Apple M1 Ultra vs AMD Ryzen 9 3950X
We compared two desktop CPUs: the 2.0 GHz Apple M1 Ultra with 20-cores against the 3.5 GHz AMD Ryzen 9 3950X 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 Ultra
- Around 771.52 GB/s (1618%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
- Newer - released 2-years and 4-months later
- Consumes up to 43% less energy than the Ryzen 9 3950X – 60 vs 105 Watt
- More modern manufacturing process – 5 versus 7 nanometers
- 38% faster in a single-core Geekbench v5 test - 1772 vs 1282 points
- Has 4 more physical cores
- Includes an integrated GPU Apple M1 Ultra GPU (64-core)
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 3950X
- Unlocked multiplier
- 47% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.7 GHz vs 3.2 GHz)
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 | March 8, 2022 | November 25, 2019 |
| Type | Desktop | Desktop |
| instruction set | ARMv8 | x86-64 |
| Codename | - | Zen 2 |
| Socket | Apple M-Socket | AM4 |
| Integrated GPU | Apple M1 Ultra GPU (64-core) | No |
Performance
| Cores | 20 | 16 |
| Threads | 20 | 32 |
| Base Frequency | 2.0 GHz | 3.5 GHz |
| Turbo Boost Frequency | 3.2 GHz | 4.7 GHz |
| Bus frequency | - | 100 MHz |
| Multiplier | - | 35x |
| L1 Cache | 192K (per core) | 64K (per core) |
| L2 Cache | 24MB (shared) | 512K (per core) |
| L3 Cache | - | 64MB (shared) |
| Unlocked Multiplier | No | Yes |
Power
| Transistors | 114 billions | 3.8 billions |
| Fabrication process | 5 nm | 7 nm |
| TDP | 60 W | 105 W |
iGPU
| Integrated Graphics | Apple M1 Ultra GPU (64-core) | - |
| GPU Base Clock | 450 MHz | - |
| GPU Boost Clock | 1296 MHz | - |
| Shading Units | 8192 | - |
| TMUs | 512 | - |
| ROPs | 256 | - |
| TGP | 120 W | - |
| Max. Resolution | 6016x3384 - 60 Hz | - |
iGPU FLOPS
Memory support
| Memory types | LPDDR5-6400 | DDR4-3200 |
| Memory Size | 128 GB | 128 GB |
| Max. Memory Channels | 16 | 2 |
| Max. Memory Bandwidth | 819.2 GB/s | 47.68 GB/s |
| ECC Support | No | Yes |
Misc
| Official site | - | AMD Ryzen 9 3950X official page |
| PCI Express Version | - | 4.0 |
| PCI Express Lanes | - | 16 |
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