Apple M4 (10-Core) vs AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX

76 out of 100
Apple M4 (10-Core)
VS
74 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 4.46 GHz Apple M4 (10-Core) with 10-cores against the 2.5 GHz AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX with 16-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 7945HX and (10-Core)
Advantages of Apple M4 (10-Core)
  • More powerful Apple M4 GPU (10-core) integrated graphics: 3.8 vs 0.6 TFLOPS
  • More modern manufacturing process – 3 versus 5 nanometers
  • Newer - released 1 year and 4 months later
  • 30% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 3777 vs 2901 points
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX
  • Unlocked multiplier
  • Supports up to 64 GB DDR5-5200 RAM
  • Has 6 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)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 3211 -
Cinebench Scores (158th and 41st place)

GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
3777
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
14818
17828
File compression 1500 MB/sec 1590 MB/sec
Clang compilation 120.2 Klines/sec 190.6 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 329.3 pages/sec 320.2 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 362.1 Mpixels/sec 474.8 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 352.1 pages/sec 296.8 pages/sec
Background blur 69.8 images/sec 66.1 images/sec
Photo processing 114.4 images/sec 114.8 images/sec
Ray tracing 18.1 Mpixels/sec 43 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 677 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
4499
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
23603
53917
Integer math 54.2 GOps/sec 205.1 GOps/sec
Floating point math 49.6 GOps/sec 122.1 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 263M Primes/sec 280M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 34.3M Strings/sec 81.4M Strings/sec
Data encryption 15.1 GBytes/sec 42.2 GBytes/sec
Data compression 280.5 MBytes/sec 699.1 MBytes/sec
Physics 2527 Frames/sec 2450 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 13.6B Matrices/sec 51.2B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 2752 & 2890 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
229.85
472.26

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 40.9 PPW 24.5 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 617.4 PPW 237.7 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 983.5 PPW 718.9 PPW
Blender / Watt 9.58 PPW 6.3 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 M4 (10-Core)
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-13 (doannguuyenmfs)Geekbench 6 CPU3703 / 15450
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-18 (Avacada)Geekbench 6 CPU3906 / 15577
πŸ“˜ 2026-03-05 (Dovlet)Geekbench 6 CPU3916 / 15202
πŸ“˜ 2025-12-31 (gmamorim)Geekbench 6 CPU3730 / 15258
πŸ“˜ 2025-12-28 (LC)Cinebench 2024174 / 993
AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2025-11-02 (Qwerrty574)Geekbench 6 CPU2949 / 17981
πŸ“˜ 2025-11-02 (Qwerrty574)Cinebench 2024116 / 1901
πŸ“˜ 2025-04-02 (ceratogyrus35)Cinebench 2024114 / 1834
πŸ“˜ 2025-02-18 (Baka)Cinebench 2024112 / 1552

Specifications

Full technical specification of Apple M4 (10-Core) and AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX

General

Vendor Apple Amd
Released May 7, 2024 January 4, 2023
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set ARMv9 x86-64
Codename Apple M4 Zen 4 (Dragon Range)
Model number APL1206 -
Integrated GPU Apple M4 GPU (10-core) Radeon 610M
Rival Equivalent - Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100) - Intel Core i9 13950HX
Successor - Apple M5 (10-Core) -
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#24th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 4 16
P-Threads 4 32
Base Frequency (P) 4.46 GHz 2.5 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) - 5.4 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 6 -
E-Threads 6 -
Base Frequency (E) 2.89 GHz -
Total
Total Cores 10 16
Total Threads 10 32
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 44x 25x
L1 Cache 192K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 16MB (shared) 1MB (per core)
L3 Cache - 64MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No Yes

Package

Transistors 28 billions 13.1 billions
Fabrication Process 3 nm 5 nm
TDP (PL1) 24 W 55-75 W (configurable)
Socket Apple M-Socket FL1
Peak Temperature 100Β°C 100Β°C
Die Size 169.4 mmΒ² -
Laptop processors ranking (28th and 36th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Apple M4 GPU (10-core) Radeon 610M
GPU Base Clock 500 MHz 400 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1470 MHz 2200 MHz
Shading Units 1280 128
TMUs 80 8
ROPs 40 4
Execution Units 160 2
TGP 18 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
M4 (10-Core) +533%
3.8 TFLOPS
0.6 TFLOPS

Memory Support

Memory Types - LPDDR5X-7500 - DDR5-5200
Max. Memory Size 32 GB 64 GB
Memory Channels 8 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 120 GB/s -
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site - AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX official page
PCI Express Version - 5.0
PCI Express Lanes - 28
Further details
Notes on M4 (10-Core):
    - SoC is designed using ARMv9.4-A architecture.

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