Apple M2 Max vs Ryzen 7 PRO 6850HS

Place in performance ranking	452	430
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	no data	Apple M-Series
Architecture codename	Rembrandt-HS (Zen 3+)	no data
Release date	19 April 2022 (2 years old)	17 January 2023 (1 year old)

Technical specs

Ryzen 7 PRO 6850HS and Apple M2 Max 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)	12 (Dodeca-Core)
Threads	16	12
Base clock speed	3.2 GHz	2.424 GHz
Boost clock speed	4.7 GHz	3.7 GHz
L1 cache	64K (per core)	3.3 MB
L2 cache	512K (per core)	36 MB
L3 cache	16 MB (shared)	48 MB
Chip lithography	6 nm	5 nm
Die size	208 mm²	no data
Maximum core temperature	95 °C	no data
Number of transistors	no data	67000 Million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	no data
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 7 PRO 6850HS and Apple M2 Max 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 configuration	1	no data
Socket	FP7	no data
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	79 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 7 PRO 6850HS and Apple M2 Max. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	XFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMT	no data
AES-NI	+	no data
AVX	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 7 PRO 6850HS and Apple M2 Max are enumerated here.

AMD-V

no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 7 PRO 6850HS and Apple M2 Max. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

DDR5-4800

no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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AMD Radeon 680M

Apple M2 Max 38-Core GPU

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 7 PRO 6850HS and Apple M2 Max.

PCIe version	4.0	no data
PCI Express lanes	20	no data

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 7 PRO 6850HS 14.36

Apple M2 Max 14.87
+3.6%

Apple M2 Max outperforms Ryzen 7 PRO 6850HS by 4% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 68%

Ryzen 7 PRO 6850HS 21998

Apple M2 Max 26338
+19.7%

Apple M2 Max outperforms Ryzen 7 PRO 6850HS by 20% in Passmark.

Gaming performance

Advantages and disadvantages

Performance score	14.36	14.87
Integrated graphics card	16.91
Recency	19 April 2022	17 January 2023
Physical cores	8	12
Threads	16	12
Chip lithography	6 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	79 Watt