AMD Ryzen 5 5560U vs Apple M1 Pro vs Apple M1 Pro 8-Core
AMD Ryzen 5 5560U
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The AMD Ryzen 5 5560U, is a fairly fast Cezanne family processor designed for use in thinner, lighter laptops. The R5 5560U integrates six of the eight cores based on the Zen 3 microarchitecture. The cores are clocked at 2.3 (guaranteed base clock) to 4 GHz (Turbo) and support SMT for a total of 12 threads. The chip is manufactured on the modern 7 nm TSMC process.
The new Zen 3 microarchitecture offers a significantly higher IPC (instructions per clock) compared to Zen 2. For desktop processors AMD claims 19 percent on average and in applications reviews showed around 12% gains at the same clock speed.
In addition to the six CPU cores, the APU also integrates a Radeon RX Vega 6 integrated graphics card with 6 CUs at up to 1600 MHz. The dual channel memory controller supports DDR4-3200 and energy efficient LPDDR4-4266 RAM. Furthermore, 16 MB level 3 cache (up from 8 MB at the 4800U) can be found on the chip.
Performance
The Ryzen 5 is a solid upper mid-range CPU and should be only slightly slower than the Ryzen 5 5600U (+200 MHz Boost).
Power consumption
This Ryzen 5 has a default TDP of 15 W, a value that laptop makers are allowed to change to anything between 10 W and 25 W with clock speeds and performance changing accordingly as a result. By going for the lowest value possible, it is possible to build a passively cooled system around this chip. Most laptop makers, however, will do the opposite to maximize performance.
The AMD Ryzen 5 5560U is built with TSMC's 7 nm manufacturing process for average, as of mid 2023, energy efficiency.
Apple M1 Pro
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The Apple M1 Pro is a System on a Chip (SoC) from Apple that is found in the late 2021 MacBook Pro 14 and 16-inch models. It offers all 10 cores available in the chip divided in eight performance cores (P-cores with 600 - 3220 MHz) and two power-efficiency cores (E-cores with 600 - 2064 MHz). There is no Turbo Boost for single cores or short burst periods. The cores are similar to the cores in the Apple M1. The entry level model offers only 8 cores.
The big cores (codename Firestorm) offer 192 KB instruction cache, 128 KB data cache, and 24 MB shared L2 cache (up from 12 MB in the M1). The four efficiency cores (codename Icestorm) are a lot smaller and offer only 128 KB instruction cache, 64 KB data cache, and 4 MB shared cache. CPU and GPU can both use the 24 MB SLC (System Level Cache). The efficiency cores (E cluster) clock with 600 - 2064 MHz, the performance cores (P cluster) with 600 - 3228 MHz.
The unified memory (16 or 32 GB LPDDR5-6400) next to the chip is connected by a 256 bit memory controller (200 GB/s bandwidth) and can be used by the GPU and CPU.
The integrated graphics card in the M1 Pro offers all 16 cores.
Furthermore, the SoC integrates a fast 16 core neural engine, a secure enclave (e.g., for encryption), a unified memory architecture, Thunderbolt 4 controller, an ISP, and media de- and encoders (including ProRes).
The M1 Pro is manufactured in 5 nm at TSMC and integrates 33.7 billion transistors. The peak power consumption of the chip was advertised around 30W for CPU intensive tasks. In the Prime95 benchmark the chip uses in our tests (with a MBP16) 33.6W package power and 31W for the CPU part. In idle the SoC only reports 1W package power.
Apple M1 Pro 8-Core
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The Apple M1 Pro 8-Core is a System on a Chip (SoC) from Apple that is found in the late 2021 MacBook Pro 14 and 16-inch models. It offers 8 cores from the 10 available in the chip divided in six performance cores (P-cores with 600 - 3220 MHz) and four power-efficiency cores (E-cores with 600 - 2064 MHz). The cores are similar to the cores in the Apple M1.
The big cores (codename Firestorm) offer 192 KB instruction cache, 128 KB data cache, and 24 MB shared L2 cache (up from 12 MB in the M1). The four efficiency cores (codename Icestorm) are a lot smaller and offer only 128 KB instruction cache, 64 KB data cache, and 4 MB shared cache. Finally, the SoC includes 16 MB System Level Cache shared by the GPU. The efficiency cores (E cluster) clock with 600 - 2064 MHz, the performance cores (P cluster) with 600 - 3228 MHz.
The unified memory (16 or 32 GB LPDDR5-6400) next to the chip is connected by a 256 bit memory controller and can be used by the GPU and CPU.
The integrated graphics card in the M1 Pro offers 14 cores (of the 16 cores in the chip).
Furthermore, the SoC integrates a fast 16 core neural engine, a secure enclave (e.g., for encryption), a unified memory architecture, Thunderbolt 4 controller, an ISP, and media de- and encoders (including ProRes).
The M1 Pro is manufactured in 5 nm at TSMC and integrates 33.7 billion transistors. The peak power consumption of the chip was advertised around 30W for CPU intensive tasks.
Model | AMD Ryzen 5 5560U | Apple M1 Pro | Apple M1 Pro 8-Core | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Series | AMD Cezanne (Zen 3, Ryzen 5000) | Apple Apple M-Series | Apple Apple M-Series | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Codename | Cezanne-U (Zen 3) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Series: Apple M-Series |
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Clock | 2300 - 4000 MHz | 2064 - 3220 MHz | 2060 - 3220 MHz | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
L1 Cache | 384 KB | 2.9 MB | 2.3 MB | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
L2 Cache | 3 MB | 28 MB | 28 MB | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
L3 Cache | 16 MB | 24 MB | 16 MB | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cores / Threads | 6 / 12 | 10 / 10 | 8 / 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
TDP | 25 Watt | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Technology | 7 nm | 5 nm | 5 nm | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
max. Temp. | 105 °C | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Socket | FP6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Features | DDR4-3200/LPDDR4-4266 RAM, PCIe 3, 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 | ARMv8 Instruction Set | ARMv8 Instruction Set | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
iGPU | AMD Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) ( - 1600 MHz) | Apple M1 Pro 16-Core GPU | Apple M1 Pro 14-Core GPU ( - 1296 MHz) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Architecture | x86 | ARM | ARM | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Manufacturer | www.amd.com | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Transistors | 33700 Million | 33700 Million |