Apple M1 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU) vs AMD Ryzen 7 6800U. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  Apple M1 AMD Ryzen 6000U
• Family
  Apple M series AMD Ryzen
• Generation
  1 5
• Predecessor
  - AMD Ryzen 7 5800U
• Segment
  Mobile Mobile

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

• A-Core
  8x Firestorm -
• B-Core
  2x Icestorm -
• Base Frequency
  3.2 GHz 2.7 GHz
• Core architecture
  hybrid (big.LITTLE) normal
• CPU Cores
  10 8
• CPU Threads
  10 16
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No Yes
• Overclocking
  No No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  No turbo 4.7 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (10 Cores)
  No turbo -
• Turbo Frequency (8 Cores)
  - 3.4 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.

• DirectX Version
  - 12
• Execution units
  256 12
• Generation
  1 9
• GPU Frequency
  1300 MHz 2200 MHz
• GPU name
  Apple M1 Pro (16 Core) AMD Radeon RX 680M
• GPU Turbo
  No turbo No turbo
• Max. displays
  3 3
• Max. GPU Memory
  16 GB 8 GB
• Release date
  Q3/2021 Q1/2022
• Shader
  2048 768
• Technology
  5 nm 6 nm

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

• AV1
  No Decode
• H.264 / AVC
  Conflicting source values: Decode | Decode / Encode 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 Decode / Encode
• VP9
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD Ryzen 7 6800U and Apple M1 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU). Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No No
• Max. Memory
  32 GB 64 GB
• Memory channels
  2 2
• Memory type
  LPDDR5-6400 DDR5-4800LPDDR5-6400
• PCIe
  4.0 4.0 x 12

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Apple M1 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU) and AMD Ryzen 7 6800U 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
  - 105 °C
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  30 W 15 W
• TDP up
  40 W 28 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Apple M1 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU) and AMD Ryzen 7 6800U, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  M1 Rembrandt (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
  28 MB 4 MB
• L3-Cache
  - 16 MB
• Part Number
  APL 1103 -
• Release date
  Q3/2021 Q1/2022
• Socket
  - FP7
• Technology
  5 nm 6 nm
• Virtualization
  None AMD-V, SVM