Apple M4 Pro (14-Core) vs AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX

Compared 2 processors: Apple M4 Pro (14-Core), vs AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Apple M4 Pro (14-Core) and AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX
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 (14-Core)
2269
AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX
1951
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
Apple M4 Pro (14-Core)
23435
AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX
34333
Cinebench 2024
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
Apple M4 Pro (14-Core)
174
AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX
113
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
Apple M4 Pro (14-Core)
1729
AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX
1715
PassMark
PassMark CPU (Single-Core)
Apple M4 Pro (14-Core)
4584
AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX
4062
PassMark CPU (Multi-Core)
Apple M4 Pro (14-Core)
38339
AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX
54927
Integer Math84.6 GOps/s209.3 GOps/s
Floating-Point Math86.2 GOps/s124.6 GOps/s
Prime Number Search533 M primes/s286 M primes/s
Random String Sort55.8 M strings/s81.9 M strings/s
Data Encryption23.2 GB/s43.1 GB/s
Data Compression493 MB/s714 MB/s
Physics5216 frames/s2497 frames/s
Extended Instructions261 M matrices/s524 M matrices/s
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Apple M4 Pro (14-Core)
3899
AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX
2792
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Apple M4 Pro (14-Core)
22639
AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX
15923
File Compression2250 MB/s1290 MB/s
Clang Compilation187.5 KLines/s194.3 KLines/s
HTML5 Browser586.6 pages/s247.1 pages/s
PDF Rendering624.4 MP/sec430.6 MP/sec
Text Processing367.3 pages/s280.3 pages/s
Background Blur86.9 frames/s61.1 frames/s
Photo Processing200.3 frames/s94.7 frames/s
Ray Tracing30.5 MP/sec44.4 MP/sec

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender CPU
Apple M4 Pro (14-Core)
n/a
AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX
472.26

Performance/Watt

Points per watt of PL1 TDP
Geekbench 6 Multi / W 492.2 PPW 212.3 PPW
PassMark CPU / W 833.5 PPW 732.4 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / W 37.6 PPW 22.9 PPW
Blender / W n/a 6.3 PPW

General Info

Manufacturer Apple AMD
Announced October, 29, 2024 January, 4, 2023
Type Laptop use Laptop use
Architecture ARMv9 x86-64
Codename Apple M4 Zen 4 (Dragon Range)
Integrated GPU Apple M4 GPU (20-core) Radeon 610M

Processor

Performance cores
Cores 10 16
Threads 10 32
Frequency 4.52 GHz 2.5 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo) n/a 5.4 GHz
Efficiency cores
Cores4n/a
Threads4n/a
Frequency2.59 GHzn/a
General
Cores count1416
Threads count1432
Bus frequencyn/a100 MHz
Multiplier45x25x
L1 cache192 KB/core64 KB/core
L2 cache16 KB/core1000 KB/core
L3 Cachen/a64 MB total
Unlocked multiplierNoYes

Package

Transistor count n/a 13.1 billion
Process tech. 3 nm 5 nm
Power (TDP) 46 W 55-75 W
Socket Apple M-Socket FL1
Critical temp. 100 °C 100 °C

Memory Support

Memory Type LPDDR5X-8533 DDR5-5200
Max Size 64 GB 64 GB
Channels 4 2
ECC support No No
Max memory bandwidth 273 GB n/a

Other

PCIe Version n/a 5.0
Max PCIe Lanes n/a 28

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Apple M4 Pro (14-Core) the clear winner in this comparison.

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