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Apple M1 vs AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX

53 out of 100
Apple M1
VS
48 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX
Apple M1
AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX

We compared two 8-core laptop CPUs: the 3.2 GHz Apple M1 against the 3.3 GHz AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX. 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 (2)

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 5900HX and M1
Advantages of Apple M1
  • More modern manufacturing process – 5 versus 7 nanometers
  • Newer PCI Express version – 4.0
  • More powerful Apple M1 GPU integrated graphics: 2.6 vs 2.2 TFLOPS
  • 19% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2410 vs 2027 points
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX
  • Supports up to 64 GB DDR4-3200 RAM
  • Unlocked multiplier

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Apple M1
vs
Ryzen 9 5900HX

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Apple M1 +28%
110
Ryzen 9 5900HX
86
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Apple M1
525
Ryzen 9 5900HX +32%
694
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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 +19%
2410
Ryzen 9 5900HX
2027
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
File compression 941 MB/sec 734.8 MB/sec
Clang compilation 68.2 Klines/sec 69 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 192.4 pages/sec 145.5 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 211.9 Mpixels/sec 256.9 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 250.8 pages/sec 206.4 pages/sec
Background blur 34.1 images/sec 40.2 images/sec
Photo processing 60.9 images/sec 61 images/sec
Ray tracing 9.74 Mpixels/sec 17.1 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 760 & 576 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Apple M1 +17%
3673
Ryzen 9 5900HX
3151
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Apple M1
14123
Ryzen 9 5900HX +56%
22000
Integer math 33.2 GOps/sec 85.1 GOps/sec
Floating point math 35.5 GOps/sec 47 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 141M Primes/sec 52M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 21M Strings/sec 29.7M Strings/sec
Data encryption 8.5 GBytes/sec 17.9 GBytes/sec
Data compression 168 MBytes/sec 284.2 MBytes/sec
Physics 1359 Frames/sec 894 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 7B Matrices/sec 19.3B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 10702 & 4129 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Apple M1
95.27
Ryzen 9 5900HX +86%
177.14

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 37.5 PPW 12.9 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 610.5 PPW 157.5 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 1008.8 PPW 407.4 PPW
Blender / Watt 6.81 PPW 3.28 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“˜ 2026-09-25 -> op1Geekbench 6 CPU2273 / 7967
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
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Apple M1 and AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX

General

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 i9 11980HK
Successor - Apple M5 (10-Core) - AMD Ryzen 9 9850HX
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#123rd place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 4 8
P-Threads 4 16
Base Frequency (P) 3.2 GHz 3.3 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) - 4.6 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 - 33x
L1 Cache 192K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 12MB (shared) 512K (per core)
L3 Cache - 16MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No Yes

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 RX Vega 8
GPU Base Clock 450 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1278 MHz 2100 MHz
Shading Units 1024 512
TMUs 64 32
ROPs 32 8
Execution Units 128 8
TGP 15 W 25 W
iGPU FLOPS
Apple M1 +18%
2.6 TFLOPS
Ryzen 9 5900HX
2.2 TFLOPS
More info: Radeon RX Vega 8 compared to Apple M1 GPU (8-core)

Memory Support

Memory Types - LPDDR4X-4266 - DDR4-3200
- LPDDR4-4266
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 9 5900HX 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 9 5900HX or Apple M1?
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Alizain October 17, 2021 at 06:16 PM
Dang, AMD is the only one that survived the M1 apocalypse. Proud to see AMD take the performance flag!
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Henk September 4, 2021 at 10:55 AM
De M1 is zo snel vanwege de gereduceerde instructie set en het kleinere productie proces. Hier hangt softwarematig een prijs aan. En het is een Apple product (M1 laptop niet te repareren door gewone reparateur of opsturen naar Apple en reparatie bedrag bijna gelijk aan nieuw wat gewoon bedrijfspolitiek is.....alles vast gesoldeerd want de klant moet bij een storing een nieuwe kopen en we hangen er gewoon een positief verhaal aan vast om de klant de ogen dicht te smeren)
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