Ryzen 9 9850HX vs Apple M1 Pro
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Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 870 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | Apple M-Series | AMD Dragon Range (Zen 4, Ryzen 7045) |
| Designer | Apple | AMD |
| Architecture codename | no data | Fire Range-HX (Zen 5) (2025) |
| Release date | 18 October 2021 (3 years ago) | 6 January 2025 (less than a year ago) |
Detailed specifications
M1 Pro and Ryzen 9 9850HX basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.
| Physical cores | 10 (Deca-Core) | 12 (Dodeca-Core) |
| Threads | 10 | 24 |
| Base clock speed | 2.064 GHz | 3 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 3.22 GHz | 5.2 GHz |
| L1 cache | 2.9 MB | 960 KB |
| L2 cache | 28 MB | 12 MB |
| L3 cache | 24 MB | 64 MB |
| Chip lithography | 5 nm | no data |
| Number of transistors | 33700 Million | no data |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
Compatibility
Information on M1 Pro and Ryzen 9 9850HX compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.
| Power consumption (TDP) | no data | 45 Watt |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | Apple M1 Pro 16-Core GPU | AMD Radeon 610M ( - 2200 MHz) |
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