Apple A18 Pro (MacBook) vs AMD Ryzen AI 5 430

Compared 2 processors: Apple A18 Pro (MacBook), vs AMD Ryzen AI 5 430. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Apple A18 Pro (MacBook) and AMD Ryzen AI 5 430
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 2024
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
Apple A18 Pro (MacBook)
169
AMD Ryzen AI 5 430
108
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
Apple A18 Pro (MacBook)
702
AMD Ryzen AI 5 430
557
GeekBench v6
File Compression1050 MB/s729.9 MB/s
Clang Compilation58.1 KLines/s43.9 KLines/s
HTML5 Browser201.6 pages/s161.7 pages/s
PDF Rendering214.8 MP/sec205.7 MP/sec
Text Processing318.8 pages/s274.6 pages/s
Background Blur41 frames/s39.1 frames/s
Photo Processing91.5 frames/s80.2 frames/s
Ray Tracing9.18 MP/sec9.85 MP/sec

Performance/Watt

Points per watt of PL1 TDP
Geekbench 6 Multi / W 922.5 PPW 274.6 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / W 70.2 PPW 19.9 PPW

General Info

Manufacturer Apple AMD
Announced September, 9, 2024 January, 5, 2026
Type Laptop use Laptop use
Architecture ARMv9 x86-64
Codename Apple M4 Zen 5 (Gorgon Point)
Model number APL1V07 430
Integrated GPU Apple A18 Pro GPU Radeon 840M

Processor

Performance cores
Cores 2 1
Threads 2 2
Frequency 2 GHz 2.0 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo) 4.05 GHz 4.5 GHz
Efficiency cores
Cores43
Threads46
Frequencyn/a2.0 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo)2.42 GHz3.4 GHz
General
Cores count64
Threads count68
Bus frequencyn/a100 MHz
Multiplier40x20x
L1 cache192 KB/core80 KB/core
L2 cache16 KB/core1000 KB/core
L3 Cachen/a8 MB total
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Package

Process tech. 3 nm 4 nm
Power (TDP) 10 W 15-28 W
Socket Custom FP8
Critical temp. n/a 100 °C

Memory Support

Memory Type LPDDR5x-7500 - DDR5-5600
- LPDDR5X-8000
Max Size 8 GB 256 GB
Channels 4 2
ECC support No No
Max memory bandwidth 60 GB n/a

Other

PCIe Version n/a 4.0
Max PCIe Lanes n/a 14

Results

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

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