Apple M4 Pro (14-Core) vs AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS

Compared 2 processors: Apple M4 Pro (14-Core), vs AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Apple M4 Pro (14-Core) and AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS
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 8945HS
1805
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
Apple M4 Pro (14-Core)
23435
AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS
17079
Cinebench 2024
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
Apple M4 Pro (14-Core)
174
AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS
106
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
Apple M4 Pro (14-Core)
1729
AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS
967
PassMark
PassMark CPU (Single-Core)
Apple M4 Pro (14-Core)
4584
AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS
3847
PassMark CPU (Multi-Core)
Apple M4 Pro (14-Core)
38339
AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS
29890
Integer Math84.6 GOps/s101.6 GOps/s
Floating-Point Math86.2 GOps/s62.1 GOps/s
Prime Number Search533 M primes/s93 M primes/s
Random String Sort55.8 M strings/s43.2 M strings/s
Data Encryption23.2 GB/s21.4 GB/s
Data Compression493 MB/s358.4 MB/s
Physics5216 frames/s1439 frames/s
Extended Instructions261 M matrices/s271 M matrices/s
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Apple M4 Pro (14-Core)
3899
AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS
2394
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Apple M4 Pro (14-Core)
22639
AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS
11875
File Compression2250 MB/s494.2 MB/s
Clang Compilation187.5 KLines/s92.7 KLines/s
HTML5 Browser586.6 pages/s287.4 pages/s
PDF Rendering624.4 MP/sec280.8 MP/sec
Text Processing367.3 pages/s251.5 pages/s
Background Blur86.9 frames/s65.5 frames/s
Photo Processing200.3 frames/s104.2 frames/s
Ray Tracing30.5 MP/sec27.1 MP/sec

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender CPU
Apple M4 Pro (14-Core)
n/a
AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS
218.76

Performance/Watt

Points per watt of PL1 TDP
Geekbench 6 Multi / W 492.2 PPW 219.9 PPW
PassMark CPU / W 833.5 PPW 553.5 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / W 37.6 PPW 17.9 PPW
Blender / W n/a 4.05 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 (20-core) Radeon 780M

Processor

Performance cores
Cores 10 8
Threads 10 16
Frequency 4.52 GHz 4.0 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo) n/a 5.2 GHz
Efficiency cores
Cores4n/a
Threads4n/a
Frequency2.59 GHzn/a
General
Cores count148
Threads count1416
Bus frequencyn/a100 MHz
Multiplier45x40x
L1 cache192 KB/core64 KB/core
L2 cache16 KB/core1000 KB/core
L3 Cachen/a16 MB total
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Package

Transistor count n/a 25 billion
Process tech. 3 nm 4 nm
Power (TDP) 46 W 35-54 W
Socket Apple M-Socket FP8
Critical temp. 100 °C 100 °C

Memory Support

Memory Type LPDDR5X-8533 - DDR5-5600
- LPDDR5x-7500
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 (14-Core) the clear winner in this comparison.

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