Apple M1 vs AMD Ryzen 9 270
We compared two laptop CPUs: Apple M1 with 8 cores 2.1GHz and AMD Ryzen 9 270 with 8 cores 4.0GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.
Main Differences
Apple M1 's Advantages
Lower TDP (14W vs 54W)
AMD Ryzen 9 270 's Advantages
Released 4 years and 2 months late
Better graphics card performance
Higher specification of memory (7500 vs 4266)
Larger memory bandwidth (120GB/s vs 68.25GB/s)
Higher base frequency (4.0GHz vs 2.1GHz)
More modern manufacturing process (4nm vs 5nm)
Score
Benchmark
Geekbench 6 Single Core
Apple M1
2231
AMD Ryzen 9 270
+10%
2471
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Apple M1
8035
AMD Ryzen 9 270
+58%
12705
General Parameters
Nov 2020
Release Date
Jan 2025
Apple
Manufacturer
Amd
Laptop
Type
Laptop
ARMv8
Instruction Set
x86-64
Icestorm and Firestorm
Core Architecture
Zen 4 (Hawk Point)
Apple M-Socket
Socket
FP8
Apple M1 GPU
Integrated Graphics
Radeon 780M
Package
16 billions
Transistor Count
25 billions
5 nm
Manufacturing Process
4 nm
14 W
Power Consumption
35-54 W
-
Peak Operating Temperature
100 °C
-
Die Size
178 mm²
CPU Performance
8
Performance Cores
8
8
Performance Core Threads
16
2.1 GHz
Performance Core Base Frequency
4.0 GHz
3.2 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
5.2 GHz
8
Total Core Count
8
8
Total Thread Count
16
-
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
-
Multiplier
40
192 K per core
L1 Cache
80 K per core
12 MB shared
L2 Cache
1 MB per core
-
L3 Cache
16 MB shared
No
Unlocked Multiplier
No
Memory Parameters
LPDDR4X-4266
Memory Types
LPDDR5X-7500,DDR5-5600
16 GB
Max Memory Size
256 GB
2
Max Memory Channels
2
68.25 GB/s
Max Memory Bandwidth
120 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
768
64
Texture Units
48
32
Raster Operation Units
32
128
Execution Units
12
15 W
Power Consumption
15
6016x3384 - 60 Hz
Max Resolution
-
2.6 TFLOPS
Graphics Performance
4.3 TFLOPS
AI Accelerator
-
NPU
AMD Ryzen™ AI
-
Theoretical performance
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