Ryzen 7 2700X Gold Edition vs Apple M2

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Primary details

Comparing Apple M2 and Ryzen 7 2700X Gold Edition processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking814not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesApple Apple M-SeriesAMD Ryzen 7
Power efficiency44.48no data
Architecture codenameno dataZen+ (2018−2019)
Release date10 June 2022 (2 years ago)29 April 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$329

Detailed specifications

Apple M2 and Ryzen 7 2700X Gold Edition 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)8 (Octa-Core)
Threads816
Base clock speed2.424 GHz3.7 GHz
Boost clock speed3.48 GHz4.3 GHz
Bus rateno data4 × 8 GT/s
Multiplierno data37
L1 cache2 MB768 KB
L2 cache20 MB4 MB
L3 cacheno data16 MB
Chip lithography5 nm12 nm
Die sizeno data213 mm2
Number of transistors20000 Million4800 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibilityno data-
Unlocked multiplier-+

Compatibility

Information on Apple M2 and Ryzen 7 2700X Gold Edition 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 (Uniprocessor)
Socketno dataSocket AM4
Power consumption (TDP)20 Watt105 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Apple M2 and Ryzen 7 2700X Gold Edition. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI-+
AVX-+
Precision Boost 2no data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Apple M2 and Ryzen 7 2700X Gold Edition are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Apple M2 and Ryzen 7 2700X Gold Edition. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR4-2933
Maximum memory sizeno data64 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data46.933 GB/s
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardApple M2 10-Core GPU ( - 1398 MHz)-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Apple M2 and Ryzen 7 2700X Gold Edition.

PCIe versionno data3.0
PCI Express lanesno data20

Pros & cons summary


Recency 10 June 2022 29 April 2019
Threads 8 16
Chip lithography 5 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 20 Watt 105 Watt

Apple M2 has an age advantage of 3 years, a 140% more advanced lithography process, and 425% lower power consumption.

Ryzen 7 2700X Gold Edition, on the other hand, has 100% more threads.

We couldn't decide between Apple M2 and Ryzen 7 2700X Gold Edition. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Apple M2 is a notebook processor while Ryzen 7 2700X Gold Edition is a desktop one.


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