Apple M1 Ultra vs AMD Ryzen 9 3950X
We compared two desktop CPUs: the 3.2 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
Multi-Core 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 752.32 GB/s (1578%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
- Newer - released 2-years and 4-months later
- 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
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)
Specifications
General
| Vendor | Apple | AMD |
| Released | March 8, 2022 | November 25, 2019 |
| Type | Desktop | Desktop |
| instruction set | ARMv8 | x86-64 |
| Codename | Apple M1 | - |
| Model number | APL1106/APL1W06 | - |
| Integrated GPU | Apple M1 Ultra GPU (64-core) | No |
CPU
| P-Cores | 16 | 16 |
| P-Threads | 16 | 32 |
| Base Frequency (P) | 3.2 GHz | 3.5 GHz |
| Turbo Boost Frequency (P) | - | 4.7 GHz |
| E-Cores | 4 | - |
| E-Threads | 4 | - |
| Base Frequency (E) | 2.1 GHz | - |
| Total Cores | 20 | 16 |
| Total Threads | 20 | 32 |
| Bus Frequency | - | 100 MHz |
| Multiplier | - | 35x |
| L1 Cache | 192K (per core) | 64K (per core) |
| L2 Cache | 48MB (shared) | 512K (per core) |
| L3 Cache | - | 64MB (shared) |
| Unlocked Multiplier | No | Yes |
Package
| Transistors | 114 billions | 3.8 billions |
| Fabrication process | 5 nm | 7 nm |
| Socket | Apple M-Socket | AM4 |
| 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 | 800 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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