Apple M4 (10-Core) vs AMD Ryzen 5 8500G

Compared 2 processors: Apple M4 (10-Core), vs AMD Ryzen 5 8500G. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Apple M4 (10-Core) and AMD Ryzen 5 8500G
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 (10-Core)
2102
AMD Ryzen 5 8500G
1794
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
Apple M4 (10-Core)
12124
AMD Ryzen 5 8500G
11520
Cinebench 2024
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
Apple M4 (10-Core)
174
AMD Ryzen 5 8500G
108
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
Apple M4 (10-Core)
977
AMD Ryzen 5 8500G
686
PassMark
PassMark CPU (Single-Core)
Apple M4 (10-Core)
4583
AMD Ryzen 5 8500G
3892
PassMark CPU (Multi-Core)
Apple M4 (10-Core)
24027
AMD Ryzen 5 8500G
21645
Integer Math55.3 GOps/s63.2 GOps/s
Floating-Point Math50 GOps/s39 GOps/s
Prime Number Search269 M primes/s89 M primes/s
Random String Sort34.8 M strings/s29.2 M strings/s
Data Encryption15.2 GB/s14.2 GB/s
Data Compression286.6 MB/s250.5 MB/s
Physics2525 frames/s1340 frames/s
Extended Instructions14 M matrices/s191 M matrices/s
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Apple M4 (10-Core)
3849
AMD Ryzen 5 8500G
2716
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Apple M4 (10-Core)
15100
AMD Ryzen 5 8500G
11084
File Compression1500 MB/s1240 MB/s
Clang Compilation118.3 KLines/s73.2 KLines/s
HTML5 Browser335.8 pages/s236.6 pages/s
PDF Rendering396.3 MP/sec278.7 MP/sec
Text Processing357.1 pages/s274.6 pages/s
Background Blur72.2 frames/s52.9 frames/s
Photo Processing141.5 frames/s99.3 frames/s
Ray Tracing17.8 MP/sec15.5 MP/sec

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender CPU
Apple M4 (10-Core)
n/a
AMD Ryzen 5 8500G
158.82

Performance/Watt

Points per watt of PL1 TDP
Geekbench 6 Multi / W 686.4 PPW 170.5 PPW
PassMark CPU / W 1092.1 PPW 333 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / W 44.4 PPW 10.6 PPW
Blender / W n/a 2.44 PPW

General Info

Manufacturer Apple AMD
Announced May, 7, 2024 January, 8, 2024
Type Laptop use PC use
Architecture ARMv9 x86-64
Codename Apple M4 Zen 4 (Phoenix)
Integrated GPU Apple M4 GPU (10-core) Radeon 740M

Processor

Performance cores
Cores 4 2
Threads 4 4
Frequency 4.41 GHz 3.5 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo) n/a 5 GHz
Efficiency cores
Cores64
Threads68
Frequency2.59 GHz3.3 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo)n/a3.7 GHz
General
Cores count106
Threads count1012
Bus frequencyn/a100 MHz
Multiplier44x35x
L1 cache192 KB/core64 KB/core
L2 cache16 KB/core1000 KB/core
L3 Cachen/a16 MB total
Unlocked multiplierNoYes

Package

Transistor count 28 billion 20.9 billion
Process tech. 3 nm 4 nm
Power (TDP) 22 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-7500 DDR5-5200
Max Size 32 GB 256 GB
Channels 4 2
ECC support No Yes
Max memory bandwidth 120 GB n/a

Other

PCIe Version n/a 4.0
Max PCIe Lanes n/a 14

Note

Apple M4 (10-Core):

SoC is designed using ARMv9.2-A architecture.

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Apple M4 (10-Core) the clear winner in this comparison.

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