Apple M1 Max vs AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X
We compared two CPUs: the 3.2 GHz Apple M1 Max (laptop) with 10-cores against the 2.9 GHz AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X (desktop) with 64-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 314.23 GB/s (329%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
- Newer - released 2-years and 4-months later
- More modern manufacturing process – 5 versus 7 nanometers
- 40% faster in a single-core Geekbench v5 test - 1785 vs 1277 points
- Includes an integrated GPU Apple M1 Max GPU (32-core)
Advantages of AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X
- Has 54 more physical cores
- Supports up to 256 GB DDR4-3200 RAM
- Unlocked multiplier
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 | January 10, 2020 |
| Type | Laptop | Desktop |
| instruction set | ARMv8 | x86-64 |
| Codename | Apple M1 | - |
| Integrated GPU | Apple M1 Max GPU (32-core) | No |
CPU
| P-Cores | 8 | 64 |
| P-Threads | 8 | 128 |
| Base Frequency (P) | 3.2 GHz | 2.9 GHz |
| Turbo Boost Frequency (P) | - | 4.3 GHz |
| E-Cores | 2 | - |
| E-Threads | 2 | - |
| Base Frequency (E) | 2.1 GHz | - |
| Total Cores | 10 | 64 |
| Total Threads | 10 | 128 |
| Bus Frequency | - | 100 MHz |
| Multiplier | - | 29x |
| L1 Cache | 192K (per core) | 96K (per core) |
| L2 Cache | 24MB (shared) | 512K (per core) |
| L3 Cache | - | 128MB (shared) |
| Unlocked Multiplier | No | Yes |
Package
| Transistors | 57 billions | 19.2 billions |
| Fabrication process | 5 nm | 7 nm |
| Socket | Apple M-Socket | sTRX4 |
| TDP | 30 W | 280 W |
| Peak temperature | - | 95°C |
iGPU
| Integrated Graphics | Apple M1 Max GPU (32-core) | - |
| GPU Base Clock | 450 MHz | - |
| GPU Boost Clock | 1296 MHz | - |
| Shading Units | 4096 | - |
| TMUs | 256 | - |
| ROPs | 128 | - |
| TGP | 60 W | - |
| Max. Resolution | 6016x3384 - 60 Hz | - |
iGPU FLOPS
Memory Support
| Memory types | LPDDR5-6400 | DDR4-3200 |
| Memory Size | 64 GB | 256 GB |
| Max. Memory Channels | 8 | 4 |
| Max. Memory Bandwidth | 409.6 GB/s | 95.37 GB/s |
| ECC Support | No | Yes |
Misc
| Official site | - | AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X official page |
| PCI Express Version | - | 4.0 |
| PCI Express Lanes | - | 64 |
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