Apple M1 vs AMD Ryzen 7 5800U
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We compared two 8-core laptop CPUs: the 3.2 GHz Apple M1 against the 1.9 GHz AMD Ryzen 7 5800U. 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
- More modern manufacturing process β 5 versus 7 nanometers
- Newer PCI Express version β 4.0
- More powerful Apple M1 GPU integrated graphics: 2.6 vs 2 TFLOPS
- 27% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2410 vs 1899 points
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 7 5800U
- Supports up to 32 GB DDR4-3200 RAM
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 | 707 MB/sec |
| Clang compilation | 68.2 Klines/sec | 50.6 Klines/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | 192.4 pages/sec | 136.9 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | 211.9 Mpixels/sec | 220.8 Mpixels/sec |
| Text processing | 250.8 pages/sec | 191.1 pages/sec |
| Background blur | 34.1 images/sec | 32 images/sec |
| Photo processing | 60.9 images/sec | 57.1 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | 9.74 Mpixels/sec | 15.3 Mpixels/sec |
PassMark
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
| Integer math | 33.2 GOps/sec | 71.9 GOps/sec |
| Floating point math | 35.5 GOps/sec | 38.2 GOps/sec |
| Find prime numbers | 141M Primes/sec | 47M Primes/sec |
| Random string sorting | 21M Strings/sec | 23M Strings/sec |
| Data encryption | 8.5 GBytes/sec | 14 GBytes/sec |
| Data compression | 168 MBytes/sec | 219.3 MBytes/sec |
| Physics | 1359 Frames/sec | 763 Frames/sec |
| Extended instructions | 7B Matrices/sec | 14.3B Matrices/sec |
Blender
Blender CPU
Performance Per Watt
| Cinebench 2024 / Watt | 37.5 PPW | 10.4 PPW |
| Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt | 610.5 PPW | 299.8 PPW |
| Passmark CPU Mark / Watt | 1008.8 PPW | 718.2 PPW |
| Blender / Watt | 6.81 PPW | 5.61 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 | 2420 / 8793 |
| π 2026-03-06 (gaR) | GeekBench | 2396 / 8763 |
| π 2025-04-11 (Ario) | GeekBench | 2395 / 8820 |
| π 2025-04-11 (Ario) | Cinebench 2024 | 110 / 465 |
| π 2025-01-17 (Qianhe) | Cinebench 2024 | 110 / 525 |
AMD Ryzen 7 5800U
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2025-12-23 (Jiph0731) | Cinebench 2024 | 67 / 323 |
| π 2025-06-13 (StarCry) | Cinebench 2024 | 73 / 261 |
Specifications
Full technical specification of Apple M1 and AMD Ryzen 7 5800UGeneral
| Vendor | Apple | Amd |
| Released | November 20, 2020 | January 12, 2021 |
| Type | Laptop | Laptop |
| Instruction Set | ARMv8 | x86-64 |
| Codename | Apple M1 | Zen 3 (Cezanne) |
| Integrated GPU | Apple M1 GPU | Radeon RX Vega 8 |
| Rival Equivalent | - | - Intel Core i7 1195G7 |
| Successor | - Apple M5 (10-Core) | - AMD Ryzen 7 250 |
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#148th place)
CPU
| P-Cores | 4 | 8 |
| P-Threads | 4 | 16 |
| Base Frequency (P) | 3.2 GHz | 1.9 GHz |
| Turbo Boost Frequency (P) | - | 4.4 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 | - | 19x |
| L1 Cache | 192K (per core) | 64K (per core) |
| L2 Cache | 12MB (shared) | 512K (per core) |
| L3 Cache | - | 16MB (shared) |
| Unlocked Multiplier | No | No |
Package
| Transistors | 16 billions | - |
| Fabrication Process | 5 nm | 7 nm |
| TDP (PL1) | 14 W | 10-25 W (configurable) |
| Socket | Apple M-Socket | FP6 |
| Peak Temperature | - | 105Β°C |
Laptop processors ranking (#173rd place)
iGPU
| Integrated Graphics | Apple M1 GPU | Radeon RX Vega 8 |
| GPU Base Clock | 450 MHz | 300 MHz |
| GPU Boost Clock | 1278 MHz | 2000 MHz |
| Shading Units | 1024 | 512 |
| TMUs | 64 | 32 |
| ROPs | 32 | 8 |
| Execution Units | 128 | 8 |
| TGP | 15 W | 25 W |
iGPU FLOPS
Memory Support
| Memory Types | - LPDDR4X-4266 | - DDR4-3200 - LPDDR4-4266 |
| Max. Memory Size | 16 GB | 32 GB |
| Memory Channels | 8 | 2 |
| Max. Memory Bandwidth | 68.25 GB/s | - |
| ECC Support | No | No |
Misc
| Official Site | - | AMD Ryzen 7 5800U official page |
| PCI Express Version | 4.0 | 3.0 |
| PCI Express Lanes | - | 12 |
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