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Apple M1 Pro vs AMD Ryzen 7 5800U

58 out of 100
Apple M1 Pro
VS
43 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 7 5800U
Apple M1 Pro
AMD Ryzen 7 5800U

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 3.2 GHz Apple M1 Pro with 10-cores against the 1.9 GHz AMD Ryzen 7 5800U with 8-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Performance
  4. Specs
  5. Comments

Review

General overview and comparison of the processors
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Multi-Core Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Power Efficiency
The efficiency score of power consumption
Integrated Graphics
iGPU capabilities for gaming and 3D-intensive tasks
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Key Differences

What are the key differences between 5800U and Pro
Advantages of Apple M1 Pro
  • More powerful Apple M1 Pro GPU (16-core) integrated graphics: 5.3 vs 2 TFLOPS
  • More modern manufacturing process – 5 versus 7 nanometers
  • Has 2 more physical cores
  • Newer - released 10 months later
  • 23% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2328 vs 1899 points

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
M1 Pro
vs
Ryzen 7 5800U

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
M1 Pro +49%
109
Ryzen 7 5800U
73
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
M1 Pro +205%
796
Ryzen 7 5800U
261
Cinebench 2026 (Single) 444 -
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 3334 -
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GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
M1 Pro +23%
2328
Ryzen 7 5800U
1899
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
M1 Pro +37%
10305
Ryzen 7 5800U
7496
File compression 1230 MB/sec 707 MB/sec
Clang compilation 82.4 Klines/sec 50.6 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 249.1 pages/sec 136.9 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 271.3 Mpixels/sec 220.8 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 246.4 pages/sec 191.1 pages/sec
Background blur 36.9 images/sec 32 images/sec
Photo processing 102.5 images/sec 57.1 images/sec
Ray tracing 10.7 Mpixels/sec 15.3 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 593 & 587 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
M1 Pro +27%
3795
Ryzen 7 5800U
2984
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
M1 Pro +22%
21934
Ryzen 7 5800U
17954
Integer math 45.6 GOps/sec 71.9 GOps/sec
Floating point math 64 GOps/sec 38.2 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 272M Primes/sec 47M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 32.5M Strings/sec 23M Strings/sec
Data encryption 12.2 GBytes/sec 14 GBytes/sec
Data compression 272.2 MBytes/sec 219.3 MBytes/sec
Physics 2696 Frames/sec 763 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 12.6B Matrices/sec 14.3B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 2437 & 970 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
M1 Pro +33%
186.87
Ryzen 7 5800U
140.26

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 26.5 PPW 10.4 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 343.5 PPW 299.8 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 731.1 PPW 718.2 PPW
Blender / Watt 6.23 PPW 5.61 PPW
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Apple M1 Pro
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-03-27 (bbffx)Geekbench 6 CPU2450 / 12944
πŸ“˜ 2026-03-27 (bbffx)Cinebench 2026444 / 3334
πŸ“˜ 2026-03-27 (bbffx)Cinebench 2024115 / 857
πŸ“˜ 2025-02-23 (anon121434)Cinebench 202499 / 682
πŸ“˜ 2025-02-19 (serhii)Cinebench 2024109 / 796
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AMD Ryzen 7 5800U
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2025-12-23 (Jiph0731)Cinebench 202467 / 323
πŸ“˜ 2025-06-13 (StarCry)Cinebench 202473 / 261
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Apple M1 Pro and AMD Ryzen 7 5800U

General

Vendor Apple Amd
Released October 18, 2021 January 12, 2021
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set ARMv8 x86-64
Codename Apple M1 Zen 3 (Cezanne)
Integrated GPU Apple M1 Pro GPU (16-core) Radeon RX Vega 8
Rival Equivalent - - Intel Core i7 1195G7
Successor - Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) - AMD Ryzen 7 250
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#148th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 8 8
P-Threads 8 16
Base Frequency (P) 3.2 GHz 1.9 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) - 4.4 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 2 -
E-Threads 2 -
Base Frequency (E) 2.1 GHz -
Total
Total Cores 10 8
Total Threads 10 16
Bus Frequency - 100 MHz
Multiplier - 19x
L1 Cache 192K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 24MB (shared) 512K (per core)
L3 Cache - 16MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Transistors 33.7 billions -
Fabrication Process 5 nm 7 nm
TDP (PL1) 30 W 10-25 W (configurable)
Socket Apple M-Socket FP6
Peak Temperature - 105Β°C

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Apple M1 Pro GPU (16-core) Radeon RX Vega 8
GPU Base Clock 450 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1296 MHz 2000 MHz
Shading Units 2048 512
TMUs 128 32
ROPs 64 8
Execution Units 256 8
TGP 30 W 25 W
iGPU FLOPS
M1 Pro +165%
5.3 TFLOPS
Ryzen 7 5800U
2 TFLOPS
More info: Radeon RX Vega 8 compared to Apple M1 Pro GPU (16-core)

Memory Support

Memory Types - LPDDR5-6400 - DDR4-3200
- LPDDR4-4266
Max. Memory Size 32 GB 32 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 204.8 GB/s -
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site - AMD Ryzen 7 5800U official page
PCI Express Version - 3.0
PCI Express Lanes - 12

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Total votes: 47

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Comments

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