Apple M1 Pro (8-CPU) vs AMD Ryzen 5 1600X. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  Apple M1 AMD Ryzen 1000
• Family
  Apple M series Ryzen
• Generation
  1 1
• Segment
  Mobile Desktop / Server
• Form Factor
  - Desktops / Boxed Processor
• Series
  - Ryzen 1000 Series

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

• A-Core
  6x Firestorm -
• B-Core
  2x Icestorm -
• Base Frequency
  3.2 GHz 3.6 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 3.7 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (8 Cores)
  No turbo -
• Max. Boost Clock
  - 4 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (6 Cores)
  - 3.5 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
  224 -
• Generation
  1 -
• GPU Frequency
  1300 MHz -
• GPU name
  Apple M1 Pro (14 Core) None
• GPU Turbo
  No turbo -
• Max. displays
  3 -
• Max. GPU Memory
  32 GB -
• Release date
  Q3/2021 -
• Shader
  1792 -
• Technology
  5 nm -

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

• AV1
  No 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 1600X and Apple M1 Pro (8-CPU). Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No Yes
• Max. Memory
  32 GB -
• Memory channels
  2 2
• Memory type
  LPDDR5-6400 DDR4
• PCIe
  4.0 PCIe 3.0 x16
• PCIe lanes
  - 20
• PCIe version
  - 3.0
• System Memory Specification
  - 2667

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Apple M1 Pro (8-CPU) and AMD Ryzen 5 1600X 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)
  30 W 95 W
• TDP up
  40 W -
• Default TDP
  - 95 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Apple M1 Pro (8-CPU) and AMD Ryzen 5 1600X, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  M1 Summit Ridge (Zen)
• 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
  24 MB 3 MB
• L3-Cache
  - 16 MB
• Part Number
  APL 1103 -
• Release date
  Q3/2021 2017-04-11
• Socket
  - AM4
• Technology
  5 nm 14nm
• Virtualization
  None AMD-V, SVM
• Codename
  - Summit Ridge
• L1-Cache
  - 0.5625 MB
• Manufacturer product ID (boxed)
  - YD160XBCAEWOF
• Manufacturer product ID (MPK)
  - YD160XBCAEMPK
• Manufacturer product ID (tray)
  - YD160XBCM6IAE
• Operating systems
  - Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition / RHEL x86 64-Bit / Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
• Thermal Solution (MPK)
  - AMD Wraith Max
• Thermal Solution (PIB)
  - Not Included