Apple M1 vs AMD Ryzen 5 5600X. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  Apple M1 AMD Ryzen 5000
• Family
  Apple M series Ryzen
• Generation
  1 4
• Predecessor
  - AMD Ryzen 5 3600X
• Segment
  Mobile Desktop
• Form Factor
  - Desktops / Boxed Processor
• Series
  - Ryzen 5000 Series

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

• A-Core
  4x Firestorm -
• B-Core
  4x Icestorm -
• Base Frequency
  3.2 GHz 3.7 GHz
• Core architecture
  hybrid (big.LITTLE) normal
• CPU Cores
  8 6
• CPU Threads
  8 12
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No Yes
• Overclocking
  No Yes
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  No turbo 4.6 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (8 Cores)
  No turbo -
• Max. Boost Clock
  - 4.6 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (6 Cores)
  - 4.2 GHz

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

• Execution units
  128 -
• Generation
  1 -
• GPU Frequency
  3200 MHz -
• GPU name
  Apple M1 (8 Core) None
• GPU Turbo
  No turbo -
• Max. displays
  2 -
• Max. GPU Memory
  8 GB -
• Release date
  Q4/2020 -
• Shader
  0 -
• Technology
  5 nm -
• Graphics verification source
  - https://www.amd.com/en/products/specifications/processors.html

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

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

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD Ryzen 5 5600X and Apple M1. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No Yes
• Max. Memory
  16 GB 128 GB
• Memory channels
  2 2
• Memory type
  LPDDR4X-4266 DDR4
• PCIe lanes
  - 20
• PCIe version
  4.0 4.0
• PCIe
  - PCIe 4.0
• System Memory Specification
  - 3200

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Apple M1 and AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• Maximum Operating Temperature
  - 95 °C
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  15 W 65 W
• TDP down
  10 W -
• TDP up
  20 W -
• Default TDP
  - 65 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Apple M1 and AMD Ryzen 5 5600X, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  M1 Vermeer (Zen 3)
• Instruction set (ISA)
  ARMv8-A64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  Rosetta 2 x86-Emulation SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
• L2-Cache
  16.00 MB 3 MB
• L3-Cache
  - 32 MB
• Part Number
  - 100-000000065
• Release date
  Q4/2020 2020-11-05
• Socket
  - AM4
• Technology
  5 nm TSMC 7nm FinFET
• Virtualization
  None AMD-V, SVM
• Codename
  - Vermeer
• Official source
  - https://www.amd.com/en/products/processors/desktops/ryzen/5000-series/amd-ryzen-5-5600x.html
• Verification scope
  - Explicit manufacturer fields refreshed; other original historical fields retained, not all reverified. Partial composite conflicts are preserved.
• Verified on
  - 2026-09-30