Apple M1 vs AMD Ryzen 7 5700U

53 out of 100
Apple M1
VS
40 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 7 5700U

We compared two 8-core laptop CPUs: the 3.2 GHz Apple M1 against the 1.8 GHz AMD Ryzen 7 5700U. 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 5700U and M1
Advantages of Apple M1
  • 50% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2410 vs 1605 points
  • More modern manufacturing process – 5 versus 7 nanometers
  • More powerful Apple M1 GPU integrated graphics: 2.6 vs 1.9 TFLOPS
  • Newer PCI Express version – 4.0
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 7 5700U
  • Supports up to 32 GB DDR4-3200 RAM

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Apple M1 +51%
110
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Apple M1 +8%
525
Cinebench 2026 (Single) - 393
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) - 1943

GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Apple M1 +50%
2410
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Apple M1 +30%
8547
File compression 941 MB/sec 504.6 MB/sec
Clang compilation 68.2 Klines/sec 43.4 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 192.4 pages/sec 138 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 211.9 Mpixels/sec 208.6 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 250.8 pages/sec 132.7 pages/sec
Background blur 34.1 images/sec 32.1 images/sec
Photo processing 60.9 images/sec 55.9 images/sec
Ray tracing 9.74 Mpixels/sec 13.2 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 760 & 1164 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Apple M1 +45%
3673
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
14123
15369
Integer math 33.2 GOps/sec 58.9 GOps/sec
Floating point math 35.5 GOps/sec 32.6 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 141M Primes/sec 29M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 21M Strings/sec 23.3M Strings/sec
Data encryption 8.5 GBytes/sec 12.3 GBytes/sec
Data compression 168 MBytes/sec 215.9 MBytes/sec
Physics 1359 Frames/sec 612 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 7B Matrices/sec 13.4B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 10702 & 5261 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
95.27
120.67

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 37.5 PPW 19.4 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 610.5 PPW 262.5 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 1008.8 PPW 614.8 PPW
Blender / Watt 6.81 PPW 4.83 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
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-25 -> op1Geekbench 6 CPU2273 / 7967
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-24 -> op1Geekbench 6 CPU2420 / 8793
πŸ“˜ 2026-03-06 (gaR)Geekbench 6 CPU2396 / 8763
πŸ“˜ 2025-04-11 (Ario)Geekbench 6 CPU2395 / 8820
πŸ“˜ 2025-04-11 (Ario)Cinebench 2024110 / 465
AMD Ryzen 7 5700U
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-29 (Mike)Geekbench 6 CPU1519 / 5184
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-30 (Ryan A.)Cinebench 2026393 / 1943
πŸ“˜ 2024-11-30 (Hp Ireland)Cinebench 202473 / 486

Specifications

Full technical specification of Apple M1 and AMD Ryzen 7 5700U

General

Vendor Apple Amd
Released November 20, 2020 January 12, 2021
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set ARMv8 x86-64
Codename Apple M1 Zen 2 (Lucienne)
Integrated GPU Apple M1 GPU Radeon RX Vega 8
Rival Equivalent - - Intel Core i7 1165G7
Successor - Apple M5 (10-Core) -
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#158th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 4 8
P-Threads 4 16
Base Frequency (P) 3.2 GHz 1.8 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) - 4.3 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 4 -
E-Threads 4 -
Base Frequency (E) 2.1 GHz -
Total
Total Cores 8 8
Total Threads 8 16
Bus Frequency - 100 MHz
Multiplier - 18x
L1 Cache 192K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 12MB (shared) 512K (per core)
L3 Cache - 8MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Transistors 16 billions -
Fabrication Process 5 nm 7 nm
TDP (PL1) 14 W 10-25 W (configurable)
Socket Apple M-Socket FP6
Peak Temperature - 105Β°C

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Apple M1 GPU Radeon RX Vega 8
GPU Base Clock 450 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1278 MHz 1900 MHz
Shading Units 1024 512
TMUs 64 32
ROPs 32 8
Execution Units 128 8
TGP 15 W 25 W
iGPU FLOPS
Apple M1 +37%
2.6 TFLOPS
1.9 TFLOPS

Memory Support

Memory Types - LPDDR4X-4266 - DDR4-3200
- LPDDR4-4266
Max. Memory Size 16 GB 32 GB
Memory Channels 8 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 68.25 GB/s -
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site - AMD Ryzen 7 5700U official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 3.0
PCI Express Lanes - 12

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Comments

So which CPU will you choose: AMD Ryzen 7 5700U or Apple M1?
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Mando May 2, 2022 at 10:02 PM
This is an interesting revelation to me. I had been under the impression that the M1 had better performance in multi-thread, not only a single thread. This discovery makes the M1 option much less appealing than the AMD chip considering the RAM is upgradable on the AMD set, but not on the M1 machine.
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Mike November 9, 2021 at 02:53 AM
What sort of fanboy do you have to be to read the performance specs and pick the AMD chip? Smh
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Name November 13, 2021 at 10:54 AM
The one that wants to use their computer more than two years and don't want to place triple for upgrade.
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ok lol January 14, 2022 at 09:46 AM
Name, what computer can't you use for more than 5 years unless you throw it?
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Alex March 4, 2022 at 07:34 AM
ok lol, The RAM in my MacBook pro died a year too. Replaced it in 10 minutes. If your RAM dies in an M1 system, you're buying a new computer.
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Robmac June 8, 2022 at 03:16 AM
What is the rice difference between these AMD and M1?
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joe October 1, 2021 at 02:25 PM
the m1 is actually really good. it is worth getting a base model macbook air now finally.
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