Apple M1 vs AMD Ryzen 5 1600
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We compared two CPUs: the 3.2 GHz Apple M1 (laptop) with 8-cores against the 3.2 GHz AMD Ryzen 5 1600 (desktop) with 6-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
The "iGPU" and "Power Efficiency" have a minor impact on the NanoReview Score for desktop CPU.
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Value for money (Beta)
Key Differences
Advantages of Apple M1
- More modern manufacturing process β 5 versus 14 nanometers
- 2.2x faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2410 vs 1118 points
- Around 28.51 GB/s (72%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
- Newer - released 3 years and 7 months later
- Has 2 more physical cores
- Newer PCI Express version β 4.0
- Includes an integrated GPU Apple M1 GPU
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 1600
- Supports up to 64 GB DDR4-2666 RAM
- Unlocked multiplier
Test in Benchmarks
Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasksCinebench
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
| File compression | 941 MB/sec | 473.5 MB/sec |
| Clang compilation | 68.2 Klines/sec | 40.5 Klines/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | 192.4 pages/sec | 121.5 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | 211.9 Mpixels/sec | 154.2 Mpixels/sec |
| Text processing | 250.8 pages/sec | 99.8 pages/sec |
| Background blur | 34.1 images/sec | 21.9 images/sec |
| Photo processing | 60.9 images/sec | 48.6 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | 9.74 Mpixels/sec | 8.57 Mpixels/sec |
PassMark
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
| Integer math | 33.2 GOps/sec | 41.4 GOps/sec |
| Floating point math | 35.5 GOps/sec | 21.4 GOps/sec |
| Find prime numbers | 141M Primes/sec | 35M Primes/sec |
| Random string sorting | 21M Strings/sec | 20.2M Strings/sec |
| Data encryption | 8.5 GBytes/sec | 11.7 GBytes/sec |
| Data compression | 168 MBytes/sec | 171.9 MBytes/sec |
| Physics | 1359 Frames/sec | 640 Frames/sec |
| Extended instructions | 7B Matrices/sec | 6.7B Matrices/sec |
Blender
Blender CPU
Performance Per Watt
| Cinebench 2024 / Watt | 37.5 PPW | 6.1 PPW |
| Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt | 610.5 PPW | 76.4 PPW |
| Passmark CPU Mark / Watt | 1008.8 PPW | 188.5 PPW |
| Blender / Watt | 6.81 PPW | 1.55 PPW |
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.
Recent User Tests
Apple M1
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-09-25 -> op1 | Geekbench 6 CPU | 2273 / 7967 |
| π 2026-08-24 -> op1 | Geekbench 6 CPU | 2420 / 8793 |
| π 2026-03-06 (gaR) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 2396 / 8763 |
| π 2025-04-11 (Ario) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 2395 / 8820 |
| π 2025-04-11 (Ario) | Cinebench 2024 | 110 / 465 |
AMD Ryzen 5 1600
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2025-10-14 (El_kocko) | Cinebench 2024 | 52 / 396 |
Specifications
Full technical specification of Apple M1 and AMD Ryzen 5 1600General
| Vendor | Apple | Amd |
| Released | November 20, 2020 | April 11, 2017 |
| Type | Laptop | Desktop |
| Instruction Set | ARMv8 | x86-64 |
| Codename | Apple M1 | - |
| Integrated GPU | Apple M1 GPU | No |
| Rival Equivalent | - | - Intel Core i5 8500 |
| Successor | - Apple M5 (10-Core) | - AMD Ryzen 5 7600 |
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#183rd place)
CPU
| P-Cores | 4 | 6 |
| P-Threads | 4 | 12 |
| Base Frequency (P) | 3.2 GHz | 3.2 GHz |
| Turbo Boost Frequency (P) | - | 3.6 GHz |
| E-Cores | 4 | - |
| E-Threads | 4 | - |
| Base Frequency (E) | 2.1 GHz | - |
| Total Cores | 8 | 6 |
| Total Threads | 8 | 12 |
| Bus Frequency | - | 100 MHz |
| Multiplier | - | 32x |
| L1 Cache | 192K (per core) | 96K (per core) |
| L2 Cache | 12MB (shared) | 512K (per core) |
| L3 Cache | - | 16MB (shared) |
| Unlocked Multiplier | No | Yes |
Package
| Transistors | 16 billions | 4.8 billions |
| Fabrication Process | 5 nm | 14 nm |
| TDP (PL1) | 14 W | 65 W |
| Socket | Apple M-Socket | AM4 |
| Peak Temperature | - | 95Β°C |
Laptop processors ranking (#172nd place)
Desktop CPU ranking (#184th place)
iGPU
| Integrated Graphics | Apple M1 GPU | - |
| GPU Base Clock | 450 MHz | - |
| GPU Boost Clock | 1278 MHz | - |
| Shading Units | 1024 | - |
| TMUs | 64 | - |
| ROPs | 32 | - |
| Execution Units | 128 | - |
| TGP | 15 W | - |
iGPU FLOPS
Memory Support
| Memory Types | - LPDDR4X-4266 | - DDR4-2666 |
| Max. Memory Size | 16 GB | 64 GB |
| Memory Channels | 8 | 2 |
| Max. Memory Bandwidth | 68.25 GB/s | 39.74 GB/s |
| ECC Support | No | Yes |
Misc
| PCI Express Version | 4.0 | 3.0 |
| PCI Express Lanes | - | 20 |
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