AMD Ryzen 5 4500 vs Apple A18 Pro (MacBook)

Compared 2 processors: AMD Ryzen 5 4500, vs Apple A18 Pro (MacBook). Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Ryzen 5 4500 and Apple A18 Pro (MacBook)
Single-Thread Perf.
Single-Core Benchmark Score
Multi-Thread Perf.
Multi-Core Benchmark Score
Energy Efficiency
Chip Power Efficiency
Integrated Graphics
iGPU Performance in Games & 3D
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
Cinebench R23
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 4500
1211
Apple A18 Pro (MacBook)
n/a
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 4500
9305
Apple A18 Pro (MacBook)
n/a
Cinebench 2024
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 4500
74
Apple A18 Pro (MacBook)
169
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 4500
483
Apple A18 Pro (MacBook)
702
PassMark
PassMark CPU (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 4500
2596
Apple A18 Pro (MacBook)
n/a
PassMark CPU (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 4500
16112
Apple A18 Pro (MacBook)
n/a
Integer Math49.8 GOps/sn/a
Floating-Point Math29.5 GOps/sn/a
Prime Number Search34 M primes/sn/a
Random String Sort24 M strings/sn/a
Data Encryption13.6 GB/sn/a
Data Compression229.2 MB/sn/a
Physics725 frames/sn/a
Extended Instructions152 M matrices/sn/a
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 4500
1580
Apple A18 Pro (MacBook)
n/a
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 4500
6777
Apple A18 Pro (MacBook)
n/a
File Compression586.6 MB/s1050 MB/s
Clang Compilation59.5 KLines/s58.1 KLines/s
HTML5 Browser146.6 pages/s201.6 pages/s
PDF Rendering206.7 MP/sec214.8 MP/sec
Text Processing144.5 pages/s318.8 pages/s
Background Blur37.8 frames/s41 frames/s
Photo Processing57 frames/s91.5 frames/s
Ray Tracing10.7 MP/sec9.18 MP/sec

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender CPU
AMD Ryzen 5 4500
125.61
Apple A18 Pro (MacBook)
n/a

Performance/Watt

Points per watt of PL1 TDP
Geekbench 6 Multi / W 104.3 PPW 922.5 PPW
PassMark CPU / W 247.9 PPW n/a
Cinebench 2024 / W 7.4 PPW 70.2 PPW
Blender / W 1.93 PPW n/a

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Apple
Announced April, 4, 2022 September, 9, 2024
Type PC use Laptop use
Architecture x86-64 ARMv9
Codename Zen 2 (Renoir) Apple M4
Model number n/a APL1V07
Integrated GPU No Apple A18 Pro GPU

Processor

Performance cores
Cores 6 2
Threads 12 2
Frequency 3.6 GHz 2 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo) 4.1 GHz 4.05 GHz
Efficiency cores
Coresn/a4
Threadsn/a4
Max Frequency (Turbo)n/a2.42 GHz
General
Cores count66
Threads count126
Bus frequency100 MHzn/a
Multiplier36x40x
L1 cache64 KB/core192 KB/core
L2 cache512 KB/core16 KB/core
L3 Cache8 MB totaln/a
Unlocked multiplierYesNo

Package

Transistor count 9.8 billion n/a
Process tech. 7 nm 3 nm
Power (TDP) 65 W 10 W
Max TDP (Boost) 88 W n/a
Socket AM4 Custom
Critical temp. 95 °C n/a

Memory Support

Memory Type DDR4-3200 LPDDR5x-7500
Max Size 64 GB 8 GB
Channels 2 4
ECC support No No
Max memory bandwidth n/a 60 GB

Other

PCIe Version 3.0 n/a
Max PCIe Lanes 16 n/a

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Apple A18 Pro (MacBook) the clear winner in this comparison.

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