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Apple M1 vs AMD Ryzen 7 4800HS vs AMD Ryzen 7 4800U

Apple M1

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The Apple M1 is a System on a Chip (SoC) from Apple that is found in the late 2020 MacBook Air, MacBook Pro 13, and Mac Mini. It offers 8 cores divided in four performance cores and four power-efficiency cores. The big cores offer 192 KB instruction cache, 128 KB data cache, and 12 MB shared L2 cache. According to Apple the performance of these cores should be better than anything on the market (in late 2020). The four efficiency cores are a lot smaller and offer only 128 KB instruction cache, 64 KB data cache, and 4 MB shared cache. The efficiency cores (E cluster) clock with 600 - 2064 MHz, the performance cores (P cluster) with 600 - 3204 MHz.

The M1 is available in two TDP variants, a passive cooled 10 Watt variant for the MacBook Air and an active cooled faster variant for the MacBook Pro 13 and Mac Mini. Those should offer a better-sustained performance according to Apple.

The integrated graphics card in the M1 offers 8 cores (7 cores in the entry MacBook Air) and a peak performance of 2.6 teraflops. Apple claims that it is faster than any other iGPU at the time of announcement.

Furthermore, the SoC integrates a fast 16 core neural engine with a peak performance of 11 TOPS (for AI hardware acceleration), a secure enclave (e.g., for encryption), a unified memory architecture, Thunderbolt / USB 4 controller, an ISP, and media de- and encoders.

The Apple M1 includes 16 billion transistors (up from the 10 billion of the A12Z Bionic and therefore double the amount of a Tiger Lake-U chip like the i7-1185G7) and is manufactured in 5nm at TSMC.

AMD Ryzen 7 4800HS

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The AMD Ryzen 7 4800HS is a mobile SoC for big laptops based on the Renoir architecture. The 4800HS integrates all eight cores based on the Zen 2 microarchitecture. They are clocked at 2.9 (guaranteed base clock) to 4.2 GHz (Turbo) and support SMT for a total of 16 threads. The chip is manufactured on the modern 7 nm TSMC process and partly thanks to it AMD advertises a 2x improved performance per Watt for the Renoir chips. The 4800HS is the 35 Watt version (-10 Watt) of the Ryzen 7 4800H.

In addition to the eight CPU cores, the APU also integrates a Radeon RX Vega 7 integrated graphics adapter with 7 CUs at up to 1,600 MHz. The dual channel memory controller supports DDR4-3200 and energy efficient LPDDR4-4266 RAM. Furthermore, 8 MB of L3 cache can be found on the chip. See our hub page on the Renoir Processors for more information.

Performance

The average 4800HS in our database is an impressively fast CPU that isn't afraid of picking a fight with the Intel Core i9-10980HK and the Core i7-11850H, as far as multi-thread benchmark scores are concerned. The Ryzen is fast enough for nearly all apps and games you could possibly throw at it, as of mid 2022.

Your mileage may vary depending on how high the CPU power limits are and how competent the cooling solution of your system is.

Power consumption

This Ryzen 7 has a default TDP, also known as the long-term power limit, of 35 W. Which is too high to allow for passively cooled setups.

The AMD Ryzen 7 4800HS is built with TSMC's 7 nm process leading to average, as of mid 2023, energy efficiency.

AMD Ryzen 7 4800U

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The AMD Ryzen 7 4800U is a processor for thin and light laptops based on the Renoir architecture. The 4800U integrates all eight cores based on the Zen 2 microarchitecture. They are clocked at 1.8 (guaranteed base clock) to 4.2 GHz (Turbo) and support SMT / Hyperthreading (16 threads). The chip is manufactured in the modern 7 nm process at TSMC and partly thanks to it AMD advertises a 2x improved performance per Watt for the Renoir chips. Compared to the similar named Ryzen 7 4800H, the 4800U offers a lower TDP (15 versus 45 Watt) and base clock (1.8 versus 2.9 GHz).

According to AMD, the Ryzen 7 4800U is 4% faster in Cinebench R20 single thread test and 90 % faster in the multithreaded test compared to the fast Intel Core i7-1065G7 (Ice Lake, 4 cores, 3.9 GHz). This means the CPU should be one of the fastest processors in the 15 Watt TDP range and well suited for demanding tasks. The sustained performance however ist strongly depending on the cooling system and the TDP settings of the laptop.

In addition to the eight CPU cores, the APU also integrates a Radeon RX Vega 8 integrated graphics card with 8 CUs and up to 1750 MHz. The dual channel memory controller supports DDR4-3200 and energy efficient LPDDR4-4266 RAM. Furthermore, 8 MB level 3 cache can be found on the chip. See our hub page on the Renoir Processors for more information.

The TDP of the APU is specified at 15 Watt (default) and can be configured from 10 to 25 Watt by the laptop vendor. That means the chip is intended for thin and light laptops (but with fans).

ModelApple M1AMD Ryzen 7 4800HSAMD Ryzen 7 4800U
SeriesApple Apple M-SeriesAMD Renoir (Ryzen 4000 APU)AMD Renoir (Ryzen 4000 APU)
Series: Renoir (Ryzen 4000 APU) Renoir-U (Zen 2)
Apple M1 Max2.06 - 3.22 GHz10 / 10 cores48 MB L3
Apple M1 Pro2.06 - 3.22 GHz10 / 10 cores24 MB L3
Apple M1 Pro 8-Core2.06 - 3.22 GHz8 / 8 cores16 MB L3
Apple M1 « 2.06 - 3.22 GHz8 / 8 cores8 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 7 4800HS « 2.9 - 4.2 GHz8 / 16 cores8 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 5 4600HS3 - 4 GHz6 / 12 cores8 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 7 4980U2 - 4.4 GHz8 / 16 cores8 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 7 4800U « 1.8 - 4.2 GHz8 / 16 cores8 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 7 4700U2 - 4.1 GHz8 / 8 cores8 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 5 4680U2.2 - 4 GHz6 / 12 cores8 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 5 4600U2.1 - 4 GHz6 / 12 cores8 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 5 4500U2.3 - 4 GHz6 / 6 cores8 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 3 4300U2.7 - 3.7 GHz4 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Clock2064 - 3220 MHz2900 - 4200 MHz1800 - 4200 MHz
L1 Cache2 MB512 KB512 KB
L2 Cache16 MB4 MB4 MB
L3 Cache8 MB8 MB8 MB
Cores / Threads8 / 88 / 168 / 16
Transistors16000 Million
Technology5 nm7 nm7 nm
FeaturesARMv8 Instruction SetDDR4-3200/LPDDR4-4266 RAM, PCIe 3, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SMEDDR4-3200/LPDDR4-4266 RAM, PCIe 3, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SME
iGPUApple M1 8-Core GPUAMD Radeon RX Vega 7 ( - 1600 MHz)AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) ( - 1750 MHz)
ArchitectureARMx86x86
Announced
CodenameRenoir-HS (Zen 2)Renoir-U (Zen 2)
TDP35 Watt15 Watt
max. Temp.105 °C105 °C
SocketFP6FP6
Manufacturerwww.amd.comwww.amd.com

Benchmarks

Performance Rating - CB R15 + R20 + 7-Zip + X265 + Blender + 3DM11 CPU - R7 4800HS
34.6 pt (48%)
Performance Rating - CB R15 + R20 + 7-Zip + X265 + Blender + 3DM11 CPU - R7 4800U
33.2 pt (46%)
Cinebench 2024 - CB24 CPU Single Core
100%
1 M1 +
110 Points (76%)
Cinebench 2024 - CB24 CPU Multi Core
100%
1 M1 +
444 Points (8%)
Cinebench R23 - Cinebench R23 Multi Core
100%
1 M1 +
min: 7409     avg: 7728     median: 7800.5 (7%)     max: 7830 Points
min: 7558     avg: 8565     median: 8376 (8%)     max: 9762 Points
Cinebench R23 - Cinebench R23 Single Core
100%
1 M1 +
min: 1496     avg: 1512     median: 1514.5 (64%)     max: 1520 Points
min: 1231     avg: 1235     median: 1235 (53%)     max: 1240 Points
Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Single Core)
100%
M1 +
min: 401     avg: 403     median: 402.5 (45%)     max: 406 Points
482 Points (54%)
min: 474     avg: 480.5     median: 480 (53%)     max: 488 Points
Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Multi Core)
100%
M1 +
min: 1863     avg: 2040     median: 2093.5 (5%)     max: 2109 Points
3869 Points (9%)
min: 2943     avg: 3178     median: 3230.5 (8%)     max: 3306 Points
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64 Bit
100%
M1 +
min: 1020     avg: 1063     median: 1072 (7%)     max: 1087 Points
min: 1634     avg: 1701     median: 1700.5 (11%)     max: 1767 Points
min: 1281     avg: 1444     median: 1411 (9%)     max: 1639 Points
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64 Bit
100%
M1 +
min: 206     avg: 207.3     median: 208 (63%)     max: 208 Points
min: 186     avg: 186.5     median: 186.5 (56%)     max: 187 Points
min: 182     avg: 184     median: 183 (55%)     max: 187 Points
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Multi 64 Bit
19.9 Points (26%)
17.8 Points (23%)
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Single 64 Bit
2.2 Points (54%)
2.2 Points (53%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (32bit)
5705 Points (34%)
5690 Points (34%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (32bit)
36313 Points (26%)
33649 Points (24%)
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 1024m *
91.1 s (1%)
99.5 s (1%)
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 32m *
4.1 s (1%)
3.6 s (1%)
WinRAR - WinRAR 4.0
4642 Points (7%)
3881 Points (6%)
7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Multli Thread 4 runs
100%
M1 +
34614 MIPS (20%)
48392 MIPS (28%)
min: 38654     avg: 41192     median: 40117 (23%)     max: 44804 MIPS
7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Single Thread 4 runs
100%
M1 +
5441 MIPS (65%)
4655 MIPS (56%)
min: 4420     avg: 4486     median: 4436 (53%)     max: 4603 MIPS
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 2
99 fps (35%)
88.5 fps (31%)
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 1
216.5 fps (50%)
196.1 fps (45%)
HWBOT x265 Benchmark v2.2 - HWBOT x265 4k Preset
12 fps (21%)
min: 9.48     avg: 10.2     median: 10.4 (18%)     max: 10.77 fps
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Serpent
1.1 GB/s (0%)
1.1 GB/s (0%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Twofish
1.8 GB/s (31%)
1.5 GB/s (26%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt AES
10.3 GB/s (27%)
10.2 GB/s (27%)
Blender - Blender 3.3 Classroom CPU *
100%
1 M1 +
964 Seconds (12%)
Blender - Blender 2.79 BMW27 CPU *
100%
M1 +
min: 412     avg: 561     median: 561 (4%)     max: 710 Seconds
284 Seconds (2%)
min: 322     avg: 345.3     median: 340 (2%)     max: 374 Seconds
R Benchmark 2.5 - R Benchmark 2.5 *
100%
M1 +
0.7 sec (16%)
0.6 sec (13%)
min: 0.576     avg: 0.6     median: 0.6 (13%)     max: 0.613 sec
3DMark 06 - CPU - 3DMark 06 - CPU
12785 Points (27%)
10227 Points (22%)
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M *
9.7 s (2%)
9.7 s (2%)
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M *
22.3 s (1%)
22.9 s (1%)
Super Pi Mod 1.5 XS 32M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 32M *
561 s (2%)
585 s (3%)
3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. CPU no Physx
50726 Points (44%)
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Physics
14924 Points (40%)
min: 11658     avg: 12133     median: 12201 (33%)     max: 12541 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Physics
58600 Points (48%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Physics
58705 Points (48%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Physics
67233 Points (57%)
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Physics
16062 Points (41%)
min: 11486     avg: 13163     median: 13102 (33%)     max: 14901 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Physics
21217 Points (38%)
min: 16762     avg: 18139     median: 17885 (32%)     max: 19769 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy CPU
min: 8264     avg: 8441     median: 8440.5 (36%)     max: 8617 Points
min: 6229     avg: 6498     median: 6514 (27%)     max: 6750 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot Extreme (ES 3.1) Unlimited Physics
100%
1 M1 +
2711 Points (32%)
3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot (ES 3.0) Unlimited Physics
100%
1 M1 +
min: 1956     avg: 3137     median: 3136.5 (36%)     max: 4317 Points
Geekbench 6.2 - Geekbench 6.2 Single-Core
100%
1 M1 +
2363 Points (72%)
Geekbench 6.2 - Geekbench 6.2 Multi-Core
100%
1 M1 +
8622 Points (34%)
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.4 64 Bit Single-Core
100%
M1 +
min: 1710     avg: 1729     median: 1730 (73%)     max: 1745 Points
min: 1188     avg: 1191     median: 1190.5 (50%)     max: 1193 Points
min: 1150     avg: 1164     median: 1156.5 (49%)     max: 1192 Points
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
100%
M1 +
min: 7034     avg: 7501     median: 7578 (14%)     max: 7710 Points
min: 7540     avg: 7611     median: 7611 (14%)     max: 7682 Points
min: 5798     avg: 6255     median: 6136.5 (11%)     max: 6950 Points
Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Single-Core
1196 Points (5%)
1162 Points (5%)
Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Multi-Core
7878 Points (25%)
7298 Points (23%)
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 5114     avg: 5134     median: 5134 (51%)     max: 5154 Points
min: 4919     avg: 4963     median: 4963 (50%)     max: 5007 Points
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 28937     avg: 29224     median: 29223.5 (33%)     max: 29510 Points
min: 27166     avg: 27287     median: 27286.5 (30%)     max: 27407 Points
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
100%
M1 +
min: 418     avg: 473.8     median: 483 (1%)     max: 516 ms
786 ms (1%)
min: 793     avg: 810     median: 816 (1%)     max: 822 ms
Sunspider - Sunspider 1.0 Total Score *
100%
1 M1 +
min: 65.2     avg: 75.9     median: 76.4 (1%)     max: 86.1 ms
Octane V2 - Octane V2 Total Score
100%
1 M1 +
min: 62055     avg: 63340     median: 62589.5 (56%)     max: 66974 Points
36619 Points (33%)
WebXPRT 4 - WebXPRT 4 Score
100%
1 M1 +
189 Points (54%)
WebXPRT 3 - WebXPRT 3 Score
100%
M1 +
min: 216     avg: 266.3     median: 280.5 (58%)     max: 304 Points
214 Points (45%)
min: 205     avg: 210.7     median: 208 (43%)     max: 219 Points
AnTuTu v8 - AnTuTu v8 UX
100%
1 M1 +
min: 104389     avg: 105297     median: 105297 (88%)     max: 106205 Points
AnTuTu v8 - AnTuTu v8 MEM
100%
1 M1 +
min: 110874     avg: 111266     median: 111266 (90%)     max: 111658 Points
AnTuTu v8 - AnTuTu v8 GPU
100%
1 M1 +
min: 533978     avg: 539206     median: 539206 (99%)     max: 544434 Points
AnTuTu v8 - AnTuTu v8 CPU
100%
1 M1 +
min: 267169     avg: 271808     median: 271808 (98%)     max: 276446 Points
AnTuTu v8 - AnTuTu v8 Total Score
100%
1 M1 +
min: 1017190     avg: 1027580     median: 1027580 (99%)     max: 1037960 Points
Antutu v9 - AnTuTu v9 Total Score
100%
1 M1 +
min: 1040910     avg: 1113810     median: 1113810 (67%)     max: 1186710 Points
Antutu v9 - AnTuTu v9 CPU
100%
1 M1 +
min: 244643     avg: 254253     median: 254252 (70%)     max: 263862 Points
CrossMark - CrossMark Overall
100%
1 M1 +
min: 1266     avg: 1301     median: 1283 (49%)     max: 1355 Points
Power Consumption - Prime95 Power Consumption - external Monitor *
64.2 Watt (11%)
min: 37     avg: 42.1     median: 38.6 (7%)     max: 50.8 Watt
Power Consumption - Cinebench R15 Multi Power Consumption - external Monitor *
100%
1 M1 +
27.2 Watt (5%)
65.1 Watt (12%)
min: 33.7     avg: 39.3     median: 34.8 (6%)     max: 49.5 Watt
Power Consumption - Geekbench 5.5 Power Consumption 150cd *
100%
1 M1 +
min: 8.23     avg: 8.7     median: 8.5 (4%)     max: 9.49 Watt
Power Consumption - Idle Power Consumption - external Monitor *
100%
1 M1 +
3 Watt (2%)
Power Consumption - Idle Power Consumption 150cd 1min *
100%
1 M1 +
min: 2.29     avg: 2.9     median: 3.1 (3%)     max: 3.22 Watt
Power Consumption - Cinebench R15 Multi Power Efficiency - external Monitor
100%
1 M1 +
37.5 Points per Watt (28%)
25.1 Points per Watt (19%)
min: 33.1     avg: 37.2     median: 38 (28%)     max: 40.5 Points per Watt

Average Benchmarks Apple M1 → 100% n=12

Average Benchmarks AMD Ryzen 7 4800HS → 111% n=12

Average Benchmarks AMD Ryzen 7 4800U → 101% n=12

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