Apple M4 Pro (12-Core) vs AMD Ryzen 7 8700G

Compared 2 processors: Apple M4 Pro (12-Core), vs AMD Ryzen 7 8700G. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Apple M4 Pro (12-Core) and AMD Ryzen 7 8700G
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 Pro (12-Core)
2172
AMD Ryzen 7 8700G
1821
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
Apple M4 Pro (12-Core)
18569
AMD Ryzen 7 8700G
18049
Cinebench 2024
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
Apple M4 Pro (12-Core)
170
AMD Ryzen 7 8700G
103
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
Apple M4 Pro (12-Core)
1419
AMD Ryzen 7 8700G
995
PassMark
PassMark CPU (Single-Core)
Apple M4 Pro (12-Core)
4620
AMD Ryzen 7 8700G
3916
PassMark CPU (Multi-Core)
Apple M4 Pro (12-Core)
33142
AMD Ryzen 7 8700G
31619
Integer Math71.7 GOps/s102.8 GOps/s
Floating-Point Math72.3 GOps/s63.5 GOps/s
Prime Number Search465 M primes/s104 M primes/s
Random String Sort47.2 M strings/s45.7 M strings/s
Data Encryption19.8 GB/s22.8 GB/s
Data Compression415.7 MB/s386.1 MB/s
Physics4826 frames/s1661 frames/s
Extended Instructions222 M matrices/s29 M matrices/s
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Apple M4 Pro (12-Core)
3864
AMD Ryzen 7 8700G
2635
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Apple M4 Pro (12-Core)
20499
AMD Ryzen 7 8700G
14225
File Compression2120 MB/s1440 MB/s
Clang Compilation165.8 KLines/s108.2 KLines/s
HTML5 Browser484.7 pages/s303.9 pages/s
PDF Rendering486.8 MP/sec402.6 MP/sec
Text Processing368.5 pages/s272 pages/s
Background Blur84.2 frames/s65.4 frames/s
Photo Processing189.3 frames/s108 frames/s
Ray Tracing25.9 MP/sec23.6 MP/sec

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender CPU
Apple M4 Pro (12-Core)
n/a
AMD Ryzen 7 8700G
245.21

Performance/Watt

Points per watt of PL1 TDP
Geekbench 6 Multi / W 539.4 PPW 218.8 PPW
PassMark CPU / W 872.2 PPW 486.4 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / W 37.3 PPW 15.3 PPW
Blender / W n/a 3.77 PPW

General Info

Manufacturer Apple AMD
Announced October, 29, 2024 January, 8, 2024
Type Laptop use PC use
Architecture ARMv9 x86-64
Codename Apple M4 Zen 4 (Phoenix)
Integrated GPU Apple M4 Pro GPU (16-core) Radeon 780M

Processor

Performance cores
Cores 8 8
Threads 8 16
Frequency 4.52 GHz 4.2 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo) n/a 5.1 GHz
Efficiency cores
Cores4n/a
Threads4n/a
Frequency2.59 GHzn/a
General
Cores count128
Threads count1216
Bus frequencyn/a100 MHz
Multiplier45x42x
L1 cache192 KB/core64 KB/core
L2 cache16 KB/core1000 KB/core
L3 Cachen/a16 MB total
Unlocked multiplierNoYes

Package

Transistor count n/a 25 billion
Process tech. 3 nm 4 nm
Power (TDP) 38 W 45-65 W
Max TDP (Boost) n/a 88 W
Socket Apple M-Socket AM5
Critical temp. 100 °C 95 °C

Memory Support

Memory Type LPDDR5X-8533 DDR5-5200
Max Size 64 GB 256 GB
Channels 4 2
ECC support No No
Max memory bandwidth 273 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 Pro (12-Core) the clear winner in this comparison.

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