Apple A8 vs AMD Ryzen 7 4800HS

Last updated: 2023-09-08

CPU comparison with benchmarks


Apple A8		AMD Ryzen 7 4800HS
CPU comparison Apple A8 or AMD Ryzen 7 4800HS - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results. The Apple A8 has 2 cores with 2 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 1.50 GHz. Up to 1 GB of memory is supported in 1 memory channels. The Apple A8 was released in Q3/2014. The AMD Ryzen 7 4800HS has 8 cores with 16 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.20 GHz. The CPU supports up to 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The AMD Ryzen 7 4800HS was released in Q1/2020.

Apple A series (22)	Family	AMD Ryzen 7 (67)
Apple A8/A8X (2)	CPU group	AMD Ryzen 4000H (6)
8	Generation	3
A8	Architecture	Renoir (Zen 2)
Mobile	Segment	Mobile
Apple A7	Predecessor	--
Apple A9	Successor	--

CPU Cores and Base Frequency The Apple A8 is a 2 core processor with a clock frequency of 1.50 GHz. The AMD Ryzen 7 4800HS has 8 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 2.90 GHz (4.20 GHz).
Apple A8	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen 7 4800HS
2	Cores	8
2	Threads	16
normal	Core architecture	normal
No	Hyperthreading	Yes
No	Overclocking ?	No
1.50 GHz	Frequency	2.90 GHz
--	Turbo Frequency (1 Core)	4.20 GHz
--	Turbo Frequency (All Cores)	3.80 GHz

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.
Apple A8	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen 7 4800HS
--	AI hardware	--
--	AI specifications	--

Internal Graphics The integrated graphics unit of a processor is not only responsible for the pure image output on the system, but can also significantly increase the efficiency of the system with the support of modern video codecs.
Apple A8	GPU	AMD Radeon RX Vega 7 (Renoir)
0.53 GHz	GPU frequency	0.40 GHz
--	GPU (Turbo)	1.60 GHz
5	GPU Generation	9
20 nm	Technology	7 nm
1	Max. displays	3
16	Compute units	7
128	Shader	448
No	Hardware Raytracing	No
No	Frame Generation	No
4 GB	Max. GPU Memory	2 GB
--	DirectX Version	12

Hardware codec support A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.
Apple A8	GPU	AMD Radeon RX Vega 7 (Renoir)
No	Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit)	Decode / Encode
No	Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit)	Decode / Encode
Decode	Codec h264	Decode / Encode
No	Codec VP9	Decode / Encode
No	Codec VP8	Decode / Encode
No	Codec AV1	No
Decode	Codec AVC	Decode / Encode
Decode	Codec VC-1	Decode
Decode / Encode	Codec JPEG	Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe The Apple A8 supports a maximum of 1 GB of memory in 1 memory channels. The AMD Ryzen 7 4800HS can connect up to 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels.
Apple A8	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen 7 4800HS
LPDDR3-1600	Memory	LPDDR4-4266, DDR4-3200
1 GB	Max. Memory	64 GB
1 (Single Channel)	Memory channels	2 (Dual Channel)
12.8 GB/s	Max. Bandwidth	51.2 GB/s
No	ECC	Yes
1.00 MB	L2 Cache	--
4.00 MB	L3 Cache	8.00 MB
--	PCIe version	3.0
--	PCIe lanes	12
--	PCIe Bandwidth	11.8 GB/s
Thermal Management The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The Apple A8 has a TDP of 5 W, that of the AMD Ryzen 7 4800HS is 35 W.
Apple A8	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen 7 4800HS
5 W	TDP (PL1 / PBP)	35 W
--	TDP (PL2)	--
--	TDP up	54 W
--	TDP down	35 W
--	Tjunction max.	105 °C
Technical details The Apple A8 has a 5.00 MB cache, while the AMD Ryzen 7 4800HS cache has a total of 8.00 MB.
Apple A8	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen 7 4800HS
20 nm	Technology	7 nm
Chiplet	Chip design	Chiplet
Armv8-A (64 bit)	Instruction set (ISA)	x86-64 (64 bit)
--	ISA extensions	SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
--	Socket	FP6
None	Virtualization	AMD-V, SVM
No	AES-NI	Yes
iOS	Operating systems	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Q3/2014	Release date	Q1/2020
--	Release price	--

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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks

Apple A8 (27%)

AMD Ryzen 7 4800HS (100%)

⌀ Multi core performance in 3 CPU benchmarks

Apple A8 (8%)

AMD Ryzen 7 4800HS (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	Apple A8 2C 2T @ 1.50 GHz	324 (28%)
	AMD Ryzen 7 4800HS 8C 16T @ 4.20 GHz	1147 (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	Apple A8 2C 2T @ 1.50 GHz	607 (8%)
	AMD Ryzen 7 4800HS 8C 16T @ 3.80 GHz	7608 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.


	Apple A8 2C 2T @ 1.50 GHz	412 (26%)
	AMD Ryzen 7 4800HS 8C 16T @ 4.20 GHz	1565 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.


	Apple A8 2C 2T @ 1.50 GHz	588 (8%)
	AMD Ryzen 7 4800HS 8C 16T @ 3.80 GHz	7240 (100%)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.


	Apple A8 Apple A8 @ 0.53 GHz	136 (10%)
	AMD Ryzen 7 4800HS AMD Radeon RX Vega 7 (Renoir) @ 1.60 GHz	1433 (100%)

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.


	Apple A8 2C 2T @ 1.50 GHz	1532 (8%)
	AMD Ryzen 7 4800HS 8C 16T @ 3.80 GHz	18680 (100%)

Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)

The Cinebench 2024 benchmark is based on the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxon's 3D program Cinema 4D. The benchmark runs are each 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.


	Apple A8 2C 2T @ 1.50 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 7 4800HS 8C 16T @ 4.20 GHz	72 (100%)

Cinebench 2024 (Multi-Core)

The Multi-Core test of the Cinebench 2024 benchmark uses all cpu cores to render using the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxons Cinema 4D. The benchmark run is 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.


	Apple A8 2C 2T @ 1.50 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 7 4800HS 8C 16T @ 4.20 GHz	602 (100%)

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	Apple A8 2C 2T @ 1.50 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 7 4800HS 8C 16T @ 4.20 GHz	1235 (100%)

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	Apple A8 2C 2T @ 1.50 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 7 4800HS 8C 16T @ 3.80 GHz	10590 (100%)

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	Apple A8 2C 2T @ 1.50 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 7 4800HS 8C 16T @ 4.20 GHz	472 (100%)

Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	Apple A8 2C 2T @ 1.50 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 7 4800HS 8C 16T @ 3.80 GHz	3847 (100%)

Blender 3.1 Benchmark

In the Blender Benchmark 3.1, the scenes "monster", "junkshop" and "classroom" are rendered and the time required by the system is measured. In our benchmark we test the CPU and not the graphics card. Blender 3.1 was presented as a standalone version in March 2022.


	Apple A8 2C 2T @ 1.50 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 7 4800HS 8C 16T @ 3.80 GHz	191 (100%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.


	Apple A8 2C 2T @ 1.50 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 7 4800HS 8C 16T @ 2.90 GHz	4581 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	Apple A8 2C 2T @ 1.50 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 7 4800HS 8C 16T @ 4.20 GHz	197 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	Apple A8 2C 2T @ 1.50 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 7 4800HS 8C 16T @ 3.80 GHz	1712 (100%)

Devices using this processor
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