Apple M2 Pro 10-Core vs Ryzen 9 5900H

Place in the ranking	582	537
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	AMD Cezanne (Zen 3, Ryzen 5000)	Apple M-Series
Power efficiency	27.21	no data
Architecture codename	Cezanne U (Zen 3) (2021−2022)	no data
Release date	7 January 2021 (3 years ago)	17 January 2023 (1 year ago)

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 9 5900H and Apple M2 Pro 10-Core 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 cores	8 (Octa-Core)	10 (Deca-Core)
Threads	16	10
Base clock speed	3.3 GHz	2.424 GHz
Boost clock speed	4.6 GHz	3.7 GHz
L1 cache	512 KB	7.3 MB
L2 cache	4 MB	36 MB
L3 cache	16 MB	24 MB
Chip lithography	7 nm	5 nm
Number of transistors	no data	40000 Million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	no data

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 9 5900H and Apple M2 Pro 10-Core 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.

Socket	FP6	no data
Power consumption (TDP)	45 Watt	2424 ‑ 3696 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 9 5900H and Apple M2 Pro 10-Core. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions

XFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMT

no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000)

Apple M2 Pro 16-Core GPU

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Ryzen 9 5900H 12.94

Apple M2 Pro 10-Core 13.70
+5.9%

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Ryzen 9 5900H 20557

Apple M2 Pro 10-Core 21755
+5.8%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	12.94	13.70
Recency	7 January 2021	17 January 2023
Physical cores	8	10
Threads	16	10
Chip lithography	7 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	45 Watt	2424 Watt

Ryzen 9 5900H has 60% more threads, and 5286.7% lower power consumption.

Apple M2 Pro 10-Core, on the other hand, has a 5.9% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 2 years, 25% more physical cores, and a 40% more advanced lithography process.

Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between Ryzen 9 5900H and Apple M2 Pro 10-Core.

Should you still have questions on choice between Ryzen 9 5900H and Apple M2 Pro 10-Core, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.