Apple M4 (8 cores) vs Ryzen 7 8745HS
Aggregate performance score
Ryzen 7 8745HS outperforms M4 (8 cores) by a considerable 40% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
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Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 455 | 739 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | no data | Apple M4 |
| Designer | AMD | Apple |
| Architecture codename | Hawk Point-HS (Zen 4) (2023−2024) | no data |
| Release date | no data | 28 October 2024 (1 year ago) |
Detailed specifications
Ryzen 7 8745HS and M4 (8 cores) 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 | 16 | 8 |
| Base clock speed | 3.8 GHz | no data |
| Boost clock speed | 4.9 GHz | 4 GHz |
| Chip lithography | no data | 3 nm |
| 64 bit support | - | + |
Compatibility
Information on Ryzen 7 8745HS and M4 (8 cores) 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) | 8 MB + 16 MB | 4 MB |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | no data | Apple M4 8-core GPU |
Synthetic benchmarks
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.
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. Other than that, Passmark measures multi-core performance.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 16.49 | 11.77 |
| Threads | 16 | 8 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 8 Watt | 4 Watt |
Ryzen 7 8745HS has a 40.1% higher aggregate performance score, and 100% more threads.
Apple M4 (8 cores), on the other hand, has 100% lower power consumption.
The AMD Ryzen 7 8745HS is our recommended choice as it beats the Apple M4 (8 cores) in performance tests.
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