Apple M1 vs AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
We compared two CPUs: the 3.2 GHz Apple M1 (laptop) with 8-cores against the 3.7 GHz AMD Ryzen 5 5600X (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
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
- More modern manufacturing process – 5 versus 7 nanometers
- Around 20.57 GB/s (43%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
- Has 2 more physical cores
- Includes an integrated GPU Apple M1 GPU
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
- 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)
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Specifications
General
| Vendor | Apple | AMD |
| Released | November 20, 2020 | October 8, 2020 |
| Type | Laptop | Desktop |
| instruction set | ARMv8 | x86-64 |
| Codename | Apple M1 | Zen 3 (Vermeer) |
| Integrated GPU | Apple M1 GPU | No |
CPU
| P-Cores | 4 | 6 |
| P-Threads | 4 | 12 |
| Base Frequency (P) | 3.2 GHz | 3.7 GHz |
| Turbo Boost Frequency (P) | - | 4.6 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 | - | 37x |
| 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 | - |
| 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 5600X official page |
| PCI Express Version | 4.0 | 4.0 |
| PCI Express Lanes | - | 20 |
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