Apple M4 (8-Core) vs AMD Ryzen 7 8840HS

Compared 2 processors: Apple M4 (8-Core), vs AMD Ryzen 7 8840HS. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Apple M4 (8-Core) and AMD Ryzen 7 8840HS
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)
Apple M4 (8-Core)
2091
AMD Ryzen 7 8840HS
1737
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
Apple M4 (8-Core)
11228
AMD Ryzen 7 8840HS
13888
Cinebench 2024
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
Apple M4 (8-Core)
173
AMD Ryzen 7 8840HS
99
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
Apple M4 (8-Core)
911
AMD Ryzen 7 8840HS
677
PassMark
PassMark CPU (Single-Core)
Apple M4 (8-Core)
n/a
AMD Ryzen 7 8840HS
3621
PassMark CPU (Multi-Core)
Apple M4 (8-Core)
n/a
AMD Ryzen 7 8840HS
24679
Integer Mathn/a90.5 GOps/s
Floating-Point Mathn/a52.3 GOps/s
Prime Number Searchn/a78 M primes/s
Random String Sortn/a34.7 M strings/s
Data Encryptionn/a17.5 GB/s
Data Compressionn/a288.2 MB/s
Physicsn/a1132 frames/s
Extended Instructionsn/a202 M matrices/s
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Apple M4 (8-Core)
3671
AMD Ryzen 7 8840HS
2551
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Apple M4 (8-Core)
13670
AMD Ryzen 7 8840HS
9653
File Compressionn/a714.9 MB/s
Clang Compilationn/a87.9 KLines/s
HTML5 Browsern/a182.5 pages/s
PDF Renderingn/a280.1 MP/sec
Text Processingn/a271.4 pages/s
Background Blurn/a44.8 frames/s
Photo Processingn/a70.1 frames/s
Ray Tracingn/a19.2 MP/sec

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender CPU
Apple M4 (8-Core)
n/a
AMD Ryzen 7 8840HS
167.7

Performance/Watt

Points per watt of PL1 TDP
Geekbench 6 Multi / W 683.5 PPW 321.8 PPW
PassMark CPU / W n/a 822.6 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / W 45.6 PPW 22.6 PPW
Blender / W n/a 5.59 PPW

General Info

Manufacturer Apple AMD
Announced October, 29, 2024 December, 6, 2023
Type Laptop use Laptop use
Architecture ARMv9 x86-64
Codename Apple M4 Zen 4 (Hawk Point)
Integrated GPU Apple M4 GPU (8-core) Radeon 780M

Processor

Performance cores
Cores 4 8
Threads 4 16
Frequency 4.41 GHz 3.3 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo) n/a 5.1 GHz
Efficiency cores
Cores4n/a
Threads4n/a
Frequency2.59 GHzn/a
General
Cores count88
Threads count816
Bus frequencyn/a100 MHz
Multiplier44x33x
L1 cache192 KB/core64 KB/core
L2 cache16 KB/core1000 KB/core
L3 Cachen/a16 MB total
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Package

Transistor count 28 billion 25 billion
Process tech. 3 nm 4 nm
Power (TDP) 20 W 20-30 W
Socket Apple M-Socket FP8
Critical temp. 100 °C 100 °C

Memory Support

Memory Type LPDDR5X-7500 - DDR5-5600
- LPDDR5x-7500
Max Size 32 GB 256 GB
Channels 4 2
ECC support No No
Max memory bandwidth 120 GB n/a

Other

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

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Apple M4 (8-Core) the clear winner in this comparison.

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