Apple M1 vs Ryzen 9 7940HX

Place in performance ranking	95	1113
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	AMD Dragon Range (Zen 4, Ryzen 7045)	Apple Apple M-Series
Architecture codename	Dragon Range-HX (Zen 4)	no data
Release date	17 January 2024 (less than a year ago)	10 November 2020 (3 years ago)
Current price	no data	$3.99

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 9 7940HX and Apple M1 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	16 (Hexadeca-Core)	8 (Octa-Core)
Threads	3216 x 5.2 GHz AMD Zen 4	8
Base clock speed	2.4 GHz	2.064 GHz
Boost clock speed	5.2 GHz	3.2 GHz
L1 cache	1 MB	2 MB
L2 cache	16 MB	16 MB
L3 cache	64 MB	16 MB
Chip lithography	5 nm	5 nm
Maximum core temperature	100 °C	no data
Number of transistors	9900 Million	16000 Million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	no data	-
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 9 7940HX and Apple M1 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	FL1	no data
Power consumption (TDP)	55 Watt	no data

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 9 7940HX and Apple M1. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	DDR5-5200 RAM, PCIe 5, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, AVX-512, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SME	no data
AES-NI	+	no data
FMA	+	no data
AVX	+	no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 9 7940HX and Apple M1. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

DDR5

no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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AMD Radeon 610M

Apple M1 8-Core GPU

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.

Ryzen 9 7940HX 34.58
+551%

Apple M1 5.31

Ryzen 9 7940HX outperforms Apple M1 by 551% 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%

Ryzen 9 7940HX 53480
+552%

Apple M1 8207

Ryzen 9 7940HX outperforms Apple M1 by 552% in Passmark.

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	34.58	5.31
Integrated graphics card	2.86	14.07
Recency	17 January 2024	10 November 2020
Physical cores	16	8
Threads	3216 x 5.2 GHz AMD Zen 4	8