Ryzen 7 5825C vs Apple M2

Primary details

Comparing Apple M2 and Ryzen 7 5825C processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking807not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesApple Apple M-SeriesAMD Cezanne (Zen 3, Ryzen 5000)
Power efficiency44.49no data
Architecture codenameno dataBarcelo (Zen 3) (2022−2023)
Release date10 June 2022 (2 years ago)5 May 2022 (2 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Apple M2 and Ryzen 7 5825C 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 GHz2 GHz
Boost clock speed3.48 GHz4.5 GHz
L1 cache2 MB64K (per core)
L2 cache20 MB512K (per core)
L3 cacheno data16 MB (shared)
Chip lithography5 nm7 nm
Die sizeno data180 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data95 °C
Number of transistors20000 Million10,700 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibilityno data+

Compatibility

Information on Apple M2 and Ryzen 7 5825C 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 dataFP6
Power consumption (TDP)20 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Apple M2 and Ryzen 7 5825C. 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-+
Precision Boost 2no data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Apple M2 and Ryzen 7 5825C are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Apple M2 and Ryzen 7 5825C. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR4-3200

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardApple M2 10-Core GPU ( - 1398 MHz)AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Apple M2 and Ryzen 7 5825C.

PCIe versionno data3.0
PCI Express lanesno data8

Pros & cons summary


Recency 10 June 2022 5 May 2022
Threads 8 16
Chip lithography 5 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 20 Watt 15 Watt

Apple M2 has an age advantage of 1 month, and a 40% more advanced lithography process.

Ryzen 7 5825C, on the other hand, has 100% more threads, and 33.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Apple M2 and Ryzen 7 5825C. We've got no test results to judge.


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