AMD Ryzen 7 260 vs Apple M4 (10-Core)

Compared 2 processors: AMD Ryzen 7 260, vs Apple M4 (10-Core). Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Ryzen 7 260 and Apple M4 (10-Core)
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 M4 (10-Core)
2102
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 260
16387
Apple M4 (10-Core)
12124
Cinebench 2024
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 260
106
Apple M4 (10-Core)
174
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 260
930
Apple M4 (10-Core)
977
PassMark
PassMark CPU (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 260
n/a
Apple M4 (10-Core)
4583
PassMark CPU (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 260
n/a
Apple M4 (10-Core)
24027
Integer Mathn/a55.3 GOps/s
Floating-Point Mathn/a50 GOps/s
Prime Number Searchn/a269 M primes/s
Random String Sortn/a34.8 M strings/s
Data Encryptionn/a15.2 GB/s
Data Compressionn/a286.6 MB/s
Physicsn/a2525 frames/s
Extended Instructionsn/a14 M matrices/s
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 260
2521
Apple M4 (10-Core)
3849
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 260
11816
Apple M4 (10-Core)
15100
File Compressionn/a1500 MB/s
Clang Compilationn/a118.3 KLines/s
HTML5 Browsern/a335.8 pages/s
PDF Renderingn/a396.3 MP/sec
Text Processingn/a357.1 pages/s
Background Blurn/a72.2 frames/s
Photo Processingn/a141.5 frames/s
Ray Tracingn/a17.8 MP/sec

Performance/Watt

Points per watt of PL1 TDP
Geekbench 6 Multi / W 218.8 PPW 686.4 PPW
PassMark CPU / W n/a 1092.1 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / W 17.2 PPW 44.4 PPW

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Apple
Announced January, 7, 2025 May, 7, 2024
Type Laptop use Laptop use
Architecture x86-64 ARMv9
Codename Zen 4 (Hawk Point) Apple M4
Integrated GPU Radeon 780M Apple M4 GPU (10-core)

Processor

Performance cores
Cores 8 4
Threads 16 4
Frequency 3.8 GHz 4.41 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo) 5.1 GHz n/a
Efficiency cores
Coresn/a6
Threadsn/a6
Frequencyn/a2.59 GHz
General
Cores count810
Threads count1610
Bus frequency100 MHzn/a
Multiplier38x44x
L1 cache64 KB/core192 KB/core
L2 cache1000 KB/core16 KB/core
L3 Cache16 MB totaln/a
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Package

Transistor count 25 billion 28 billion
Process tech. 4 nm 3 nm
Power (TDP) 35-54 W 22 W
Socket FP8 Apple M-Socket
Critical temp. 100 °C 100 °C

Memory Support

Memory Type - LPDDR5X-7500
- DDR5-5600
LPDDR5X-7500
Max Size 256 GB 32 GB
Channels 2 4
ECC support No No
Max memory bandwidth n/a 120 GB

Other

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

Note

Apple M4 (10-Core):

SoC is designed using ARMv9.2-A architecture.

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Apple M4 (10-Core) the clear winner in this comparison.

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