Apple M1 vs AMD Ryzen 5 7640U
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We compared two laptop CPUs: the 3.2 GHz Apple M1 with 8-cores against the 3.5 GHz AMD Ryzen 5 7640U 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
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
- Has 2 more physical cores
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 7640U
- Supports up to 256 GB DDR5-5600 RAM
- Newer - released 2 years and 6 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)
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
| File compression | 941 MB/sec | 1190 MB/sec |
| Clang compilation | 68.2 Klines/sec | 72.3 Klines/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | 192.4 pages/sec | 219.7 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | 211.9 Mpixels/sec | 267.6 Mpixels/sec |
| Text processing | 250.8 pages/sec | 242.2 pages/sec |
| Background blur | 34.1 images/sec | 46.3 images/sec |
| Photo processing | 60.9 images/sec | 94.5 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | 9.74 Mpixels/sec | 15.4 Mpixels/sec |
PassMark
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
| Integer math | 33.2 GOps/sec | 67.2 GOps/sec |
| Floating point math | 35.5 GOps/sec | 39.2 GOps/sec |
| Find prime numbers | 141M Primes/sec | 72M Primes/sec |
| Random string sorting | 21M Strings/sec | 28.2M Strings/sec |
| Data encryption | 8.5 GBytes/sec | 14.2 GBytes/sec |
| Data compression | 168 MBytes/sec | 228.8 MBytes/sec |
| Physics | 1359 Frames/sec | 1145 Frames/sec |
| Extended instructions | 7B Matrices/sec | 16.4B Matrices/sec |
Blender
Blender CPU
Performance Per Watt
| Cinebench 2024 / Watt | 37.5 PPW | 19.9 PPW |
| Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt | 610.5 PPW | 347.3 PPW |
| Passmark CPU Mark / Watt | 1008.8 PPW | 675.4 PPW |
| Blender / Watt | 6.81 PPW | 5.74 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 2026-08-24 -> 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 |
| π 2025-01-17 (Qianhe) | Cinebench 2024 | 110 / 525 |
AMD Ryzen 5 7640U
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-04-06 (GenerallyThrawn) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 2338 / 10420 |
| π 2025-08-20 (Doug Trenton) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 2523 / 11201 |
Specifications
Full technical specification of Apple M1 and AMD Ryzen 5 7640UGeneral
| Vendor | Apple | Amd |
| Released | November 20, 2020 | May 3, 2023 |
| Type | Laptop | Laptop |
| Instruction Set | ARMv8 | x86-64 |
| Codename | Apple M1 | Zen 4 (Phoenix) |
| Integrated GPU | Apple M1 GPU | Radeon 760M |
| Rival Equivalent | - | - Intel Core i5 1340P |
| Successor | - Apple M5 (10-Core) | - AMD Ryzen 5 8640U |
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#92nd place)
CPU
| P-Cores | 4 | 6 |
| P-Threads | 4 | 12 |
| Base Frequency (P) | 3.2 GHz | 3.5 GHz |
| Turbo Boost Frequency (P) | - | 4.9 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 | - | 35x |
| L1 Cache | 192K (per core) | 64K (per core) |
| L2 Cache | 12MB (shared) | 1MB (per core) |
| L3 Cache | - | 16MB (shared) |
| Unlocked Multiplier | No | No |
Package
| Transistors | 16 billions | 25 billions |
| Fabrication Process | 5 nm | 4 nm |
| TDP (PL1) | 14 W | 15-30 W (configurable) |
| Socket | Apple M-Socket | FP8 |
| Peak Temperature | - | 100Β°C |
Laptop processors ranking (173rd and 161st place)
iGPU
| Integrated Graphics | Apple M1 GPU | Radeon 760M |
| GPU Base Clock | 450 MHz | 800 MHz |
| GPU Boost Clock | 1278 MHz | 2600 MHz |
| Shading Units | 1024 | 512 |
| TMUs | 64 | 32 |
| ROPs | 32 | 16 |
| Execution Units | 128 | 8 |
| TGP | 15 W | 15 W |
iGPU FLOPS
Memory Support
| Memory Types | - LPDDR4X-4266 | - DDR5-5600 - LPDDR5x-7500 |
| Max. Memory Size | 16 GB | 256 GB |
| Memory Channels | 8 | 2 |
| Max. Memory Bandwidth | 68.25 GB/s | - |
| ECC Support | No | No |
Misc
| Official Site | - | AMD Ryzen 5 7640U official page |
| PCI Express Version | 4.0 | 4.0 |
| PCI Express Lanes | - | 20 |
Further details
Notes on Ryzen 5 7640U:
- 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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