Apple M4 (10-Core) vs AMD Ryzen 7 8700G

76 out of 100
Apple M4 (10-Core)
VS
64 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 7 8700G

We compared two CPUs: the 4.46 GHz Apple M4 (10-Core) (laptop) with 10-cores against the 4.2 GHz AMD Ryzen 7 8700G (desktop) with 8-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

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 8700G and (10-Core)
Advantages of Apple M4 (10-Core)
  • 43% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 3777 vs 2635 points
  • More modern manufacturing process – 3 versus 4 nanometers
  • Has 2 more physical cores
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 7 8700G
  • Supports up to 256 GB DDR5-5200 RAM
  • Unlocked multiplier
  • More powerful Radeon 780M integrated graphics: 4.5 vs 3.8 TFLOPS

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 3211 -
Cinebench Scores (158th and 155th place)

GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
3777
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
14818
File compression 1500 MB/sec 1440 MB/sec
Clang compilation 120.2 Klines/sec 108.2 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 329.3 pages/sec 303.9 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 362.1 Mpixels/sec 402.6 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 352.1 pages/sec 272 pages/sec
Background blur 69.8 images/sec 65.4 images/sec
Photo processing 114.4 images/sec 108 images/sec
Ray tracing 18.1 Mpixels/sec 23.6 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 320 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
4499
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
23603
31479
Integer math 54.2 GOps/sec 102.7 GOps/sec
Floating point math 49.6 GOps/sec 63.7 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 263M Primes/sec 101M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 34.3M Strings/sec 46M Strings/sec
Data encryption 15.1 GBytes/sec 22.7 GBytes/sec
Data compression 280.5 MBytes/sec 384 MBytes/sec
Physics 2527 Frames/sec 1608 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 13.6B Matrices/sec 28.9B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 2752 & 2204 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
229.85
245.21

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 40.9 PPW 15.3 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 617.4 PPW 218.8 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 983.5 PPW 484.3 PPW
Blender / Watt 9.58 PPW 3.77 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 M4 (10-Core)
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-06-13 (doannguuyenmfs)Geekbench 6 CPU3703 / 15450
📘 2026-04-18 (Avacada)Geekbench 6 CPU3906 / 15577
📘 2026-03-05 (Dovlet)Geekbench 6 CPU3916 / 15202
📘 2025-12-31 (gmamorim)Geekbench 6 CPU3730 / 15258
📘 2025-12-28 (LC)Cinebench 2024174 / 993
AMD Ryzen 7 8700G
No benchmark results yet

Specifications

Full technical specification of Apple M4 (10-Core) and AMD Ryzen 7 8700G

General

Vendor Apple Amd
Released May 7, 2024 January 8, 2024
Type Laptop Desktop
Instruction Set ARMv9 x86-64
Codename Apple M4 Zen 4 (Phoenix)
Model number APL1206 -
Integrated GPU Apple M4 GPU (10-core) Radeon 780M
Rival Equivalent - Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100) -
Successor - Apple M5 (10-Core) -
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#54th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 4 8
P-Threads 4 16
Base Frequency (P) 4.46 GHz 4.2 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) - 5.1 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 6 -
E-Threads 6 -
Base Frequency (E) 2.89 GHz -
Total
Total Cores 10 8
Total Threads 10 16
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 44x 42x
L1 Cache 192K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 16MB (shared) 1MB (per core)
L3 Cache - 16MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No Yes

Package

Transistors 28 billions 25 billions
Fabrication Process 3 nm 4 nm
TDP (PL1) 24 W 45-65 W (configurable)
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) - 88 W
Socket Apple M-Socket AM5
Peak Temperature 100°C 95°C
Die Size 169.4 mm² -
Desktop CPU ranking (#74th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Apple M4 GPU (10-core) Radeon 780M
GPU Base Clock 500 MHz 800 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1470 MHz 2900 MHz
Shading Units 1280 768
TMUs 80 48
ROPs 40 32
Execution Units 160 12
TGP 18 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
3.8 TFLOPS
4.5 TFLOPS

Memory Support

Memory Types - LPDDR5X-7500 - DDR5-5200
Max. Memory Size 32 GB 256 GB
Memory Channels 8 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 120 GB/s -
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site - AMD Ryzen 7 8700G official page
PCI Express Version - 4.0
PCI Express Lanes - 20
Further details
Notes on M4 (10-Core):
    - SoC is designed using ARMv9.4-A architecture.

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Comments

So which CPU will you choose: AMD Ryzen 7 8700G or Apple M4 (10-Core)?
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APPLE August 18, 2025 at 04:15 PM
APPLE BETTER ALWAYS
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