AMD A10-7850K vs Apple M1

Let's find out which one of AMD A10-7850K and Apple M1 is of a more recent generation, and what segment it belongs to.

• Name
  AMD A10-7850K Apple M1
• Segment
  Mobile Mobile
• Family
  AMD A Apple M series
• Generation
  4 1
• CPU group
  AMD A10-7000 Apple M1

In this block we are going to compare AMD A10-7850K vs Apple M1 by main technical specifications: number of cores and threads, base and maximum frequencies, process technology and cache size. The higher these specifications are, the more powerful your CPU will be.

• Frequency
  3.70 GHz 3.20 GHz
• CPU Cores
  4 8
• Turbo (1 Core)
  4.00 GHz No turbo
• CPU Threads
  4 8
• Hyperthreading
  No No
• Overclocking
  Yes No
• Core architecture
  normal hybrid (big.LITTLE)
• A core
  -- 4x Firestorm
• B core
  -- 4x Icestorm

Common specifications for integrated graphics cards in AMD A10-7850K and Apple M1 along with supported interfaces and connection options. This block has no effect on the final efficiency of the CPU.

• GPU name
  AMD Radeon R7 - 512 (Kaveri) Apple M1 (8 Core)
• GPU frequency
  0.72 GHz 3.20 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  No turbo No turbo
• Execution units
  8 128
• Shader
  512 0
• Max. GPU Memory
  2 GB 8 GB
• Max. displays
  2 2
• Generation
  6 1
• DirectX Version
  12
• Technology
  28 nm 5 nm
• Release date
  Q1/2014 Q4/2020

Let's compare the support of video codecs between AMD A10-7850K and Apple M1. Hardware support of video decoding by embedded graphics cards directly affects the speed and quality of rendering videos.

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No Decode / Encode
• h264
  Decode Decode / Encode
• VP9
  No Decode / Encode
• VP8
  No Decode
• AV1
  No Decode
• AVC
  Decode Decode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode

To choose the best model between AMD A10-7850K and Apple M1 you need to pay special attention to memory type, clock frequency, multi-channel features, and PCIe version. The higher these numbers are, the better your CPU will be. Keep in mind that the maximum memory and frequency may also depend on the model of the motherboard.

• Memory type
  DDR3-2133 LPDDR4X-4266
• Max. Memory
  16 GB
• ECC
  Yes No
• Memory channels
  2 2
• PCIe version
  3.0 4.0
• PCIe lanes
  16

AES-NI encryption support for CPUs AMD A10-7850K and Apple M1.

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Let's find out what TDP value would be better for AMD A10-7850K or Apple M1? The Thermal Design Power (TDP) indicates the maximum amount of heat that should be dissipated by the chip cooling system. However, the value of TDP gives only a rough indication of the real power consumption of the CPU.

• TDP (PL1)
  95 W 15 W
• TDP up
  -- 20 W
• TDP down
  -- 10 W

Here you can find a comparison of 2nd and 3rd level cache sizes for AMD A10-7850K and Apple M1 CPUs along with a list of ISA extensions.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) ARMv8-A64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  AMD-V None
• ISA extensions
  SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, FMA3, FMA4 Rosetta 2 x86-Emulation
• L2-Cache
  -- 16.00 MB
• L3-Cache
  4.00 MB --
• Architecture
  Kaveri (Steamroller) M1
• Technology
  28 nm 5 nm
• Socket
  FM2+ N/A
• Release date
  Q1/2014 Q4/2020

List of devices based on AMD A10-7850K and Apple M1.

• Used in
  Unknown Apple iMac 24 (2021)Apple MacBook Pro 13 (L2020)Apple MacBook Air (2020)Apple Mac mini (2020)Apple iPad Pro 11 (2021)Apple iPad Pro 12.9 (2021)