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Apple M1

vs

AMD Ryzen AI 9 365

CPU Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of Apple M1 and AMD Ryzen AI 9 365 processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.

Advantages

AMD Ryzen AI 9 365

More Total Cores: 10 (8 vs 10)
Higher Technology: TSMC 4nm FinFET (5 nm vs TSMC 4nm FinFET)
Higher Memory Type: DDR5 (FP8), LPDDR5X (FP8) (Unified LPDDR4X-4266 vs DDR5 (FP8), LPDDR5X (FP8))
Newer Launch Date: July 2025 (November 2020 vs July 2025)

Basic

Apple

Label Name

AMD

November 2020

Launch Date

July 2025

Laptop

Platform

Laptop

Apple Firestorm + Apple Icestorm

CPU Architecture

Apple M1

CPU Name

T8103

Part Number

Apple M1

Model Name

Ryzen AI 9 365

Code Name

Strix Point

TSMC

Foundry

Generation

4x Zen 5, 6x Zen 5c

OS Support

Windows 11 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit

CPU Specifications

Total Cores

Cores is a hardware term that describes the number of independent central processing units in a single computing component (die or chip).

Total Threads

Performance-cores

Efficient-cores

Basic Frequency

2 GHz

Max Turbo Frequency

Up to 5 GHz

2.064 GHz

Efficient-core Max Turbo Frequency

NEON

Instruction Set Extensions

3.204 GHz

Performance-core Max Turbo Frequency

ARMv8.4-A, NEON

Extended Instruction Set

P-cores: 192 KB instruction + 128 KB data per core; E-cores: 128 KB instruction + 64 KB data per core

L1 Cache

P-core cluster: 12 MB; E-core cluster: 4 MB

L2 Cache

10 MB

L3 Cache

24 MB

CPU Socket

The socket is the component that provides the mechanical and electrical connections between the processor and motherboard.

FP8

5 nm

Technology

Lithography refers to the semiconductor technology used to manufacture an integrated circuit, and is reported in nanometer (nm), indicative of the size of features built on the semiconductor.

TSMC 4nm FinFET

TDP

28W

Max. Operating Temperature

Junction Temperature is the maximum temperature allowed at the processor die.

100°C

PCI Express Version

PCI Express Revision is the supported version of the PCI Express standard. Peripheral Component Interconnect Express (or PCIe) is a high-speed serial computer expansion bus standard for attaching hardware devices to a computer. The different PCI Express versions support different data rates.

PCIe® 4.0

ARMv8.4-A

Instruction Set

An instruction set architecture (ISA) defines the instructions a processor can execute. Common architectures include x86-64, ARM and RISC-V. The ISA determines software compatibility, while optional instruction extensions add specialized capabilities.

16 billion

Transistor Count

Memory Specifications

128-bit

Memory Bus Width

Unified LPDDR4X-4266

Memory Type

DDR5 (FP8), LPDDR5X (FP8)

16 GB

Max Memory Size

Max memory size refers to the maximum memory capacity supported by the processor.

256 GB

Memory Channels

The number of memory channels refers to the bandwidth operation for real world application.

68.25 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

Max Memory bandwidth is the maximum rate at which data can be read from or stored into a semiconductor memory by the processor (in GB/s).

Maximum Memory Speed

2x2R DDR5-5600

ECC Memory Support

ECC Memory Supported indicates processor support for Error-Correcting Code memory. ECC memory is a type of system memory that can detect and correct common kinds of internal data corruption. Note that ECC memory support requires both processor and chipset support.

GPU Specifications

Apple M1 GPU

GPU Name

H.264, HEVC (H.265); multiple 4K video streams / up to 4K 60 fps depending on codec, bitrate and app

Video Decode

H.264, HEVC (H.265); up to 4K 60 fps depending on profile, level and app

Video Encode

Integrated Graphics Model

An integrated GPU refers to the graphics core that is integrated into the CPU processor. Leveraging the processor's powerful computational capabilities and intelligent power efficiency management, it delivers outstanding graphics performance and a smooth application experience at a lower power consumption.

AMD Radeon™ 880M

Graphics Core Count

Graphics Frequency

2900 MHz

Metal, OpenCL

GPU APIs

Up to 2.6 TFLOPS FP32

Graphics Performance

Media encode and decode engines

Media Engine

Video Decode Engines

Video Encode Engines