Apple M1 vs AMD Ryzen 5 3600
We compared two CPUs: the 3.2 GHz Apple M1 (laptop) with 8-cores against the 3.6 GHz AMD Ryzen 5 3600 (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 electricity consumption
NanoReview Final Score
Generic CPU rating
Key Differences
Advantages of Apple M1
- Newer - released 1-year and 5-months later
- More modern manufacturing process – 5 versus 7 nanometers
- Around 20.57 GB/s (43%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
- 40% faster in a single-core Geekbench v5 test - 1759 vs 1252 points
- Has 2 more physical cores
- Includes an integrated GPU Apple M1 GPU
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 3600
- Supports up to 128 GB DDR4-3200 RAM
- Unlocked multiplier
Benchmarks
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Geekbench 5 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 5 (Multi-Core)
Specifications
General
| Vendor | Apple | AMD |
| Released | November 20, 2020 | July 7, 2019 |
| Type | Laptop | Desktop |
| instruction set | ARMv8 | x86-64 |
| Codename | Apple M1 | Zen 2 (Matisse) |
| Integrated GPU | Apple M1 GPU | No |
CPU
| P-Cores | 4 | 6 |
| P-Threads | 4 | 12 |
| Base Frequency (P) | 3.2 GHz | 3.6 GHz |
| Turbo Boost Frequency (P) | - | 4.2 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 | - | 36x |
| L1 Cache | 192K (per core) | 64K (per core) |
| L2 Cache | 12MB (shared) | 512K (per core) |
| L3 Cache | - | 32MB (shared) |
| Unlocked Multiplier | No | Yes |
Package
| Transistors | 16 billions | 3.8 billions |
| Fabrication process | 5 nm | 7 nm |
| Socket | Apple M-Socket | AM4 |
| TDP | 14 W | 65 W |
| Peak temperature | - | 95°C |
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 | - |
| Max. Resolution | 6016x3384 - 60 Hz | - |
iGPU FLOPS
Memory Support
| Memory types | LPDDR4X-4266 | DDR4-3200 |
| Memory Size | 16 GB | 128 GB |
| Max. Memory Channels | 2 | 2 |
| Max. Memory Bandwidth | 68.25 GB/s | 47.68 GB/s |
| ECC Support | No | Yes |
Misc
| Official site | - | AMD Ryzen 5 3600 official page |
| PCI Express Version | 4.0 | 4.0 |
| PCI Express Lanes | - | 16 |
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