Apple M1 vs AMD Ryzen 7 4800H
We compared two 8-core laptop CPUs: the 3.2 GHz Apple M1 against the 2.9 GHz AMD Ryzen 7 4800H. 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
NanoReview Final Score
Generic CPU rating
Key Differences
Advantages of Apple M1
- More modern manufacturing process – 5 versus 7 nanometers
- 43% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2288 vs 1602 points
- Newer - released 10-months later
- Newer PCI Express version – 4.0
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 7 4800H
- Supports up to 64 GB DDR4-3200 RAM
Promotion
Test in Benchmarks
Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasksCinebench R23
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
| File compression | 946.4 MB/sec | 386.2 MB/sec |
| Clang compilation | 68.7 Klines/sec | 60.6 Klines/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | 191.2 pages/sec | 104.8 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | 229.3 Mpixels/sec | 178.9 Mpixels/sec |
| Text processing | 240 pages/sec | 139.5 pages/sec |
| Background blur | 34.8 images/sec | 33.5 images/sec |
| Photo processing | 81.4 images/sec | 44 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | 9.67 Mpixels/sec | 16.6 Mpixels/sec |
PassMark
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
| Integer math | 33.1 GOps/sec | 65.3 GOps/sec |
| Floating point math | 35.8 GOps/sec | 38.1 GOps/sec |
| Find prime numbers | 149M Primes/sec | 34M Primes/sec |
| Random string sorting | 21.3M Strings/sec | 30.3M Strings/sec |
| Data encryption | 8.6 GBytes/sec | 16.2 GBytes/sec |
| Data compression | 170.1 MBytes/sec | 277.5 MBytes/sec |
| Physics | 1301 Frames/sec | 767 Frames/sec |
| Extended instructions | 6.6B Matrices/sec | 17.6B Matrices/sec |
Specifications
Full technical specification of Apple M1 and AMD Ryzen 7 4800HGeneral
| Vendor | Apple | AMD |
| Released | November 20, 2020 | January 6, 2020 |
| Type | Laptop | Laptop |
| instruction set | ARMv8 | x86-64 |
| Codename | Apple M1 | Zen 2 (Renoir) |
| Integrated GPU | Apple M1 GPU | Radeon Vega 7 |
CPU
| P-Cores | 4 | 8 |
| P-Threads | 4 | 16 |
| Base Frequency (P) | 3.2 GHz | 2.9 GHz |
| Turbo Boost Frequency (P) | - | 4.2 GHz |
| E-Cores | 4 | - |
| E-Threads | 4 | - |
| Base Frequency (E) | 2.1 GHz | - |
| Total Cores | 8 | 8 |
| Total Threads | 8 | 16 |
| Bus Frequency | - | 100 MHz |
| Multiplier | - | 29x |
| L1 Cache | 192K (per core) | 64K (per core) |
| L2 Cache | 12MB (shared) | 512K (per core) |
| L3 Cache | - | 8MB (shared) |
| Unlocked Multiplier | No | No |
Package
| Transistors | 16 billions | - |
| Fabrication process | 5 nm | 7 nm |
| TDP (PL1) | 14 W | 35-54 W (configurable) |
| Socket | Apple M-Socket | FP6 |
| Peak temperature | - | 105°C |
iGPU
| Integrated Graphics | Apple M1 GPU | Radeon Vega 7 |
| GPU Base Clock | 450 MHz | 300 MHz |
| GPU Boost Clock | 1278 MHz | 1600 MHz |
| Shading Units | 1024 | 448 |
| TMUs | 64 | 28 |
| ROPs | 32 | 7 |
| Execution Units | 128 | - |
| TGP | 15 W | 10-45 W |
| Max. Resolution | 6016x3384 - 60 Hz | - |
iGPU FLOPS
Memory Support
| Memory types | - LPDDR4X-4266 | - DDR4-3200 - LPDDR4X-4266 |
| Memory Size | 16 GB | 64 GB |
| Max. Memory Channels | 2 | 2 |
| Max. Memory Bandwidth | 68.25 GB/s | 68.27 GB/s |
| ECC Support | No | Yes |
Misc
| Official site | - | AMD Ryzen 7 4800H official page |
| PCI Express Version | 4.0 | 3.0 |
| PCI Express Lanes | - | 16 |
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