Apple M1 vs AMD Ryzen 5 7520U

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Apple M1 AMD Ryzen 5 7520U

We compared two laptop CPUs: Apple M1 with 8 cores 2.1GHz and AMD Ryzen 5 7520U with 4 cores 2.8GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Apple M1 's Advantages

Better graphics card performance

Larger memory bandwidth (68.25GB/s vs 44.0GB/s)

Newer PCIe version (4.0 vs 3.0)

Lower TDP (14W vs 15W)

AMD Ryzen 5 7520U 's Advantages

Released 1 years and 10 months late

Higher specification of memory (LPDDR5-5500 vs LPDDR4X-4266)

Higher base frequency (2.8GHz vs 2.1GHz)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

Apple M1 +29%

1516

AMD Ryzen 5 7520U

1172

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

Apple M1 +50%

7792

AMD Ryzen 5 7520U

5163

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Apple M1 +179%

2231

AMD Ryzen 5 7520U

797

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Apple M1 +192%

8035

AMD Ryzen 5 7520U

2744

Blender

Apple M1 +95%

133

AMD Ryzen 5 7520U

68

Geekbench 5 Single Core

Apple M1 +65%

1757

AMD Ryzen 5 7520U

1061

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

Apple M1 +95%

7742

AMD Ryzen 5 7520U

3968

Apple M1

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AMD Ryzen 5 7520U

General Parameters

Nov 2020

Release Date

Sep 2022

Apple

Manufacturer

AMD

Laptop

Type

Laptop

ARMv8

Instruction Set

x86-64

Icestorm and Firestorm

Core Architecture

Zen 2 (Mendocino)

-

Processor Number

Apple M-Socket

Socket

FT6

Apple M1 GPU

Integrated Graphics

Radeon 610M

Package

16 billions

Transistor Count

-

5 nm

Manufacturing Process

6 nm

Apple M-Socket

Socket

FT6

14 W

Power Consumption

15 W

-

Peak Operating Temperature

95°C

CPU Performance

8

Performance Cores

4

8

Performance Core Threads

8

2.1 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.8 GHz

3.2 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.3 GHz

8

Total Core Count

4

8

Total Thread Count

8

-

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

-

Multiplier

28x

192 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

12 MB shared

L2 Cache

512 K per core

-

L3 Cache

4 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

Memory Parameters

LPDDR4X-4266

Memory Types

LPDDR5-5500

16 GB

Max Memory Size

16 GB

2

Max Memory Channels

2

68.25 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

44.0 GB/s

No

ECC Memory Support

No

Graphics Card Parameters

true

Integrated Graphics

true

450 MHz

GPU Base Frequency

1500 MHz

1278 MHz

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

1900 MHz

1024

Shader Units

128

64

Texture Units

8

32

Raster Operation Units

4

128

Execution Units

2

15 W

Power Consumption

15 W

6016x3384 - 60 Hz

Max Resolution

-

2.6 TFLOPS

Graphics Performance

0.49 TFLOPS

Miscellaneous

-

Official Website

AMD Ryzen 5 7520U

4.0

PCIe Version

3.0

-

PCIe Lanes

4

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