Apple M1 vs Ryzen Z2 Go
Aggregate performance score
Ryzen Z2 outperforms M1 by a considerable 43% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Contents
Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 1241 | 1472 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | AMD Rembrandt (Zen 3+) | Apple Apple M-Series |
| Power efficiency | 10.10 | no data |
| Designer | AMD | Apple |
| Architecture codename | Rembrandt R (2025) | no data |
| Release date | 6 January 2025 (1 year ago) | 10 November 2020 (5 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Ryzen Z2 Go and 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 | 4 (Quad-Core) | 8 (Octa-Core) |
| Threads | 8 | 8 |
| Base clock speed | 3 GHz | 2.064 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 4.3 GHz | 3.2 GHz |
| L1 cache | 256 KB | 2 MB |
| L2 cache | 2 MB | 16 MB |
| L3 cache | 8 MB | 16 MB |
| Chip lithography | 6 nm | 5 nm |
| Number of transistors | no data | 16000 Million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | no data | - |
Compatibility
Information on Ryzen Z2 Go and 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.
| Power consumption (TDP) | 28 Watt | no data |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen Z2 Go and M1. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | XFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMT | no data |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | AMD Radeon 680M | Apple M1 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.
Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core
Cinebench Release 15 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R15 which uses all the processor threads.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 6.70 | 4.69 |
| Integrated graphics card | 8.89 | 12.73 |
| Recency | 6 January 2025 | 10 November 2020 |
| Physical cores | 4 | 8 |
| Chip lithography | 6 nm | 5 nm |
Ryzen Z2 Go has a 43% higher aggregate performance score, and an age advantage of 4 years.
Apple M1, on the other hand, has 43% faster integrated GPU, 100% more physical cores, and a 20% more advanced lithography process.
The AMD Ryzen Z2 Go is our recommended choice as it beats the Apple M1 in performance tests.
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