Apple M1 vs AMD Ryzen 5 8540U
We compared two laptop CPUs: Apple M1 with 8 cores 2.1GHz and AMD Ryzen 5 8540U with 6 cores 3.2GHz . 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
Lower TDP (14W vs 30W)
AMD Ryzen 5 8540U 's Advantages
Released 3 years and 1 months late
Higher specification of memory (7500 vs 4266)
Larger memory bandwidth (89.6GB/s vs 68.25GB/s)
Higher base frequency (3.2GHz vs 2.1GHz)
More modern manufacturing process (4nm vs 5nm)
Score
Benchmark
Cinebench R23 Single Core
Apple M1
1513
AMD Ryzen 5 8540U
+18%
1789
Cinebench R23 Multi Core
Apple M1
7782
AMD Ryzen 5 8540U
+33%
10405
Geekbench 6 Single Core
Apple M1
2231
AMD Ryzen 5 8540U
+9%
2445
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Apple M1
8035
AMD Ryzen 5 8540U
+14%
9182
Blender
Apple M1
+4%
130
AMD Ryzen 5 8540U
124
Passmark CPU Single Core
Apple M1
3717
AMD Ryzen 5 8540U
+1%
3759
Passmark CPU Multi Core
Apple M1
14218
AMD Ryzen 5 8540U
+28%
18276
General Parameters
Nov 2020
Release Date
Dec 2023
Apple
Manufacturer
Amd
Laptop
Type
Laptop
ARMv8
Instruction Set
x86-64
Icestorm and Firestorm
Core Architecture
Zen 4 (Hawk Point)
Apple M-Socket
Socket
FP7
Apple M1 GPU
Integrated Graphics
Radeon 740M
-
Generation
Ryzen 5 (Zen 4 (Hawk Point))
Package
16 billions
Transistor Count
20.9 billions
5 nm
Manufacturing Process
4 nm
14 W
Power Consumption
15-30 W
-
Peak Operating Temperature
100 °C
-
Foundry
TSMC
-
Die Size
137 mm²
CPU Performance
8
Performance Cores
2
8
Performance Core Threads
4
2.1 GHz
Performance Core Base Frequency
3.2 GHz
3.2 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4.9 GHz
-
Efficiency Cores
4
-
Efficiency Core Threads
8
-
Efficiency Core Base Frequency
3 GHz
-
Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency
3.7 GHz
8
Total Core Count
6
8
Total Thread Count
12
-
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
-
Multiplier
32x
192 K per core
L1 Cache
64 K per core
12 MB shared
L2 Cache
1 MB per core
-
L3 Cache
16 MB shared
No
Unlocked Multiplier
No
-
SMP
1
Memory Parameters
LPDDR4X-4266
Memory Types
DDR5-5600, LPDDR5x-7500
16 GB
Max Memory Size
256 GB
2
Max Memory Channels
2
68.25 GB/s
Max Memory Bandwidth
89.6 GB/s
No
ECC Memory Support
No
Graphics Card Parameters
true
Integrated Graphics
true
450 MHz
GPU Base Frequency
800 MHz
1278 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
2800 MHz
1024
Shader Units
256
64
Texture Units
16
32
Raster Operation Units
8
128
Execution Units
4
15 W
Power Consumption
15 W
6016x3384 - 60 Hz
Max Resolution
-
2.6 TFLOPS
Graphics Performance
1.43 TFLOPS
