Ryzen 7 4800U vs Apple M4 (10 cores)

Place in the ranking	239	745
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Desktop processor	Laptop
Series	Apple Apple M4	AMD Renoir (Ryzen 4000 APU)
Power efficiency	52.24	39.75
Architecture codename	no data	Renoir-U (Zen 2) (2020−2021)
Release date	7 May 2024 (less than a year ago)	6 January 2020 (4 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Apple M4 (10 cores) and Ryzen 7 4800U 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	10 (Deca-Core)	8 (Octa-Core)
Threads	10	16
Base clock speed	no data	1.8 GHz
Boost clock speed	4.4 GHz	4.2 GHz
Multiplier	no data	18
L1 cache	no data	128K (per core)
L2 cache	4 MB	512K (per core)
L3 cache	no data	8 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	3 nm	7 nm
Die size	no data	156 mm²
Maximum core temperature	no data	105 °C
Number of transistors	28 Million	9800 Million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	no data	+

Compatibility

Information on Apple M4 (10 cores) and Ryzen 7 4800U 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.

Number of CPUs in a configuration	no data	1
Socket	no data	FP6
Power consumption (TDP)	40 Watt	25 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Apple M4 (10 cores) and Ryzen 7 4800U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	MMX, 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 Apple M4 (10 cores) and Ryzen 7 4800U are enumerated here.

AMD-V

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Apple M4 (10 cores) and Ryzen 7 4800U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	no data	DDR4
Maximum memory size	no data	64 GB
Maximum memory bandwidth	no data	68.27 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

Apple M4 10-core GPU

AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) ( - 1750 MHz)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Apple M4 (10 cores) and Ryzen 7 4800U.

PCIe version

no data

3.0

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	22.08	10.50
Recency	7 May 2024	6 January 2020
Physical cores	10	8
Threads	10	16
Chip lithography	3 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	40 Watt	25 Watt

Apple M4 (10 cores) has a 110.3% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 4 years, 25% more physical cores, and a 133.3% more advanced lithography process.

Ryzen 7 4800U, on the other hand, has 60% more threads, and 60% lower power consumption.

The Apple M4 (10 cores) is our recommended choice as it beats the Ryzen 7 4800U in performance tests.

Note that Apple M4 (10 cores) is a desktop processor while Ryzen 7 4800U is a notebook one.

Should you still have questions on choice between Apple M4 (10 cores) and Ryzen 7 4800U, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.