Apple M2 (8C10G) vs AMD Ryzen 5 8500G Full Specs

Summary

8 Cores(4P+4E) 8 Threads(4P+4E) 3.49GHz	6 Cores(2P+4E) 12 Threads(4P+8E) 4.1GHz
TDP 15W	TDP 65W
Bandwidth 102.4GB/s LPDDR5	Bandwidth 83.2GB/s DDR5
iGPU 10-Core M2	iGPU Radeon 740M 2800MHz
Peak·FP32·FP16 3.58 TFLOPSFP16	Peak·FP32·FP16 2.87 TFLOPSFP16
Socket -	Socket AM5

Highlights

Geekbench 6 Single

Geekbench 6 Single Geekbench 6 Multi E-Core Boost Max Bandwidth iGPU Peak iGPU FP32 iGPU FP16 NPU TOPS TDP

M2 (8C10G)2,642

x1.12

Ryzen 5 8500G2,350

x1

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Core Config

8 Cores 4P 4E	6 Cores 2P 4E
8 Threads 4P 4E	12 Threads 4P 8E

Clocks

Base Clock 3.49GHz	Base Clock 4.1GHz
Boost Clock -	Boost Clock 5GHz
Overclocking Locked	Overclocking Unlocked

Cache

L1i 192KB P 128KB E	L1i 32KB P -
L1d 128KB P 64KB E	L1d 32KB P -
L2 16MB P shared 4MB E shared	L2 1MB P - -
L3 -	L3 16MB
SLC Cache 8MB	SLC Cache -

Memory

Type LPDDR5	Type DDR5
Max Memory 24GB	Max Memory 256GB
ECC No	ECC No
Channels 2	Channels 2
Bus Width 128-bit	Bus Width 128-bit
Speed 6400MT/s	Speed 5200MT/s
Bandwidth 102.4GB/s	Bandwidth 83.2GB/s
Bandwidth Calculator Channels Transfer Rate6400MT/s Calculated Bandwidth 102.4GB/s	Bandwidth Calculator Channels Transfer Rate5200MT/s Calculated Bandwidth 83.2GB/s

Power & Thermals

TDP 15W	TDP 65W
cTDP-down -	cTDP-down 45W
Max Operating Temp 100°C Max	Max Operating Temp 95°C Max
Included Cooler -	Included Cooler 1

Chipset Bus

Bus Type -	Bus Type PCIe
Bus Config -	Bus Config 4 lanes
Bus Speed -	Bus Speed 16GT/s
Bus Bandwidth -	Bus Bandwidth 8GB/s

Expansion

PCIe PCIe 4.0 x6 11.8GB/sBandwidth

PCIe PCIe 4.0 x10 19.7GB/sBandwidth

iGPU

iGPU 10-Core M2	iGPU Radeon 740M 2800MHz
Shaders 1280	Shaders 256
Boost Clock 1.4GHz	Boost Clock 2.8GHz
Peak·FP32·FP16 3.58 TFLOPSFP16	Peak·FP32·FP16 2.87 TFLOPSFP16

NPU

NPU Model H14 Bia	NPU Model -
NPU Cores 16	NPU Cores -
NPU Clock 2.1GHz	NPU Clock -
Performance 15.8 TOPSFP16	Performance -

Chip

Manufacturer Apple	Manufacturer AMD
ISA AArch64	ISA x86-64
Architecture Apple Silicon 11ARMv8.5-A	Architecture Zen 4
Family M Series	Family Ryzen 8000
Branding	Branding
Codename Staten M2Variant AvalancheP-Core BlizzardE-Core	Codename Phoenix 2 - Zen 4P-Core Zen 4cE-Core
Market Segment Laptop	Market Segment Desktop
Release Date Jun 6, 2022	Release Date Jan 8, 2024

Fabrication

Foundry TSMC	Foundry TSMC
Fabrication Node N5P	Fabrication Node N4
Die Size 153mm²	Die Size 137mm²
Transistor Count 20.1 Billion	Transistor Count 20.9 Billion
Transistor Density 131 MTr/mm²	Transistor Density 153 MTr/mm²

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Used In

Laptops MacBook Pro 13(M2, Mid 2022)	Laptops -
Desktops Mac mini(M2, Early 2023)	Desktops OMEN 35L(AMD, Early 2024)

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