Apple M1 Pro vs AMD Ryzen 9 7845HX

58 out of 100
Apple M1 Pro
VS
69 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 9 7845HX

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 3.2 GHz Apple M1 Pro with 10-cores against the 3.0 GHz AMD Ryzen 9 7845HX with 12-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 7845HX and Pro
Advantages of Apple M1 Pro
  • More powerful Apple M1 Pro GPU (16-core) integrated graphics: 5.3 vs 0.6 TFLOPS
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 7845HX
  • Unlocked multiplier
  • Supports up to 64 GB DDR5-5200 RAM
  • Newer - released 1 year and 3 months later
  • 32% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 3076 vs 2328 points
  • Has 2 more physical cores

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
109
110
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
796
1424
Cinebench 2026 (Single) 444 -
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 3334 -
Cinebench Scores (#79th place)

GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
2328
3076
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
10305
17533
File compression 1230 MB/sec 1510 MB/sec
Clang compilation 82.4 Klines/sec 187.5 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 249.1 pages/sec 293.3 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 271.3 Mpixels/sec 473.4 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 246.4 pages/sec 322.5 pages/sec
Background blur 36.9 images/sec 71.1 images/sec
Photo processing 102.5 images/sec 100.1 images/sec
Ray tracing 10.7 Mpixels/sec 43.5 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 593 & 494 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
3795
3899
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
21934
44411
Integer math 45.6 GOps/sec 152.9 GOps/sec
Floating point math 64 GOps/sec 92.9 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 272M Primes/sec 327M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 32.5M Strings/sec 62.9M Strings/sec
Data encryption 12.2 GBytes/sec 32.3 GBytes/sec
Data compression 272.2 MBytes/sec 534.1 MBytes/sec
Physics 2696 Frames/sec 2325 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 12.6B Matrices/sec 40.2B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 2437 & 846 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
186.87
355.47

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 26.5 PPW 19 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 343.5 PPW 233.8 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 731.1 PPW 592.1 PPW
Blender / Watt 6.23 PPW 4.74 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 9 7845HX
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2025-06-21 (Sandormen)Cinebench 2024108 / 1036
πŸ“˜ 2025-02-11 (Link196)Cinebench 2024110 / 1424
πŸ“˜ 2025-01-26 (T)Cinebench 2024114 / 1477

Specifications

Full technical specification of Apple M1 Pro and AMD Ryzen 9 7845HX

General

Vendor Apple Amd
Released October 18, 2021 January 4, 2023
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set ARMv8 x86-64
Codename Apple M1 Zen 4 (Dragon Range)
Model number - 7845HX
Integrated GPU Apple M1 Pro GPU (16-core) Radeon 610M
Rival Equivalent - - Intel Core i9 13900HX
Successor - Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) - AMD Ryzen 9 9850HX
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#37th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 8 12
P-Threads 8 24
Base Frequency (P) 3.2 GHz 3.0 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) - 5.2 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 2 -
E-Threads 2 -
Base Frequency (E) 2.1 GHz -
Total
Total Cores 10 12
Total Threads 10 24
Bus Frequency - 100 MHz
Multiplier - 30x
L1 Cache 192K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 24MB (shared) 1MB (per core)
L3 Cache - 64MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No Yes

Package

Transistors 33.7 billions 13.1 billions
Fabrication Process 5 nm 5 nm
TDP (PL1) 30 W 45-75 W (configurable)
Socket Apple M-Socket FL1
Peak Temperature - 100Β°C
Laptop processors ranking (124th and 60th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Apple M1 Pro GPU (16-core) Radeon 610M
GPU Base Clock 450 MHz 400 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1296 MHz 2200 MHz
Shading Units 2048 128
TMUs 128 8
ROPs 64 4
Execution Units 256 2
TGP 30 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
M1 Pro +783%
5.3 TFLOPS
0.6 TFLOPS

Memory Support

Memory Types - LPDDR5-6400 - DDR5-5200
Max. Memory Size 32 GB 64 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 204.8 GB/s -
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site - AMD Ryzen 9 7845HX official page
PCI Express Version - 5.0
PCI Express Lanes - 28

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