Apple M1 Pro vs AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS

58 out of 100
Apple M1 Pro
VS
61 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 3.2 GHz Apple M1 Pro with 10-cores against the 3.8 GHz AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS 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 7840HS and Pro
Advantages of Apple M1 Pro
  • Has 2 more physical cores
  • More powerful Apple M1 Pro GPU (16-core) integrated graphics: 5.3 vs 4.1 TFLOPS
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS
  • Supports up to 256 GB DDR5-5600 RAM
  • Newer - released 1 year and 3 months later
  • More modern manufacturing process – 4 versus 5 nanometers
  • 11% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2577 vs 2328 points

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 +7%
109
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
796
911
Cinebench 2026 (Single) 444 -
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 3334 -
Cinebench Scores (#182nd place)

GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
2328
2577
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
10305
12085
File compression 1230 MB/sec 1120 MB/sec
Clang compilation 82.4 Klines/sec 102.5 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 249.1 pages/sec 217.2 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 271.3 Mpixels/sec 350 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 246.4 pages/sec 251.8 pages/sec
Background blur 36.9 images/sec 59.4 images/sec
Photo processing 102.5 images/sec 87.6 images/sec
Ray tracing 10.7 Mpixels/sec 22.5 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 593 & 753 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
M1 Pro +2%
3795
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
21934
28292
Integer math 45.6 GOps/sec 97.1 GOps/sec
Floating point math 64 GOps/sec 59 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 272M Primes/sec 87M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 32.5M Strings/sec 40.4M Strings/sec
Data encryption 12.2 GBytes/sec 20.3 GBytes/sec
Data compression 272.2 MBytes/sec 340.4 MBytes/sec
Physics 2696 Frames/sec 1362 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 12.6B Matrices/sec 25.4B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 2437 & 4310 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
186.87
218.59

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 26.5 PPW 16.9 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 343.5 PPW 223.8 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 731.1 PPW 523.9 PPW
Blender / Watt 6.23 PPW 4.05 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 7840HS
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2025-12-08 (Hari)Cinebench 2024104 / 880
πŸ“˜ 2025-07-31 (Safi ullah)Cinebench 2024102 / 911
πŸ“˜ 2025-06-10 (Johns)Cinebench 2024105 / 929
πŸ“˜ 2025-04-05 (KaniastyGucio)Cinebench 2024100 / 910
πŸ“˜ 2024-12-09 (Anand)Cinebench 202472 / 719

Specifications

Full technical specification of Apple M1 Pro and AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS

General

Vendor Apple Amd
Released October 18, 2021 January 4, 2023
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set ARMv8 x86-64
Codename Apple M1 Zen 4 (Phoenix)
Integrated GPU Apple M1 Pro GPU (16-core) Radeon 780M
Rival Equivalent - - Intel Core i7 13620H
Successor - Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) - AMD Ryzen 7 8840HS
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#61st place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 8 8
P-Threads 8 16
Base Frequency (P) 3.2 GHz 3.8 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) - 5.1 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 - 38x
L1 Cache 192K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 24MB (shared) 1MB (per core)
L3 Cache - 16MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Transistors 33.7 billions 25 billions
Fabrication Process 5 nm 4 nm
TDP (PL1) 30 W 35-54 W (configurable)
Socket Apple M-Socket FP8
Peak Temperature - 100Β°C
Laptop processors ranking (124th and 91st place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Apple M1 Pro GPU (16-core) Radeon 780M
GPU Base Clock 450 MHz 800 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1296 MHz 2700 MHz
Shading Units 2048 768
TMUs 128 48
ROPs 64 32
Execution Units 256 12
TGP 30 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
M1 Pro +29%
5.3 TFLOPS
4.1 TFLOPS

Memory Support

Memory Types - LPDDR5-6400 - DDR5-5600
- LPDDR5x-7500
Max. Memory Size 32 GB 256 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 204.8 GB/s -
ECC Support No Yes

Misc

Official Site - AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS official page
PCI Express Version - 4.0
PCI Express Lanes - 20
Further details
Notes on Ryzen 7 7840HS:
    - DDR5 memory is supported only on the FP7r2 socket, while FP7 and FP8 sockets support LPDDR5/x.
    - ECC support is available exclusively on the FP7r2 socket.

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Total votes: 101

Comments

So which CPU will you choose: AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS or Apple M1 Pro?
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Neil June 22, 2023 at 04:04 AM
The 7840HS might be more powerful at higher power levels, but the M1 Pro is far more efficient when running 30w or less, and especially in the 15w range where fans don't even need to turn on.
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