AMD Ryzen 7 260 vs Apple A18 Pro (MacBook)

Compared 2 processors: AMD Ryzen 7 260, vs Apple A18 Pro (MacBook). Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Ryzen 7 260 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 7 260
1780
Apple A18 Pro (MacBook)
n/a
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 260
16387
Apple A18 Pro (MacBook)
n/a
Cinebench 2024
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 260
106
Apple A18 Pro (MacBook)
169
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 260
930
Apple A18 Pro (MacBook)
702
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 260
2521
Apple A18 Pro (MacBook)
n/a
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 260
11816
Apple A18 Pro (MacBook)
n/a
File Compressionn/a1050 MB/s
Clang Compilationn/a58.1 KLines/s
HTML5 Browsern/a201.6 pages/s
PDF Renderingn/a214.8 MP/sec
Text Processingn/a318.8 pages/s
Background Blurn/a41 frames/s
Photo Processingn/a91.5 frames/s
Ray Tracingn/a9.18 MP/sec

Performance/Watt

Points per watt of PL1 TDP
Geekbench 6 Multi / W 218.8 PPW 922.5 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / W 17.2 PPW 70.2 PPW

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Apple
Announced January, 7, 2025 September, 9, 2024
Type Laptop use Laptop use
Architecture x86-64 ARMv9
Codename Zen 4 (Hawk Point) Apple M4
Model number n/a APL1V07
Integrated GPU Radeon 780M Apple A18 Pro GPU

Processor

Performance cores
Cores 8 2
Threads 16 2
Frequency 3.8 GHz 2 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo) 5.1 GHz 4.05 GHz
Efficiency cores
Coresn/a4
Threadsn/a4
Max Frequency (Turbo)n/a2.42 GHz
General
Cores count86
Threads count166
Bus frequency100 MHzn/a
Multiplier38x40x
L1 cache64 KB/core192 KB/core
L2 cache1000 KB/core16 KB/core
L3 Cache16 MB totaln/a
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Package

Transistor count 25 billion n/a
Process tech. 4 nm 3 nm
Power (TDP) 35-54 W 10 W
Socket FP8 Custom
Critical temp. 100 °C n/a

Memory Support

Memory Type - LPDDR5X-7500
- DDR5-5600
LPDDR5x-7500
Max Size 256 GB 8 GB
Channels 2 4
ECC support No No
Max memory bandwidth n/a 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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