amd ryzen 9 6980hx vs apple m1
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We compared two CPUs AMD Ryzen 9 6980HX (Laptop) 8-cores against Apple M1 (Desktop) 8-cores. In this comparison page, we check which of these two processor has better performance in benchmark results, Games, architecture, price and other useful information.
Review
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Key Differences
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 6980HX
- Newer released 2 years later
- 36% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5 GHz vs 3.2 GHz)
Advantages of Apple M1
- More modern manufacturing process – 5 versus 6
Benchmarks
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Geekbench 5 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 5 (Multi-Core)
Specifications
General
| AMD Ryzen 9 6980HX | Apple M1 | |
| Vendor | AMD | Apple |
| Released | January 4 2022 | November 10 2020 |
| Type | Laptop | Desktop |
| instruction set | x86-64 | x86-64 |
| Codename | Rembrandt H | |
| Socket | FP7 | |
| Integrated GPU | AMD Radeon 680M | Apple M1 8-Core GPU |
Performance
| AMD Ryzen 9 6980HX | Apple M1 | |
| Cores | 8 | 8 |
| Threads | 16 | 8 |
| Base Frequency | 3.3 GHz | 2.064 GHz |
| Turbo Boost Frequency | 5 GHz | 3.2 GHz |
| L1 Cache | 64K (per core) | 2 MB |
| L2 Cache | 512K (per core) | 16 MB |
| L3 Cache | 16 MB (shared) | |
| Unlocked Multiplier | Yes | No |
Power
| AMD Ryzen 9 6980HX | Apple M1 | |
| Fabrication process | 6 nm | 5 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 45 W | W |
| Max. temperature | 95°C | °C |
Memory support
| AMD Ryzen 9 6980HX | Apple M1 | |
| Memory types | DDR5-4800 | |
| Memory Size | GB | GB |
| Max. Memory Channels | ||
| Max. Memory Bandwidth | - | - |
| ECC Support | No | No |
iGPU
| AMD Ryzen 9 6980HX | Apple M1 | |
| Integrated Graphics | AMD Radeon 680M | Apple M1 8-Core GPU |
| GPU Base Clock | 2000 MHz | 450 MHz |
| Shading Units | 768 | 1024 |
| TMUs | 48 | 64 |
| ROPs | 32 | 32 |
| TGP | 15 W | 15 W |
iGPU FLOPS
Misc
| AMD Ryzen 9 6980HX | Apple M1 | |
| Official site | AMD Ryzen 9 6980HX official page | Apple M1 official page |
| PCI Express Version | 4 | |
| PCI Express Lanes |