Apple M1 vs AMD Ryzen 7 H 255

52 out 100
Apple M1
VS
62 out 100
AMD Ryzen 7 H 255

Compared 2 processors: Apple M1, vs AMD Ryzen 7 H 255. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Apple M1 and AMD Ryzen 7 H 255
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
Processors:
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Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
Cinebench R23
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
Apple M1
1514
AMD Ryzen 7 H 255
n/a
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
Apple M1
7800
AMD Ryzen 7 H 255
n/a
Cinebench 2024
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
Apple M1
108
AMD Ryzen 7 H 255
100
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
Apple M1
445
AMD Ryzen 7 H 255
923
PassMark
PassMark CPU (Single-Core)
Apple M1
3681
AMD Ryzen 7 H 255
n/a
PassMark CPU (Multi-Core)
Apple M1
14147
AMD Ryzen 7 H 255
n/a
Integer Math33.3 GOps/s97.5 GOps/s
Floating-Point Math35.6 GOps/s59.7 GOps/s
Prime Number Search142 M primes/s88 M primes/s
Random String Sort21.1 M strings/s42.5 M strings/s
Data Encryption8.6 GB/s20.6 GB/s
Data Compression168.8 MB/s349.6 MB/s
Physics1364 frames/s1391 frames/s
Extended Instructions69 M matrices/s259 M matrices/s
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Apple M1
2383
AMD Ryzen 7 H 255
n/a
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Apple M1
8765
AMD Ryzen 7 H 255
n/a
File Compression936.1 MB/s1020 MB/s
Clang Compilation71.3 KLines/s99.8 KLines/s
HTML5 Browser204.8 pages/s255.5 pages/s
PDF Rendering241.1 MP/sec378.2 MP/sec
Text Processing242.5 pages/s259.2 pages/s
Background Blur34.8 frames/s61.1 frames/s
Photo Processing79.9 frames/s99.7 frames/s
Ray Tracing9.28 MP/sec21.5 MP/sec

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender CPU
Apple M1
95.27
AMD Ryzen 7 H 255
221.64

Performance/Watt

Points per watt of PL1 TDP
Geekbench 6 Multi / W 626.1 PPW 234.6 PPW
PassMark CPU / W 1010.5 PPW 532.9 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / W 31.8 PPW 17.1 PPW
Blender / W 6.81 PPW 4.1 PPW

General Info

Manufacturer Apple AMD
Announced November, 20, 2020 August, 4, 2025
Type Laptop use Laptop use
Architecture ARMv8 x86-64
Codename Apple M1 Zen 4 (Hawk Point)
Integrated GPU Apple M1 GPU Radeon 780M

Processor

Performance cores
Cores 4 8
Threads 4 16
Frequency 3.2 GHz 3.8 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo) n/a 4.9 GHz
Efficiency cores
Cores4n/a
Threads4n/a
Frequency2.1 GHzn/a
General
Cores count88
Threads count816
Bus frequencyn/a100 MHz
Multipliern/a38x
L1 cache192 KB/core64 KB/core
L2 cache12 KB/core1000 KB/core
L3 Cachen/a16 MB total
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Package

Transistor count 16 billion 25 billion
Process tech. 5 nm 4 nm
Power (TDP) 14 W 35-54 W
Socket Apple M-Socket FP8
Critical temp. n/a 100 °C

Memory Support

Memory Type LPDDR4X-4266 - DDR5-5600
- LPDDR5x-7500
Max Size 16 GB 256 GB
Channels 2 2
ECC support No No
Max memory bandwidth 68.25 GB n/a

Other

PCIe Version 4.0 4.0
Max PCIe Lanes n/a 20

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider AMD Ryzen 7 H 255 the clear winner in this comparison.

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