Apple M1 vs AMD Ryzen 5 8540U

VS

Apple M1 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 15W)

AMD Ryzen 5 8540U 's Advantages

Released 3 years and 1 months late

Higher specification of memory (LPDDR5x-7500 vs LPDDR4X-4266)

Larger memory bandwidth (89.6GB/s vs 68.25GB/s)

Higher base frequency (3.2GHz vs 2.1GHz)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

Apple M1

1516

AMD Ryzen 5 8540U +19%

1814

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

Apple M1

7792

AMD Ryzen 5 8540U +34%

10508

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Apple M1

2231

AMD Ryzen 5 8540U +7%

2390

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Apple M1

8035

AMD Ryzen 5 8540U +1%

8172

Apple M1

VS

AMD Ryzen 5 8540U

General Parameters

Nov 2020

Release Date

Dec 2023

Apple

Manufacturer

Amd

Laptop

Type

Laptop

ARMv8

Instruction Set

x86-64

Icestorm and Firestorm

Core Architecture

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

Apple M-Socket

Socket

FP7

14 W

Power Consumption

15-30 W

-

Peak Operating Temperature

100°C

-

Foundry

TSMC

-

Die Size

137 mm²

-

Package

FP7, FP7r2

CPU Performance

8

Performance Cores

6

8

Performance Core Threads

12

2.1 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.2 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.9 GHz

-

Efficiency Cores

4

-

Efficiency Core Threads

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

1500 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

2.56 TFLOPS

Miscellaneous

-

Official Website

AMD Ryzen 5 8540U

4.0

PCIe Version

4.0

-

PCIe Lanes

14

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