AMD Ryzen 5 6600U vs Apple M1

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AMD Ryzen 5 6600U

Apple M1

We compared two laptop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 5 6600U with 6 cores 2.9GHz and Apple M1 with 8 cores 2.1GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD Ryzen 5 6600U 's Advantages

Released 1 years and 2 months late

Higher specification of memory (6400 vs 4266)

Larger memory bandwidth (76.8GB/s vs 68.25GB/s)

Higher base frequency (2.9GHz vs 2.1GHz)

Apple M1 's Advantages

Better graphics card performance

More modern manufacturing process (5nm vs 6nm)

Lower TDP (14W vs 28W)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 6600U

1490

Apple M1 +1%

1513

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 6600U +26%

9816

Apple M1

7782

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 6600U

1755

Apple M1 +27%

2231

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 6600U

6878

Apple M1 +16%

8035

Geekbench 5 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 6600U

1473

Apple M1 +19%

1757

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 6600U

7486

Apple M1 +3%

7742

Passmark CPU Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 6600U

3190

Apple M1 +16%

3717

Passmark CPU Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 6600U +25%

17827

Apple M1

14218

AMD Ryzen 5 6600U

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Apple M1

General Parameters

Jan 2022

Release Date

Nov 2020

AMD

Manufacturer

Apple

Laptop

Type

Laptop

x86-64

Instruction Set

ARMv8

Rembrandt

Core Architecture

Icestorm and Firestorm

FP7

Socket

Apple M-Socket

Radeon 660M

Integrated Graphics

Apple M1 GPU

Package

-

Transistor Count

16 billions

6 nm

Manufacturing Process

5 nm

15-28 W

Power Consumption

14 W

95 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

-

CPU Performance

6

Performance Cores

8

12

Performance Core Threads

8

2.9 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.1 GHz

4.5 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.2 GHz

6

Total Core Count

8

12

Total Thread Count

8

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

-

29x

Multiplier

-

64 K per core

L1 Cache

192 K per core

512 K per core

L2 Cache

12 MB shared

16 MB shared

L3 Cache

-

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

Memory Parameters

DDR5-4800, LPDDR5-6400

Memory Types

LPDDR4X-4266

-

Max Memory Size

16 GB

4

Max Memory Channels

2

76.8 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

68.25 GB/s

-

ECC Memory Support

No

Graphics Card Parameters

true

Integrated Graphics

true

1500 MHz

GPU Base Frequency

450 MHz

1900 MHz

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

1278 MHz

384

Shader Units

1024

24

Texture Units

64

16

Raster Operation Units

32

6

Execution Units

128

15 W

Power Consumption

15 W

-

Max Resolution

6016x3384 - 60 Hz

1.46 TFLOPS

Graphics Performance

2.6 TFLOPS

Miscellaneous

AMD Ryzen 5 6600U

Official Website

-

4.0

PCIe Version

4.0

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