Ryzen AI 7 PRO 360 vs Apple M1 Pro 8-Core

Place in the ranking	712	442
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	Apple M-Series	AMD Strix Point (Zen 5/5c, Ryzen AI 3/5/7/9)
Power efficiency	no data	52.48
Architecture codename	no data	Strix Point (Zen 5) (2024)
Release date	18 October 2021 (3 years ago)	1 October 2024 (less than a year ago)

Detailed specifications

Apple M1 Pro 8-Core and Ryzen AI 7 PRO 360 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 AMD Zen 5 AMD Zen 5c
Base clock speed	2.06 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	3.22 GHz	5.1 GHz
Bus rate	no data	54 MHz
L1 cache	2.3 MB	no data
L2 cache	28 MB	no data
L3 cache	16 MB	no data
Chip lithography	5 nm	4 nm
Number of transistors	33700 Million	no data
64 bit support	+	+

Compatibility

Information on Apple M1 Pro 8-Core and Ryzen AI 7 PRO 360 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	FP8
Power consumption (TDP)	2060 ‑ 3220 Watt	28 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Apple M1 Pro 8-Core and Ryzen AI 7 PRO 360. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	USB 4, XDNA 2 NPU (50 TOPS), Secure Processor, SMT, AES, AVX, AVX2, AVX512, FMA3, MMX (+), SHA, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4A
AES-NI	-	+
AVX	-	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Apple M1 Pro 8-Core and Ryzen AI 7 PRO 360. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

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DDR5

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

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Apple M1 Pro 14-Core GPU

AMD Radeon 880M

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 Pro 8-Core 11.03

Ryzen AI 7 PRO 360 15.82
+43.4%

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.

Apple M1 Pro 8-Core 17192

Ryzen AI 7 PRO 360 24659
+43.4%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	11.03	15.82
Recency	18 October 2021	1 October 2024
Threads	8	16 AMD Zen 5 AMD Zen 5c
Chip lithography	5 nm	4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	2060 Watt	28 Watt

Apple M1 Pro 8-Core has -50% more threads.

Ryzen AI 7 PRO 360, on the other hand, has a 43.4% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 2 years, a 25% more advanced lithography process, and 7257.1% lower power consumption.

The Ryzen AI 7 PRO 360 is our recommended choice as it beats the Apple M1 Pro 8-Core in performance tests.

Should you still have questions on choice between Apple M1 Pro 8-Core and Ryzen AI 7 PRO 360, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.