AMD Ryzen 5 7520U vs Apple A18 Pro (MacBook)

Compared 2 processors: AMD Ryzen 5 7520U, vs Apple A18 Pro (MacBook). Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Ryzen 5 7520U 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 7520U
1171
Apple A18 Pro (MacBook)
n/a
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 7520U
5149
Apple A18 Pro (MacBook)
n/a
Cinebench 2024
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 7520U
n/a
Apple A18 Pro (MacBook)
169
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 7520U
n/a
Apple A18 Pro (MacBook)
702
PassMark
PassMark CPU (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 7520U
2442
Apple A18 Pro (MacBook)
n/a
PassMark CPU (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 7520U
9146
Apple A18 Pro (MacBook)
n/a
Integer Math31.3 GOps/sn/a
Floating-Point Math14.9 GOps/sn/a
Prime Number Search20 M primes/sn/a
Random String Sort14.5 M strings/sn/a
Data Encryption6.5 GB/sn/a
Data Compression136.2 MB/sn/a
Physics442 frames/sn/a
Extended Instructions62 M matrices/sn/a
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 7520U
1270
Apple A18 Pro (MacBook)
n/a
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 7520U
4219
Apple A18 Pro (MacBook)
n/a
File Compression394.8 MB/s1050 MB/s
Clang Compilation27 KLines/s58.1 KLines/s
HTML5 Browser91.2 pages/s201.6 pages/s
PDF Rendering127.6 MP/sec214.8 MP/sec
Text Processing114.6 pages/s318.8 pages/s
Background Blur23 frames/s41 frames/s
Photo Processing38.3 frames/s91.5 frames/s
Ray Tracing7.38 MP/sec9.18 MP/sec

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender CPU
AMD Ryzen 5 7520U
51.1
Apple A18 Pro (MacBook)
n/a

Performance/Watt

Points per watt of PL1 TDP
Geekbench 6 Multi / W 281.3 PPW 922.5 PPW
PassMark CPU / W 609.7 PPW n/a
Cinebench 2024 / W n/a 70.2 PPW
Blender / W 3.41 PPW n/a

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Apple
Announced September, 22, 2022 September, 9, 2024
Type Laptop use Laptop use
Architecture x86-64 ARMv9
Codename Zen 2 (Mendocino) Apple M4
Model number n/a APL1V07
Integrated GPU Radeon 610M Apple A18 Pro GPU

Processor

Performance cores
Cores 4 2
Threads 8 2
Frequency 2.8 GHz 2 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo) 4.3 GHz 4.05 GHz
Efficiency cores
Coresn/a4
Threadsn/a4
Max Frequency (Turbo)n/a2.42 GHz
General
Cores count46
Threads count86
Bus frequency100 MHzn/a
Multiplier28x40x
L1 cache64 KB/core192 KB/core
L2 cache512 KB/core16 KB/core
L3 Cache4 MB totaln/a
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Package

Process tech. 6 nm 3 nm
Power (TDP) 15 W 10 W
Socket FP6 Custom
Critical temp. 95 °C n/a

Memory Support

Memory Type LPDDR5-5500 LPDDR5x-7500
Max Size 16 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 4 n/a

Results

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

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