AMD Ryzen 5 4500 vs Apple M1

40 out 100
AMD Ryzen 5 4500
VS
52 out 100
Apple M1

Compared 2 processors: AMD Ryzen 5 4500, vs Apple M1. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Ryzen 5 4500 and Apple M1
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
Processors:
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Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
Cinebench R23
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 4500
1211
Apple M1
1514
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 4500
9305
Apple M1
7800
Cinebench 2024
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 4500
74
Apple M1
108
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 4500
483
Apple M1
445
PassMark
PassMark CPU (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 4500
2596
Apple M1
3681
PassMark CPU (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 4500
16112
Apple M1
14147
Integer Math49.8 GOps/s33.3 GOps/s
Floating-Point Math29.5 GOps/s35.6 GOps/s
Prime Number Search34 M primes/s142 M primes/s
Random String Sort24 M strings/s21.1 M strings/s
Data Encryption13.6 GB/s8.6 GB/s
Data Compression229.2 MB/s168.8 MB/s
Physics725 frames/s1364 frames/s
Extended Instructions152 M matrices/s69 M matrices/s
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 4500
1580
Apple M1
2383
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 4500
6777
Apple M1
8765
File Compression586.6 MB/s936.1 MB/s
Clang Compilation59.5 KLines/s71.3 KLines/s
HTML5 Browser146.6 pages/s204.8 pages/s
PDF Rendering206.7 MP/sec241.1 MP/sec
Text Processing144.5 pages/s242.5 pages/s
Background Blur37.8 frames/s34.8 frames/s
Photo Processing57 frames/s79.9 frames/s
Ray Tracing10.7 MP/sec9.28 MP/sec

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender CPU
AMD Ryzen 5 4500
125.61
Apple M1
95.27

Performance/Watt

Points per watt of PL1 TDP
Geekbench 6 Multi / W 104.3 PPW 626.1 PPW
PassMark CPU / W 247.9 PPW 1010.5 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / W 7.4 PPW 31.8 PPW
Blender / W 1.93 PPW 6.81 PPW

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Apple
Announced April, 4, 2022 November, 20, 2020
Type PC use Laptop use
Architecture x86-64 ARMv8
Codename Zen 2 (Renoir) Apple M1
Integrated GPU No Apple M1 GPU

Processor

Performance cores
Cores 6 4
Threads 12 4
Frequency 3.6 GHz 3.2 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo) 4.1 GHz n/a
Efficiency cores
Coresn/a4
Threadsn/a4
Frequencyn/a2.1 GHz
General
Cores count68
Threads count128
Bus frequency100 MHzn/a
Multiplier36xn/a
L1 cache64 KB/core192 KB/core
L2 cache512 KB/core12 KB/core
L3 Cache8 MB totaln/a
Unlocked multiplierYesNo

Package

Transistor count 9.8 billion 16 billion
Process tech. 7 nm 5 nm
Power (TDP) 65 W 14 W
Max TDP (Boost) 88 W n/a
Socket AM4 Apple M-Socket
Critical temp. 95 °C n/a

Memory Support

Memory Type DDR4-3200 LPDDR4X-4266
Max Size 64 GB 16 GB
Channels 2 2
ECC support No No
Max memory bandwidth n/a 68.25 GB

Other

PCIe Version 3.0 4.0
Max PCIe Lanes 16 n/a

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Apple M1 the clear winner in this comparison.

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