AMD Ryzen 7 5825U vs Apple M1 Pro (10-CPU 14-GPU). Specifications, performance, tests

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

• Family
  AMD Ryzen Apple M series
• CPU group
  AMD Ryzen 5025U Apple M1
• Segment
  Mobile Mobile
• Generation
  4 1
• Predecessor
  AMD Ryzen 7 5700U --

Basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base and turbo frequency, and cache size. These parameters indirectly tell about the speed of the processor, the higher they are the better.

• CPU Cores / Threads
  8 / 16 10 / 10
• Core architecture
  normal hybrid (big.LITTLE)
• A-Core
  -- 8x Firestorm
• B-Core
  -- 2x Icestorm
• Frequency
  2.00 GHz 3.20 GHz
• Turbo (1 Core)
  4.50 GHz No turbo
• Hyperthreading
  Yes No
• Overclocking
  No No

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

• GPU name
  AMD Radeon 8 Graphics (Renoir) Apple M1 Pro (14 Core)
• GPU frequency
  1.75 GHz 1.30 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  No turbo No turbo
• Execution units
  8 224
• Shader
  512 1792
• Max. GPU Memory
  2 GB 32 GB
• Max. displays
  3 3
• Generation
  9 1
• Direct X
  12 --
• Technology
  7 nm 5 nm
• Release date
  Q1/2020 Q3/2021

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

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h264
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP8
  Decode / Encode Decode
• VP9
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• AV1
  No No
• AVC
  Decode / Encode Decode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Apple M1 Pro (10-CPU 14-GPU) and AMD Ryzen 7 5825U. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  DDR4-3200 LPDDR5-6400
• Max. Memory
  32 GB 32 GB
• Memory channels
  2 2
• ECC
  Yes No
• PCIe
  3.0 x 12 4.0
• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD Ryzen 7 5825U and Apple M1 Pro (10-CPU 14-GPU) to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  15 W 30 W
• TDP up
  25 W 40 W
• TDP down
  10 W --
• Tjunction max.
  105 °C --

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD Ryzen 7 5825U and AMD Ryzen 7 5825U, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• 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
  -- 28.00 MB
• L3-Cache
  16.00 MB --
• Architecture
  Barcelo (Zen 3) M1
• Technology
  7 nm 5 nm
• Virtualization
  AMD-V, SVM None
• Socket
  FP6 N/A
• Release date
  Q1/2022 Q3/2021
• Part Number
  -- APL 1103