AMD Ryzen 5 6600H vs Apple A18 Pro (MacBook)

Compared 2 processors: AMD Ryzen 5 6600H, vs Apple A18 Pro (MacBook). Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Ryzen 5 6600H 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 6600H
1458
Apple A18 Pro (MacBook)
n/a
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 6600H
10226
Apple A18 Pro (MacBook)
n/a
Cinebench 2024
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 6600H
n/a
Apple A18 Pro (MacBook)
169
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 6600H
n/a
Apple A18 Pro (MacBook)
702
PassMark
PassMark CPU (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 6600H
3178
Apple A18 Pro (MacBook)
n/a
PassMark CPU (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 6600H
18675
Apple A18 Pro (MacBook)
n/a
Integer Math64.9 GOps/sn/a
Floating-Point Math36.7 GOps/sn/a
Prime Number Search52 M primes/sn/a
Random String Sort23.9 M strings/sn/a
Data Encryption14.3 GB/sn/a
Data Compression230.4 MB/sn/a
Physics893 frames/sn/a
Extended Instructions159 M matrices/sn/a
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 6600H
1954
Apple A18 Pro (MacBook)
n/a
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 6600H
8529
Apple A18 Pro (MacBook)
n/a
File Compression857 MB/s1050 MB/s
Clang Compilation62.5 KLines/s58.1 KLines/s
HTML5 Browser169.7 pages/s201.6 pages/s
PDF Rendering223.8 MP/sec214.8 MP/sec
Text Processing208.8 pages/s318.8 pages/s
Background Blur41.6 frames/s41 frames/s
Photo Processing73.7 frames/s91.5 frames/s
Ray Tracing14.8 MP/sec9.18 MP/sec

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender CPU
AMD Ryzen 5 6600H
132.39
Apple A18 Pro (MacBook)
n/a

Performance/Watt

Points per watt of PL1 TDP
Geekbench 6 Multi / W 189.5 PPW 922.5 PPW
PassMark CPU / W 415 PPW n/a
Cinebench 2024 / W n/a 70.2 PPW
Blender / W 2.94 PPW n/a

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Apple
Announced January, 4, 2022 September, 9, 2024
Type Laptop use Laptop use
Architecture x86-64 ARMv9
Codename Zen 3+ (Rembrandt) Apple M4
Model number n/a APL1V07
Integrated GPU Radeon 660M Apple A18 Pro GPU

Processor

Performance cores
Cores 6 2
Threads 12 2
Frequency 3.3 GHz 2 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo) 4.5 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
Multiplier33x40x
L1 cache64 KB/core192 KB/core
L2 cache512 KB/core16 KB/core
L3 Cache16 MB totaln/a
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Package

Process tech. 6 nm 3 nm
Power (TDP) 45 W 10 W
Socket FP7 Custom
Critical temp. 95 °C n/a

Memory Support

Memory Type - DDR5-4800
- LPDDR5-6400
LPDDR5x-7500
Max Size 64 GB 8 GB
Channels 2 4
ECC support No No
Max memory bandwidth 76.8 GB 60 GB

Other

PCIe Version 4.0 n/a
Max PCIe Lanes 20 n/a

Results

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

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