Ryzen 9 7840HX vs Apple M4 Pro (14 cores)

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Primary details

Comparing Apple M4 Pro (14 cores) and Ryzen 9 7840HX processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

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Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
SeriesApple M4AMD Dragon Range (Zen 4, Ryzen 7045)
Power efficiency63.95no data
Architecture codenameno dataDragon Range-HX (Zen 4) (2023−2024)
Release date30 October 2024 (less than a year ago)17 January 2024 (less than a year ago)

Detailed specifications

Apple M4 Pro (14 cores) and Ryzen 9 7840HX 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 cores14 (Tetradeca-Core)12 (Dodeca-Core)
Threads1424
Base clock speedno data2.9 GHz
Boost clock speed4.5 GHz5.1 GHz
L1 cacheno data768 KB
L2 cacheno data12 MB
L3 cacheno data64 MB
Chip lithography3 nm5 nm
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
Number of transistorsno data9900 Million
64 bit support++

Compatibility

Information on Apple M4 Pro (14 cores) and Ryzen 9 7840HX 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 dataFL1
Power consumption (TDP)40 Watt55 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Apple M4 Pro (14 cores) and Ryzen 9 7840HX. 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, AVX-512, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SME
AES-NI-+
FMA-+
AVX-+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Apple M4 Pro (14 cores) and Ryzen 9 7840HX. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR5

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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Apple M4 20-core GPUAMD Radeon 610M (400 - 2200 MHz)

Pros & cons summary


Recency 30 October 2024 17 January 2024
Physical cores 14 12
Threads 14 24
Chip lithography 3 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 40 Watt 55 Watt

Apple M4 Pro (14 cores) has an age advantage of 9 months, 16.7% more physical cores, a 66.7% more advanced lithography process, and 37.5% lower power consumption.

Ryzen 9 7840HX, on the other hand, has 71.4% more threads.

We couldn't decide between Apple M4 Pro (14 cores) and Ryzen 9 7840HX. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Apple M4 Pro (14 cores) is a desktop processor while Ryzen 9 7840HX is a notebook one.


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