Apple M1 Max vs AMD Ryzen 9 7950X
We compared two CPUs: the 3.2 GHz Apple M1 Max (laptop) with 10-cores against the 4.5 GHz AMD Ryzen 9 7950X (desktop) with 16-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.
Review
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Power Efficiency
The efficiency score of electricity consumption
NanoReview Final Score
Generic CPU rating
Key Differences
Advantages of Apple M1 Max
- Around 336.2 GB/s (458%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 7950X
- Unlocked multiplier
- Supports up to 128 GB DDR5-5200 RAM
- Has 6 more physical cores
- 26% faster in a single-core Geekbench v5 test - 2253 vs 1785 points
Benchmarks
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Geekbench 5 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 5 (Multi-Core)
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Specifications
General
| Vendor | Apple | AMD |
| Released | May 7, 2022 | August 29, 2022 |
| Type | Laptop | Desktop |
| instruction set | ARMv8 | x86-64 |
| Codename | Apple M1 | Zen 4 (Raphael) |
| Integrated GPU | Apple M1 Max GPU (32-core) | Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000) |
CPU
| P-Cores | 8 | 16 |
| P-Threads | 8 | 32 |
| Base Frequency (P) | 3.2 GHz | 4.5 GHz |
| Turbo Boost Frequency (P) | - | 5.7 GHz |
| E-Cores | 2 | - |
| E-Threads | 2 | - |
| Base Frequency (E) | 2.1 GHz | - |
| Total Cores | 10 | 16 |
| Total Threads | 10 | 32 |
| Bus Frequency | - | 100 MHz |
| Multiplier | - | 45x |
| L1 Cache | 192K (per core) | 64K (per core) |
| L2 Cache | 24MB (shared) | 1MB (per core) |
| L3 Cache | - | 64MB (shared) |
| Unlocked Multiplier | No | Yes |
Package
| Transistors | 57 billions | 13.1 billions |
| Fabrication process | 5 nm | 5 nm |
| Socket | Apple M-Socket | AM5 |
| TDP | 30 W | 170 W |
| Max. Boost TDP | - | 230 W |
| Peak temperature | - | 95°C |
iGPU
| Integrated Graphics | Apple M1 Max GPU (32-core) | Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000) |
| GPU Base Clock | 450 MHz | 1500 MHz |
| GPU Boost Clock | 1296 MHz | 2200 MHz |
| Shading Units | 4096 | 128 |
| TMUs | 256 | 8 |
| ROPs | 128 | 4 |
| Execution Units | - | 2 |
| TGP | 60 W | 15 W |
| Max. Resolution | 6016x3384 - 60 Hz | - |
iGPU FLOPS
Memory Support
| Memory types | LPDDR5-6400 | DDR5-5200 |
| Memory Size | 64 GB | 128 GB |
| Max. Memory Channels | 8 | 2 |
| Max. Memory Bandwidth | 409.6 GB/s | 73.4 GB/s |
| ECC Support | No | Yes |
Misc
| Official site | - | AMD Ryzen 9 7950X official page |
| PCI Express Version | - | 5.0 |
| PCI Express Lanes | - | 28 |
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