AMD Ryzen 5 7535U vs Apple M1. Specifications, performance, tests

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• CPU group
  AMD Ryzen 6000U/7035U Apple M1
• Family
  Ryzen Apple M series
• Form Factor
  Laptops / Desktops -
• Generation
  5 1
• Segment
  Mobile Mobile
• Series
  Ryzen 7000 Series -

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

• Base Frequency
  2.9 GHz 3.2 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal hybrid (big.LITTLE)
• Core Configuration
  6x Zen 3+ -
• CPU Cores
  6 8
• CPU Threads
  12 8
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  Yes No
• Max. Boost Clock
  4.55 GHz -
• Overclocking
  No No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  4.55 GHz No turbo
• Turbo Frequency (6 Cores)
  3.5 GHz -
• A-Core
  - 4x Firestorm
• B-Core
  - 4x Icestorm
• Turbo Frequency (8 Cores)
  - No turbo

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• DirectX Version
  12 -
• Execution units
  6 128
• Generation
  9 1
• GPU Frequency
  1900 MHz 3200 MHz
• GPU name
  AMD Radeon 660M Apple M1 (8 Core)
• GPU Turbo
  No turbo No turbo
• Graphics Cores
  6 -
• Max. displays
  3 2
• Max. GPU Memory
  2 GB 8 GB
• Release date
  Q4/2022 Q4/2020
• Shader
  384 0
• Technology
  6 nm 5 nm

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

• AV1
  No Decode
• H.264 / AVC
  Decode / Encode Conflicting source values: Decode | Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• VP8
  Decode / Encode Decode
• VP9
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Apple M1 and AMD Ryzen 5 7535U. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  Yes No
• Max. Memory
  64 GB 16 GB
• Memory Bandwidth
  76.8 GB/s -
• Memory channels
  2 2
• Memory type
  DDR5 / LPDDR5 LPDDR4X-4266
• PCIe
  PCIe 4.0 -
• PCIe version
  - 4.0

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD Ryzen 5 7535U and Apple M1 Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• Configurable TDP
  15-30 W -
• Default TDP
  28 W -
• Maximum Operating Temperature
  95 °C -
• TDP (PL1 / PBP, legacy combined label)
  15 W -
• TDP down
  - 10 W
• TDP up
  28 W 20 W
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  - 15 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD Ryzen 5 7535U and Apple M1, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Rembrandt (Zen 3+) M1
• Chip design
  Monolithic -
• Codename
  Rembrandt R -
• Documents
  Technical data sheet -
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) ARMv8-A64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3 Rosetta 2 x86-Emulation
• L2-Cache
  3 MB 16.00 MB
• L3-Cache
  16 MB -
• Official source
  https://www.amd.com/en/products/processors/laptop/ryzen/7000-series/amd-ryzen-5-7535u.html -
• Operating systems
  Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux -
• Release date
  Q1 2023 Q4/2020
• Socket
  FP7 -
• Technology
  TSMC 6nm FinFET 5 nm
• Verification scope
  Explicit manufacturer fields refreshed; other original historical fields retained, not all reverified. Partial composite conflicts are preserved. -
• Verified on
  2026-09-30 -
• Virtualization
  AMD-V, SVM None