassMark CPU (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 375
32252
Apple M2
15644
Integer Math120.8 GOps/s37.1 GOps/s
Floating-Point Math74 GOps/s37.8 GOps/s
Prime Number Search119 M primes/s175 M primes/s
Random String Sort44 M strings/s23.9 M strings/s
Data Encryption20.5 GB/s9.5 GB/s
Data Compression396.2 MB/s187.1 MB/s
Physics1791 frames/s1677 frames/s
Extended Instructions285 M matrices/s76 M matrices/s
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 375
2877
Apple M2
2589
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 375
15131
Apple M2
10122
File Compression1230 MB/s1130 MB/s
Clang Compilation124.3 KLines/s80.4 KLines/s
HTML5 Browser320.2 pages/s235.3 pages/s
PDF Rendering473.1 MP/sec266.1 MP/sec
Text Processing301.8 pages/s257.4 pages/s
Background Blur62.5 frames/s42.1 frames/s
Photo Processing133.7 frames/s107 frames/s
Ray Tracing29.2 MP/sec10.5 MP/sec

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender CPU
AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 375
n/a
Apple M2
109.19

Performance/Watt

Points per watt of PL1 TDP
Geekbench 6 Multi / W 280.2 PPW 562.3 PPW
PassMark CPU / W 597.3 PPW 869.1 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / W 18.7 PPW 32.3 PPW
Blender / W n/a 6.07 PPW

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Apple
Announced July, 24, 2024 June, 6, 2022
Type Laptop use Laptop use
Architecture x86-64 ARMv8
Codename Zen 5 (Strix Point) Apple M2
Model number 375 n/a
Integrated GPU Radeon 890M Apple M2 GPU

Processor

Performance cores
Cores 4 4
Threads 8 4
Frequency 2.0 GHz 3.5 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo) 5.1 GHz n/a
Efficiency cores
Cores84
Threads164
Frequency2.0 GHz2.4 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo)3.3 GHzn/a
General
Cores count128
Threads count248
Bus frequency100 MHzn/a
Multiplier20xn/a
L1 cache80 KB/core192 KB/core
L2 cache1000 KB/core16 KB/core
L3 Cache24 MB totaln/a
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Package

Transistor count n/a 20 billion
Process tech. 4 nm 5 nm
Power (TDP) 15-54 W 18 W
Socket FP8 Apple M-Socket
Critical temp. 100 °C n/a

Memory Support

Memory Type - DDR5-5600
- LPDDR5X-8000
LPDDR5-6400
Max Size 256 GB 24 GB
Channels 2 2
ECC support No No
Max memory bandwidth n/a 102.4 GB

Other

PCIe Version 4.0 4.0
Max PCIe Lanes 16 n/a

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 375 the clear winner in this comparison.

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