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Apple M1 vs AMD Ryzen 7 4800H

53 out of 100
Apple M1
VS
42 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H
Apple M1
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.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Performance
  4. Specs
  5. Comments (3)

Review

General overview and comparison of the processors
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
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Key Differences

What are the key differences between 4800H and M1
Advantages of Apple M1
  • More powerful Apple M1 GPU integrated graphics: 2.6 vs 1.4 TFLOPS
  • 48% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2410 vs 1624 points
  • More modern manufacturing process – 5 versus 7 nanometers
  • Newer PCI Express version – 4.0
  • Newer - released 11 months later
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 7 4800H
  • Supports up to 64 GB DDR4-3200 RAM

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Apple M1
vs
Ryzen 7 4800H

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Apple M1 +49%
110
Ryzen 7 4800H
74
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Apple M1
525
Ryzen 7 4800H +17%
615
Cinebench 2026 (Single) - 300
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) - 2472
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GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Apple M1 +48%
2410
Ryzen 7 4800H
1624
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Apple M1 +17%
8547
Ryzen 7 4800H
7307
File compression 941 MB/sec 525.2 MB/sec
Clang compilation 68.2 Klines/sec 60.6 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 192.4 pages/sec 141.9 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 211.9 Mpixels/sec 239.3 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 250.8 pages/sec 136.2 pages/sec
Background blur 34.1 images/sec 37.4 images/sec
Photo processing 60.9 images/sec 53.7 images/sec
Ray tracing 9.74 Mpixels/sec 15.6 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 760 & 999 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Apple M1 +42%
3673
Ryzen 7 4800H
2584
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Apple M1
14123
Ryzen 7 4800H +27%
17916
Integer math 33.2 GOps/sec 63.2 GOps/sec
Floating point math 35.5 GOps/sec 36.9 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 141M Primes/sec 33M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 21M Strings/sec 28.7M Strings/sec
Data encryption 8.5 GBytes/sec 15.1 GBytes/sec
Data compression 168 MBytes/sec 265.5 MBytes/sec
Physics 1359 Frames/sec 737 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 7B Matrices/sec 16.8B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 10702 & 6192 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Apple M1
95.27
Ryzen 7 4800H +59%
151.47

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 37.5 PPW 11.4 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 610.5 PPW 135.3 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 1008.8 PPW 331.8 PPW
Blender / Watt 6.81 PPW 2.81 PPW
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Apple M1
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-24 -> op1Geekbench 6 CPU2420 / 8793
πŸ“˜ 2026-03-06 (gaR)Geekbench 6 CPU2396 / 8763
πŸ“˜ 2025-04-11 (Ario)Geekbench 6 CPU2395 / 8820
πŸ“˜ 2025-04-11 (Ario)Cinebench 2024110 / 465
πŸ“˜ 2025-01-17 (Qianhe)Cinebench 2024110 / 525
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AMD Ryzen 7 4800H
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-02-28 (Kaismeer)Cinebench 2026300 / 2472
πŸ“˜ 2025-06-03 (Tommy)Cinebench 202475 / 673
πŸ“˜ 2025-05-12 (Lee)Cinebench 202474 / 615
πŸ“˜ 2025-03-04 (Smothy)Cinebench 202472 / 544
πŸ“˜ 2025-01-08 (Secondoff3471)Cinebench 202472 / 658
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Apple M1 and AMD Ryzen 7 4800H

General

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
Rival Equivalent - - Intel Core i7 11850H
Successor - Apple M5 (10-Core) - AMD Ryzen 7 6800H
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#152nd place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 4 8
P-Threads 4 16
Base Frequency (P) 3.2 GHz 2.9 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) - 4.2 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 4 -
E-Threads 4 -
Base Frequency (E) 2.1 GHz -
Total
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 - 105Β°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 8
Execution Units 128 7
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Apple M1 +86%
2.6 TFLOPS
Ryzen 7 4800H
1.4 TFLOPS
More info: Radeon RX Vega 7 compared to Apple M1 GPU (8-core)

Memory Support

Memory Types - LPDDR4X-4266 - DDR4-3200
- LPDDR4X-4266
Max. Memory Size 16 GB 64 GB
Memory Channels 8 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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Comments

So which CPU will you choose: AMD Ryzen 7 4800H or Apple M1?
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Guest October 4, 2022 at 06:34 PM
When you tested performance with the charging cord so, ryzen will be the winner but if you tested without changing the plug so, m1 will win.
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Techreen January 23, 2022 at 09:43 AM
Would go with the Ryzen 7 4800H with RTX 2060 graphics over the M1.
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John July 11, 2021 at 02:06 AM
Depending on supported software, both 4800H and M1 are winners.
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