Apple M1 Pro vs AMD Ryzen 7 7730U

58 out of 100
Apple M1 Pro
VS
46 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 7 7730U

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 3.2 GHz Apple M1 Pro with 10-cores against the 2.0 GHz AMD Ryzen 7 7730U with 8-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

Review

General overview and comparison of the processors
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Multi-Core Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Power Efficiency
The efficiency score of power consumption
Integrated Graphics
iGPU capabilities for gaming and 3D-intensive tasks
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Key Differences

What are the key differences between 7730U and Pro
Advantages of Apple M1 Pro
  • More powerful Apple M1 Pro GPU (16-core) integrated graphics: 5.3 vs 2 TFLOPS
  • More modern manufacturing process – 5 versus 7 nanometers
  • Has 2 more physical cores
  • 15% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2328 vs 2027 points
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 7 7730U
  • Supports up to 64 GB DDR4-3200 RAM
  • Newer - released 1 year and 3 months later

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
M1 Pro +31%
109
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
M1 Pro +32%
796
Cinebench 2026 (Single) 444 -
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 3334 -

GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
M1 Pro +15%
2328
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
M1 Pro +21%
10305
File compression 1230 MB/sec 781.6 MB/sec
Clang compilation 82.4 Klines/sec 69 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 249.1 pages/sec 163.2 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 271.3 Mpixels/sec 266.1 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 246.4 pages/sec 217.6 pages/sec
Background blur 36.9 images/sec 35.8 images/sec
Photo processing 102.5 images/sec 64.7 images/sec
Ray tracing 10.7 Mpixels/sec 17.5 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 593 & 1141 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
M1 Pro +30%
3795
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
M1 Pro +29%
21934
Integer math 45.6 GOps/sec 68.6 GOps/sec
Floating point math 64 GOps/sec 36.7 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 272M Primes/sec 42M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 32.5M Strings/sec 22.4M Strings/sec
Data encryption 12.2 GBytes/sec 13.4 GBytes/sec
Data compression 272.2 MBytes/sec 213 MBytes/sec
Physics 2696 Frames/sec 701 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 12.6B Matrices/sec 13.8B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 2437 & 2990 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
M1 Pro +42%
186.87
131.16

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 26.5 PPW 40.1 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 343.5 PPW 565.7 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 731.1 PPW 1131.6 PPW
Blender / Watt 6.23 PPW 8.74 PPW
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Apple M1 Pro
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-03-27 (bbffx)Geekbench 6 CPU2450 / 12944
πŸ“˜ 2026-03-27 (bbffx)Cinebench 2026444 / 3334
πŸ“˜ 2026-03-27 (bbffx)Cinebench 2024115 / 857
πŸ“˜ 2025-02-23 (anon121434)Cinebench 202499 / 682
πŸ“˜ 2025-02-19 (serhii)Cinebench 2024109 / 796
AMD Ryzen 7 7730U
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-13 (johnson nick)Geekbench 6 CPU1848 / 6099

Specifications

Full technical specification of Apple M1 Pro and AMD Ryzen 7 7730U

General

Vendor Apple Amd
Released October 18, 2021 January 5, 2023
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set ARMv8 x86-64
Codename Apple M1 Zen 3 (Cezanne)
Integrated GPU Apple M1 Pro GPU (16-core) Radeon RX Vega 8
Rival Equivalent - - Intel Core i7 1360P
Successor - Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) -
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#131st place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 8 8
P-Threads 8 16
Base Frequency (P) 3.2 GHz 2.0 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) - 4.5 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 2 -
E-Threads 2 -
Base Frequency (E) 2.1 GHz -
Total
Total Cores 10 8
Total Threads 10 16
Bus Frequency - 100 MHz
Multiplier - 20x
L1 Cache 192K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 24MB (shared) 512K (per core)
L3 Cache - 16MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Transistors 33.7 billions 10.7 billions
Fabrication Process 5 nm 7 nm
TDP (PL1) 30 W 15 W
Socket Apple M-Socket FP6
Peak Temperature - 95Β°C

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Apple M1 Pro GPU (16-core) Radeon RX Vega 8
GPU Base Clock 450 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1296 MHz 2000 MHz
Shading Units 2048 512
TMUs 128 32
ROPs 64 8
Execution Units 256 8
TGP 30 W 25 W
iGPU FLOPS
M1 Pro +165%
5.3 TFLOPS
2 TFLOPS

Memory Support

Memory Types - LPDDR5-6400 - DDR4-3200
- LPDDR4x-4267
Max. Memory Size 32 GB 64 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 204.8 GB/s -
ECC Support No Yes

Misc

Official Site - AMD Ryzen 7 7730U official page
PCI Express Version - 3.0
PCI Express Lanes - 20

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Choose between two processors
5 (83.3%)
1 (16.7%)
Total votes: 6

Comments

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