Apple M1 Pro vs AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS
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We compared two laptop CPUs: the 3.2 GHz Apple M1 Pro with 10-cores against the 4.0 GHz AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS with 8-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.
Review
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
Choose your main usage scenario to recalculate the Final Score and see which CPU suits your needs.
Key Differences
Advantages of Apple M1 Pro
- Has 2 more physical cores
- More powerful Apple M1 Pro GPU (16-core) integrated graphics: 5.3 vs 4.3 TFLOPS
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS
- Supports up to 256 GB DDR5-5600 RAM
- Newer - released 1 year and 2 months later
- More modern manufacturing process β 4 versus 5 nanometers
Test in Benchmarks
Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasksCinebench
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
| Cinebench 2026 (Single) | 444 | - |
| Cinebench 2026 (Multi) | 3334 | - |
Cinebench Scores (#174th place)
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
| File compression | 1230 MB/sec | 962.5 MB/sec |
| Clang compilation | 82.4 Klines/sec | 101.4 Klines/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | 249.1 pages/sec | 211.8 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | 271.3 Mpixels/sec | 326.9 Mpixels/sec |
| Text processing | 246.4 pages/sec | 260.3 pages/sec |
| Background blur | 36.9 images/sec | 53.8 images/sec |
| Photo processing | 102.5 images/sec | 87.4 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | 10.7 Mpixels/sec | 22.5 Mpixels/sec |
PassMark
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
| Integer math | 45.6 GOps/sec | 102.1 GOps/sec |
| Floating point math | 64 GOps/sec | 62.3 GOps/sec |
| Find prime numbers | 272M Primes/sec | 90M Primes/sec |
| Random string sorting | 32.5M Strings/sec | 42.5M Strings/sec |
| Data encryption | 12.2 GBytes/sec | 21.5 GBytes/sec |
| Data compression | 272.2 MBytes/sec | 360.4 MBytes/sec |
| Physics | 2696 Frames/sec | 1427 Frames/sec |
| Extended instructions | 12.6B Matrices/sec | 27.2B Matrices/sec |
Blender
Blender CPU
Performance Per Watt
| Cinebench 2024 / Watt | 26.5 PPW | 17.3 PPW |
| Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt | 343.5 PPW | 215.4 PPW |
| Passmark CPU Mark / Watt | 731.1 PPW | 551.5 PPW |
| Blender / Watt | 6.23 PPW | 4.18 PPW |
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.
Recent User Tests
Apple M1 Pro
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-03-27 (bbffx) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 2450 / 12944 |
| π 2026-03-27 (bbffx) | Cinebench 2026 | 444 / 3334 |
| π 2026-03-27 (bbffx) | Cinebench 2024 | 115 / 857 |
| π 2025-02-23 (anon121434) | Cinebench 2024 | 99 / 682 |
| π 2025-02-19 (serhii) | Cinebench 2024 | 109 / 796 |
AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2025-11-09 (chrisg) | Cinebench 2024 | 105 / 873 |
| π 2025-08-19 (Phillywilly2000) | Cinebench 2024 | 102 / 906 |
| π 2025-07-14 (GlancingOcean) | Cinebench 2024 | 70 / 677 |
| π 2025-05-13 (antoooooo) | Cinebench 2024 | 109 / 1009 |
| π 2025-03-08 (沧桷) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 2614 / 12911 |
Specifications
Full technical specification of Apple M1 Pro and AMD Ryzen 9 7940HSGeneral
| 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 |
| Rival Equivalent | - | - Intel Core i9 13900H |
| Successor | - Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) | - AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 470 |
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#66th place)
CPU
| P-Cores | 8 | 8 |
| P-Threads | 8 | 16 |
| Base Frequency (P) | 3.2 GHz | 4.0 GHz |
| Turbo Boost Frequency (P) | - | 5.2 GHz |
| E-Cores | 2 | - |
| E-Threads | 2 | - |
| Base Frequency (E) | 2.1 GHz | - |
| Total Cores | 10 | 8 |
| Total Threads | 10 | 16 |
| Bus Frequency | - | 100 MHz |
| Multiplier | - | 40x |
| 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 | - | 100Β°C |
Laptop processors ranking (124th and 106th place)
iGPU
| Integrated Graphics | Apple M1 Pro GPU (16-core) | Radeon 780M |
| GPU Base Clock | 450 MHz | 800 MHz |
| GPU Boost Clock | 1296 MHz | 2800 MHz |
| Shading Units | 2048 | 768 |
| TMUs | 128 | 48 |
| ROPs | 64 | 32 |
| Execution Units | 256 | 12 |
| TGP | 30 W | 15 W |
iGPU FLOPS
Memory Support
| Memory Types | - LPDDR5-6400 | - DDR5-5600 - LPDDR5x-7500 |
| Max. Memory Size | 32 GB | 256 GB |
| Memory Channels | 2 | 2 |
| Max. Memory Bandwidth | 204.8 GB/s | - |
| ECC Support | No | No |
Misc
| Official Site | - | AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS official page |
| PCI Express Version | - | 4.0 |
| PCI Express Lanes | - | 20 |
Further details
Notes on Ryzen 9 7940HS:
- DDR5 memory is supported only on the FP7r2 socket, while FP7 and FP8 sockets support LPDDR5/x.
- ECC support is available exclusively on the FP7r2 socket.
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