AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme vs Apple M1 Max (24-GPU). Specifications, performance, tests

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

• Family
  AMD Ryzen Z1 Apple M series
• CPU group
  AMD Ryzen 7040 Apple M1
• Segment
  Mobile Mobile
• Generation
  6 1

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)
• Overclocking
  No No
• Frequency
  3.30 GHz 3.20 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.

• GPU name
  AMD Radeon 780M Graphics Apple M1 Max (24 Core)
• GPU frequency
  1.20 GHz 1.30 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  2.70 GHz No turbo
• Execution units
  12 384
• Shader
  768 3072
• Max. GPU Memory
  32 GB 32 GB
• Max. displays
  4 3
• Generation
  10 1
• Direct X
  12 --
• Technology
  4 nm 5 nm
• Release date
  Q1/2023 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 Decode
• VP9
  Decode Decode / Encode
• AV1
  Decode / Encode No
• AVC
  Decode Decode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Apple M1 Max (24-GPU) and AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  DDR5-5600LPDDR5X-7500 LPDDR5-6400
• Max. Memory
  256 GB 64 GB
• Memory channels
  2 (Dual Channel) 4
• ECC
  Yes No
• PCIe
  4.0 x 20 4.0
• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme and Apple M1 Max (24-GPU) to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP up
  30 W 60 W
• TDP down
  15 W --
• Tjunction max.
  100 °C --

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme and AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Technology
  4 nm 5 nm
• Socket
  FP8 N/A
• L2-Cache
  8.00 MB 28.00 MB
• L3-Cache
  16.00 MB --
• Architecture
  Phoenix (Zen 4) M1
• Virtualization
  AMD-V, SVM None
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) ARMv8-A64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2,FMA3, AVX2, AVX512 Rosetta 2 x86-Emulation
• Release date
  Q2/2023 Q3/2021
• Part Number
  -- APL 1104