Apple M1 vs AMD Ryzen 7 6800H
We compared two 8-core laptop CPUs: the 3.2 GHz Apple M1 against the 3.2 GHz AMD Ryzen 7 6800H. 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 6 nanometers
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 7 6800H
- Supports up to 64 GB DDR5-4800 RAM
- Newer - released 1-year and 1-month later
- Around 8.55 GB/s (13%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
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 | January 4, 2022 |
| Type | Laptop | Laptop |
| instruction set | ARMv8 | x86-64 |
| Codename | Apple M1 | Zen 3+ (Rembrandt) |
| Integrated GPU | Apple M1 GPU | Radeon 680M |
CPU
| P-Cores | 4 | 8 |
| P-Threads | 4 | 16 |
| Base Frequency (P) | 3.2 GHz | 3.2 GHz |
| Turbo Boost Frequency (P) | - | 4.7 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 | - | 32x |
| 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 | 6 nm |
| Socket | Apple M-Socket | FP7 |
| TDP | 14 W | 45 W |
| Peak temperature | - | 95°C |
iGPU
| Integrated Graphics | Apple M1 GPU | AMD Radeon 680M |
| GPU Base Clock | 450 MHz | 2000 MHz |
| GPU Boost Clock | 1278 MHz | 2200 MHz |
| Shading Units | 1024 | 768 |
| TMUs | 64 | 48 |
| ROPs | 32 | 32 |
| Execution Units | 128 | 12 |
| TGP | 15 W | 15 W |
| Max. Resolution | 6016x3384 - 60 Hz | - |
iGPU FLOPS
Memory Support
| Memory types | LPDDR4X-4266 | DDR5-4800, LPDDR5-6400 |
| Memory Size | 16 GB | 64 GB |
| Max. Memory Channels | 2 | 2 |
| Max. Memory Bandwidth | 68.25 GB/s | 76.8 GB/s |
| ECC Support | No | No |
Misc
| Official site | - | AMD Ryzen 7 6800H official page |
| PCI Express Version | 4.0 | 4.0 |
| PCI Express Lanes | - | 20 |
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