Apple M1 Pro vs AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
We compared two CPUs: the 3.2 GHz Apple M1 Pro (laptop) with 10-cores against the 3.4 GHz AMD Ryzen 9 5950X (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 Pro
- Around 157.12 GB/s (330%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
- Supports quad-channel memory
- Newer - released 1-year and 1-month later
- More modern manufacturing process – 5 versus 7 nanometers
- Includes an integrated GPU Apple M1 Pro GPU (16-core)
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
- Supports up to 128 GB DDR4-3200 RAM
- Unlocked multiplier
- Has 6 more physical cores
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 | 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 | 16 |
| P-Threads | 8 | 32 |
| Base Frequency (P) | 3.2 GHz | 3.4 GHz |
| Turbo Boost Frequency (P) | - | 4.9 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 | - | 34x |
| 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 |
| Socket | Apple M-Socket | AM4 |
| TDP | 30 W | 105 W |
| Peak temperature | - | 95°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 5950X official page |
| PCI Express Version | - | 4.0 |
| PCI Express Lanes | - | 20 |
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