Ryzen 5 5600H vs Apple M1

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Aggregate performance score

Apple M1
2020
8 cores / 8 threads
5.17
Ryzen 5 5600H
2021
6 cores / 12 threads, 45 Watt
10.66
+106%

Ryzen 5 5600H outperforms Apple M1 by a whopping 106% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing M1 and Ryzen 5 5600H processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1207739
Place by popularitynot in top-10043
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesApple Apple M-SeriesAMD Cezanne (Zen 3, Ryzen 5000)
Power efficiencyno data22.42
Architecture codenameno dataCezanne-H (Zen 3) (2021)
Release date10 November 2020 (4 years ago)12 January 2021 (3 years ago)

Detailed specifications

M1 and Ryzen 5 5600H 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 cores8 (Octa-Core)6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads812
Base clock speed2.064 GHz3.3 GHz
Boost clock speed3.2 GHz4.2 GHz
Multiplierno data33
L1 cache2 MB384 KB
L2 cache16 MB3 MB
L3 cache16 MB16 MB
Chip lithography5 nm7 nm
Number of transistors16000 Millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on M1 and Ryzen 5 5600H 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.

Socketno dataFP6
Power consumption (TDP)no data45 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by M1 and Ryzen 5 5600H. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataMMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SME
AES-NI-+
FMA-+
AVX-+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by M1 and Ryzen 5 5600H are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by M1 and Ryzen 5 5600H. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR4

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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Apple M1 8-Core GPUAMD Radeon RX Vega 7 ( - 1800 MHz)

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 5.17
Ryzen 5 5600H 10.66
+106%

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 8207
Ryzen 5 5600H 16931
+106%

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 15 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R15 which uses all the processor threads.

Apple M1 1072
Ryzen 5 5600H 1563
+45.8%

Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R15 (standing for Release 15) is a benchmark made by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version (sometimes called Single-Thread) only uses a single processor thread to render a room full of reflective spheres and light sources.

Apple M1 208
Ryzen 5 5600H 223
+7.2%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 5.17 10.66
Integrated graphics card 14.49 7.47
Recency 10 November 2020 12 January 2021
Physical cores 8 6
Threads 8 12
Chip lithography 5 nm 7 nm

Apple M1 has 94% faster integrated GPU, 33.3% more physical cores, and a 40% more advanced lithography process.

Ryzen 5 5600H, on the other hand, has a 106.2% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 2 months, and 50% more threads.

The Ryzen 5 5600H is our recommended choice as it beats the M1 in performance tests.


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