AMD Ryzen 5 5500U vs Apple A18 Pro (MacBook)

Compared 2 processors: AMD Ryzen 5 5500U, vs Apple A18 Pro (MacBook). Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Ryzen 5 5500U 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 5500U
1172
Apple A18 Pro (MacBook)
n/a
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
7092
Apple A18 Pro (MacBook)
n/a
Cinebench 2024
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
68
Apple A18 Pro (MacBook)
169
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
367
Apple A18 Pro (MacBook)
702
PassMark
PassMark CPU (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
2427
Apple A18 Pro (MacBook)
n/a
PassMark CPU (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
12902
Apple A18 Pro (MacBook)
n/a
Integer Math45.5 GOps/sn/a
Floating-Point Math26.2 GOps/sn/a
Prime Number Search26 M primes/sn/a
Random String Sort19.1 M strings/sn/a
Data Encryption10.5 GB/sn/a
Data Compression175.6 MB/sn/a
Physics534 frames/sn/a
Extended Instructions109 M matrices/sn/a
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
1502
Apple A18 Pro (MacBook)
n/a
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
5266
Apple A18 Pro (MacBook)
n/a
File Compression504.2 MB/s1050 MB/s
Clang Compilation32.5 KLines/s58.1 KLines/s
HTML5 Browser103.5 pages/s201.6 pages/s
PDF Rendering151.5 MP/sec214.8 MP/sec
Text Processing124.6 pages/s318.8 pages/s
Background Blur27.2 frames/s41 frames/s
Photo Processing49.8 frames/s91.5 frames/s
Ray Tracing8.97 MP/sec9.18 MP/sec

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender CPU
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
91.95
Apple A18 Pro (MacBook)
n/a

Performance/Watt

Points per watt of PL1 TDP
Geekbench 6 Multi / W 210.6 PPW 922.5 PPW
PassMark CPU / W 516.1 PPW n/a
Cinebench 2024 / W 14.7 PPW 70.2 PPW
Blender / W 3.68 PPW n/a

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Apple
Announced January, 12, 2021 September, 9, 2024
Type Laptop use Laptop use
Architecture x86-64 ARMv9
Codename Zen 2 (Lucienne) Apple M4
Model number n/a APL1V07
Integrated GPU Radeon RX Vega 7 Apple A18 Pro GPU

Processor

Performance cores
Cores 6 2
Threads 12 2
Frequency 2.1 GHz 2 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo) 4 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
Multiplier21x40x
L1 cache64 KB/core192 KB/core
L2 cache512 KB/core16 KB/core
L3 Cache8 MB totaln/a
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Package

Process tech. 7 nm 3 nm
Power (TDP) 10-25 W 10 W
Socket FP6 Custom
Critical temp. 105 °C n/a

Memory Support

Memory Type - DDR4-3200
- LPDDR4-4266
LPDDR5x-7500
Max Size 32 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 12 n/a

Results

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

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