Apple M1 Pro vs AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
We compared two CPUs: the 3.2 GHz Apple M1 Pro (laptop) with 10-cores against the 3.7 GHz AMD Ryzen 9 5900X (desktop) with 12-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
Multi-Core Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Power Efficiency
The efficiency score of power consumption
NanoReview Final Score
Generic CPU rating
The "iGPU" and "Power Efficiency" have a minor impact on the NanoReview Score when comparing desktop CPUs.
Key Differences
Advantages of Apple M1 Pro
- Around 157.12 GB/s (330%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
- Supports quad-channel memory
- Newer - released 1-year later
- More modern manufacturing process – 5 versus 7 nanometers
- Includes an integrated GPU Apple M1 Pro GPU (16-core)
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
- Supports up to 128 GB DDR4-3200 RAM
- Unlocked multiplier
- Has 2 more physical cores
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Test in Benchmarks
Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasksCinebench R23
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
| File compression | 992.7 MB/sec | 1220 MB/sec |
| Clang compilation | 69.6 Klines/sec | 122.4 Klines/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | 205.7 pages/sec | 239.3 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | 209.8 Mpixels/sec | 384.6 Mpixels/sec |
| Text processing | 243.6 pages/sec | 226.6 pages/sec |
| Background blur | 35.3 images/sec | 46.4 images/sec |
| Photo processing | 84.5 images/sec | 91.2 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | 9.68 Mpixels/sec | 30.4 Mpixels/sec |
PassMark
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
| Integer math | 46.4 GOps/sec | 143.9 GOps/sec |
| Floating point math | 64.7 GOps/sec | 77.7 GOps/sec |
| Find prime numbers | 275M Primes/sec | 252M Primes/sec |
| Random string sorting | 32.9M Strings/sec | 52.7M Strings/sec |
| Data encryption | 12.3 GBytes/sec | 31.4 GBytes/sec |
| Data compression | 275.4 MBytes/sec | 502.9 MBytes/sec |
| Physics | 2705 Frames/sec | 2019 Frames/sec |
| Extended instructions | 11.4B Matrices/sec | 33B Matrices/sec |
Value for money
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Specifications
Full technical specification of Apple M1 Pro and AMD Ryzen 9 5900XGeneral
| Vendor | Apple | AMD |
| Released | October 18, 2021 | October 8, 2020 |
| Type | Laptop | Desktop |
| instruction set | ARMv8 | x86-64 |
| Codename | Apple M1 | Zen 3 (Vermeer) |
| Integrated GPU | Apple M1 Pro GPU (16-core) | No |
CPU
| P-Cores | 8 | 12 |
| P-Threads | 8 | 24 |
| Base Frequency (P) | 3.2 GHz | 3.7 GHz |
| Turbo Boost Frequency (P) | - | 4.8 GHz |
| E-Cores | 2 | - |
| E-Threads | 2 | - |
| Base Frequency (E) | 2.1 GHz | - |
| Total Cores | 10 | 12 |
| Total Threads | 10 | 24 |
| Bus Frequency | - | 100 MHz |
| Multiplier | - | 37x |
| L1 Cache | 192K (per core) | 64K (per core) |
| L2 Cache | 24MB (shared) | 512K (per core) |
| L3 Cache | - | 64MB (shared) |
| Unlocked Multiplier | No | Yes |
Package
| Transistors | 33.7 billions | 4.15 billions |
| Fabrication process | 5 nm | 7 nm |
| TDP (PL1) | 30 W | 105 W |
| Socket | Apple M-Socket | AM4 |
| Peak temperature | - | 90°C |
iGPU
| Integrated Graphics | Apple M1 Pro GPU (16-core) | - |
| GPU Base Clock | 450 MHz | - |
| GPU Boost Clock | 1296 MHz | - |
| Shading Units | 2048 | - |
| TMUs | 128 | - |
| ROPs | 64 | - |
| TGP | 30 W | - |
| Max. Resolution | 6016x3384 - 60 Hz | - |
iGPU FLOPS
Memory Support
| Memory types | - LPDDR5-6400 | - DDR4-3200 |
| Memory Size | 32 GB | 128 GB |
| Max. Memory Channels | 4 | 2 |
| Max. Memory Bandwidth | 204.8 GB/s | 47.68 GB/s |
| ECC Support | No | Yes |
Misc
| Official site | - | AMD Ryzen 9 5900X official page |
| PCI Express Version | - | 4.0 |
| PCI Express Lanes | - | 20 |
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