Apple M1 vs AMD Ryzen 7 6800U
We compared two 8-core laptop CPUs: the 3.2 GHz Apple M1 against the 2.7 GHz AMD Ryzen 7 6800U. 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 electricity consumption
NanoReview Final Score
Generic CPU rating
Key Differences
Advantages of Apple M1
- More modern manufacturing process – 5 versus 6 nanometers
- 16% faster in a single-core Geekbench v5 test - 1759 vs 1516 points
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 7 6800U
- Supports up to 64 GB DDR5-4800 RAM
- Newer - released 1-year and 2-months 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)
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 | 2.7 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 | - | 27x |
| 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 | 15-28 W (configurable) |
| 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 6800U official page |
| PCI Express Version | 4.0 | 4.0 |
| PCI Express Lanes | - | 20 |
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