Apple M1 Pro vs AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 3.2 GHz Apple M1 Pro with 10-cores against the 3.8 GHz AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS with 8-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

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
NanoReview Final Score
Generic CPU rating

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 7840HS and Pro
Advantages of Apple M1 Pro
  • Supports quad-channel memory
  • Has 2 more physical cores
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS
  • Supports up to 256 GB DDR5-5600 RAM
  • Newer - released 1-year and 3-months later
  • More modern manufacturing process – 4 versus 5 nanometers
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Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks

Cinebench R23

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
1520
1776
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
12060
17000

GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
M1 Pro +8%
2405
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
8732
12205
File compression 992.7 MB/sec 1170 MB/sec
Clang compilation 69.6 Klines/sec 97.3 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 205.7 pages/sec 236.7 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 209.8 Mpixels/sec 363 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 243.6 pages/sec 242.3 pages/sec
Background blur 35.3 images/sec 57.1 images/sec
Photo processing 84.5 images/sec 98.8 images/sec
Ray tracing 9.68 Mpixels/sec 21.5 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2]

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
21858
29515
Integer math 46.4 GOps/sec 102.1 GOps/sec
Floating point math 64.7 GOps/sec 62.5 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 275M Primes/sec 86M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 32.9M Strings/sec 41.6M Strings/sec
Data encryption 12.3 GBytes/sec 21.5 GBytes/sec
Data compression 275.4 MBytes/sec 360.8 MBytes/sec
Physics 2705 Frames/sec 1350 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 11.4B Matrices/sec 27B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4]

Specifications

Full technical specification of Apple M1 Pro and AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS

General

Vendor Apple AMD
Released October 18, 2021 January 4, 2023
Type Laptop Laptop
instruction set ARMv8 x86-64
Codename Apple M1 Zen 4 (Phoenix)
Integrated GPU Apple M1 Pro GPU (16-core) Radeon 780M

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 8 8
P-Threads 8 16
Base Frequency (P) 3.2 GHz 3.8 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) - 5.1 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 - 38x
L1 Cache 192K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 24MB (shared) 1MB (per core)
L3 Cache - 16MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Transistors 33.7 billions 25 billions
Fabrication process 5 nm 4 nm
TDP (PL1) 30 W 35-54 W (configurable)
Socket Apple M-Socket FP8
Peak temperature - 100°C

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Apple M1 Pro GPU (16-core) Radeon 780M
GPU Base Clock 450 MHz 1500 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1296 MHz 2700 MHz
Shading Units 2048 768
TMUs 128 48
ROPs 64 32
Execution Units - 12
TGP 30 W 15 W
Max. Resolution 6016x3384 - 60 Hz 7680x4320 - 60 Hz
iGPU FLOPS
5.2 TFLOPS
8.12 TFLOPS

Memory Support

Memory types - LPDDR5-6400 - DDR5-5600
- LPDDR5x-7500
Memory Size 32 GB 256 GB
Max. Memory Channels 4 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 204.8 GB/s -
ECC Support No Yes

Misc

Official site - AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS official page
PCI Express Version - 4.0
PCI Express Lanes - 20

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4 (9.8%)
37 (90.2%)
Total votes: 41

Comments

So which CPU will you choose: AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS or Apple M1 Pro?
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Neil 22 June 2023 04:04
The 7840HS might be more powerful at higher power levels, but the M1 Pro is far more efficient when running 30w or less, and especially in the 15w range where fans don't even need to turn on.
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