Ryzen 5 7520C vs Apple M2

Primary details

Comparing Apple M2 and Ryzen 5 7520C processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking806not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesApple Apple M-SeriesAMD Mendocino (Zen 2, Ryzen 7020)
Power efficiency44.48no data
Architecture codenameno dataMendocino (Zen 2) (2022−2023)
Release date10 June 2022 (2 years ago)23 May 2023 (1 year ago)

Detailed specifications

Apple M2 and Ryzen 5 7520C basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores8 (Octa-Core)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads88
Base clock speed2.424 GHz2.8 GHz
Boost clock speed3.48 GHz4.3 GHz
L1 cache2 MB64 KB (per core)
L2 cache20 MB512 KB (per core)
L3 cacheno data4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography5 nm6 nm
Die sizeno data100 mm2
Number of transistors20000 Millionno data
64 bit support++

Compatibility

Information on Apple M2 and Ryzen 5 7520C compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configurationno data1
Socketno dataFT6
Power consumption (TDP)20 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Apple M2 and Ryzen 5 7520C. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataXFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMT
AES-NI-+
AVX-+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Apple M2 and Ryzen 5 7520C are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Apple M2 and Ryzen 5 7520C. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR5

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardApple M2 10-Core GPU ( - 1398 MHz)AMD Radeon 610M

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Apple M2 and Ryzen 5 7520C.

PCIe versionno data3.0
PCI Express lanesno data4

Pros & cons summary


Recency 10 June 2022 23 May 2023
Physical cores 8 4
Chip lithography 5 nm 6 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 20 Watt 15 Watt

Apple M2 has 100% more physical cores, and a 20% more advanced lithography process.

Ryzen 5 7520C, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 11 months, and 33.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Apple M2 and Ryzen 5 7520C. We've got no test results to judge.


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