Apple M1 vs AMD A4-1200. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• Segment
  Mobile Mobile
• Family
  Apple M series AMD A
• Generation
  1 7
• CPU group
  Apple M1 AMD A4-1000

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.

• Frequency
  3.20 GHz 1.00 GHz
• CPU Cores
  8 2
• Turbo (1 Core)
  No turbo No turbo
• CPU Threads
  8 2
• Hyperthreading
  No No
• Overclocking
  No Yes
• Core architecture
  hybrid (big.LITTLE) normal
• A core
  4x Firestorm --
• B core
  4x Icestorm --

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
  Apple M1 (8 Core) AMD Radeon HD 8180
• GPU frequency
  3.20 GHz 0.23 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  No turbo No turbo
• Execution units
  128 2
• Shader
  0 128
• Max. GPU Memory
  8 GB 2 GB
• Max. displays
  2 2
• Generation
  1 5
• DirectX Version
  11.1
• Technology
  5 nm 28 nm
• Release date
  Q4/2020 Q2/2013

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

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

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD A4-1200 and Apple M1. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  LPDDR4X-4266 DDR3L-1066 SO-DIMM
• Max. Memory
  16 GB --
• ECC
  No No
• Memory channels
  2 2
• PCIe version
  4.0 --
• PCIe lanes
  --

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Apple M1 and AMD A4-1200 to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  15 W 3.9 W
• TDP up
  20 W --
• TDP down
  10 W --

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Apple M1 and Apple M1, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  ARMv8-A64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  None AMD-V
• ISA extensions
  Rosetta 2 x86-Emulation SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, FMA3, FMA4
• L2-Cache
  16.00 MB --
• L3-Cache
  -- 1.00 MB
• Architecture
  M1 Temash (Jaguar)
• Technology
  5 nm 28 nm
• Socket
  N/A FT3
• Release date
  Q4/2020 Q2/2013