Skip to content
InnoReviews

AMD Ryzen 5 7530U vs Apple M2 Pro (12-core)

AMD Ryzen 5 7530U
48.6Inno Score
VS
WINNER
Apple M2 Pro (12-core)
57Inno Score
48.2Single-core60.1
33.9Multi-core51.4
81.9Efficiencyspec-based80
49.9Platformspec-based42.2
2 spec wins — AMD Ryzen 5 7530U8 spec wins — Apple M2 Pro (12-core)

InnoReviews verdict

Apple M2 Pro (12-core) wins this laptop processor face-off, 57 to 48.6, pulling ahead mainly in multi-core (+18) and single-core (+12). AMD Ryzen 5 7530U still makes sense if its price or standout specs fit your needs better.

Which would you pick?

Key differences

Reasons to pick the AMD Ryzen 5 7530U

  • 100% higher Max memory: 64 GB vs 32 GB
  • 22% higher Boost clock: 4.5 GHz vs 3.7 GHz

Reasons to pick the Apple M2 Pro (12-core)

  • Stronger single-core score: 60 vs 48
  • Stronger multi-core score: 51 vs 34
  • 106% higher Cinebench R23 (multi): 14,400 vs 6,985
  • 101% higher Geekbench 6 (multi): 14,200 vs 7,067
  • 100% higher cores: 12 vs 6

General

General comparison: AMD Ryzen 5 7530U versus Apple M2 Pro (12-core)
SpecAMD Ryzen 5 7530UApple M2 Pro (12-core)
Announced20232023
Process7 nm5 nm+29%
Base TDP15 W—

Cores & Clocks

Cores & Clocks comparison: AMD Ryzen 5 7530U versus Apple M2 Pro (12-core)
SpecAMD Ryzen 5 7530UApple M2 Pro (12-core)
Cores612+100%
Performance cores68+33%
Efficiency cores—4
Threads1212
Base clock2 GHz—
Boost clock4.5 GHz+22%3.7 GHz
L3 cache16 MB—

Integrated GPU

Integrated GPU comparison: AMD Ryzen 5 7530U versus Apple M2 Pro (12-core)
SpecAMD Ryzen 5 7530UApple M2 Pro (12-core)
iGPUAMD Radeon Vega 7Apple 19-core GPU
iGPU clock2,000 MHz—

Memory

Memory comparison: AMD Ryzen 5 7530U versus Apple M2 Pro (12-core)
SpecAMD Ryzen 5 7530UApple M2 Pro (12-core)
Memory supportDDR4-3200 / LPDDR4X-4267LPDDR5-6400
Max memory64 GB+100%32 GB

Benchmarks

Benchmarks comparison: AMD Ryzen 5 7530U versus Apple M2 Pro (12-core)
SpecAMD Ryzen 5 7530UApple M2 Pro (12-core)
Geekbench 6 (single)1,991Bottom 20%2,750+38%Top 36%
Geekbench 6 (multi)7,067Bottom 20%14,200+101%Top 31%
Cinebench R23 (single)1,435Bottom 25%1,590+11%Bottom 40%
Cinebench R23 (multi)6,985Bottom 21%14,400+106%Top 40%
PassMark14,896Bottom 31%26,735+79%Top 30%

Related comparisons

Try another matchup