AMD Ryzen 5 7530U vs Apple M1 Pro (8-CPU). Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  AMD Ryzen 5025U/7030U Apple M1
• Family
  Ryzen Apple M series
• Form Factor
  Laptops / Desktops -
• Generation
  4 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 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
  4.5 GHz -
• Overclocking
  No No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  4.5 GHz No turbo
• Turbo Frequency (6 Cores)
  3 GHz -
• A-Core
  - 6x Firestorm
• B-Core
  - 2x 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
  7 224
• Generation
  9 1
• GPU Frequency
  2000 MHz 1300 MHz
• GPU name
  AMD Radeon Graphics Apple M1 Pro (14 Core)
• GPU Turbo
  No turbo No turbo
• Graphics Cores
  7 -
• Max. displays
  3 3
• Max. GPU Memory
  2 GB 32 GB
• Release date
  Q1/2020 Q3/2021
• Shader
  448 1792
• Technology
  7 nm 5 nm

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

• AV1
  No No
• 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 Pro (8-CPU) and AMD Ryzen 5 7530U. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  Yes No
• Max. Memory
  64 GB 32 GB
• Memory Bandwidth
  51.2 GB/s -
• Memory channels
  2 2
• Memory type
  DDR4 LPDDR5-6400
• PCIe
  PCIe 3.0 4.0

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD Ryzen 5 7530U and Apple M1 Pro (8-CPU) Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

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

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD Ryzen 5 7530U and Apple M1 Pro (8-CPU), virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Barcelo (Zen 3) M1
• Chip design
  Monolithic -
• Codename
  Barcelo 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 24 MB
• L3-Cache
  16 MB -
• Operating systems
  Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux -
• Part Number
  - APL 1103
• Release date
  Q1/2023 Q3/2021
• Socket
  FP6 -
• Technology
  TSMC 7nm FinFET 5 nm
• Virtualization
  AMD-V, SVM None