Ryzen 9 PRO 7940HS vs Apple M1

Place in performance ranking	1113	307
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	Apple Apple M-Series	AMD Phoenix (Zen 4, Ryzen 7040)
Architecture codename	no data	Phoenix-HS (Zen 4)
Release date	10 November 2020 (3 years ago)	13 June 2023 (1 year ago)
Current price	$3.99	no data

Detailed specifications

Apple M1 and Ryzen 9 PRO 7940HS 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	8 (Octa-Core)	8 (Octa-Core)
Threads	8	16
Base clock speed	2.064 GHz	4 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.2 GHz	5.2 GHz
L1 cache	2 MB	512 KB
L2 cache	16 MB	8 MB
L3 cache	16 MB	16 MB
Chip lithography	5 nm	4 nm
Die size	no data	178 mm²
Maximum core temperature	no data	100 °C
Number of transistors	16000 Million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	no data
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Apple M1 and Ryzen 9 PRO 7940HS 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.

Socket	no data	FP7/FP8
Power consumption (TDP)	no data	35 Watt

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
Compare

Apple M1 8-Core GPU

AMD Radeon 780M

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Apple M1 5.31

Ryzen 9 PRO 7940HS 18.21
+243%

Ryzen 9 PRO 7940HS outperforms Apple M1 by 243% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Benchmark coverage: 68%

Apple M1 8207

Ryzen 9 PRO 7940HS 28170
+243%

Ryzen 9 PRO 7940HS outperforms Apple M1 by 243% in Passmark.

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 15 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R15 which uses all the processor threads.

Benchmark coverage: 15%

Apple M1 1072

Ryzen 9 PRO 7940HS 2360
+120%

Ryzen 9 PRO 7940HS outperforms Apple M1 by 120% in Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core.

Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R15 (standing for Release 15) is a benchmark made by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version (sometimes called Single-Thread) only uses a single processor thread to render a room full of reflective spheres and light sources.

Benchmark coverage: 15%

Apple M1 208

Ryzen 9 PRO 7940HS 275
+32.2%

Ryzen 9 PRO 7940HS outperforms Apple M1 by 32% in Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core.