Apple M1 Ultra vs AMD Ryzen 9 7900
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We compared two CPUs: the 3.2 GHz Apple M1 Ultra (laptop) with 20-cores against the 3.7 GHz AMD Ryzen 9 7900 (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
Integrated Graphics
iGPU capabilities for gaming and 3D-intensive tasks
The "iGPU" and "Power Efficiency" have a minor impact on the NanoReview Score for desktop CPU.
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Value for money (Beta)
Key Differences
Advantages of Apple M1 Ultra
- More powerful Apple M1 Ultra GPU (64-core) integrated graphics: 21.2 vs 0.6 TFLOPS
- Has 8 more physical cores
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 7900
- Unlocked multiplier
- Newer - released 11 months later
- 21% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2947 vs 2436 points
Test in Benchmarks
Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasksCinebench
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench Scores (#54th place)
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
| File compression | 2000 MB/sec | 1690 MB/sec |
| Clang compilation | 189 Klines/sec | 149.9 Klines/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | 513.5 pages/sec | 341.4 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | 548.8 Mpixels/sec | 481.5 Mpixels/sec |
| Text processing | 250.5 pages/sec | 299.8 pages/sec |
| Background blur | 42.3 images/sec | 70.3 images/sec |
| Photo processing | 151.4 images/sec | 119.8 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | 27.8 Mpixels/sec | 31 Mpixels/sec |
PassMark
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
| Integer math | 92.4 GOps/sec | 162.4 GOps/sec |
| Floating point math | 130.1 GOps/sec | 97.2 GOps/sec |
| Find prime numbers | 538M Primes/sec | 378M Primes/sec |
| Random string sorting | 66.8M Strings/sec | 68.5M Strings/sec |
| Data encryption | 24.9 GBytes/sec | 34.4 GBytes/sec |
| Data compression | 556.6 MBytes/sec | 573.4 MBytes/sec |
| Physics | 5558 Frames/sec | 3027 Frames/sec |
| Extended instructions | 25.4B Matrices/sec | 41.9B Matrices/sec |
Blender
Blender CPU
Performance Per Watt
| Cinebench 2024 / Watt | 23.2 PPW | 25.5 PPW |
| Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt | 264.7 PPW | 267.7 PPW |
| Passmark CPU Mark / Watt | 591.3 PPW | 739 PPW |
| Blender / Watt | 5.81 PPW | 6.11 PPW |
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.
Recent User Tests
Apple M1 Ultra
No benchmark results yet
AMD Ryzen 9 7900
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2025-03-17 (A_Nobody) | Cinebench 2024 | 120 / 1657 |
Specifications
Full technical specification of Apple M1 Ultra and AMD Ryzen 9 7900General
| Vendor | Apple | Amd |
| Released | March 8, 2022 | January 10, 2023 |
| Type | Laptop | Desktop |
| Instruction Set | ARMv8 | x86-64 |
| Codename | Apple M1 | Zen 4 (Raphael) |
| Model number | APL1106/APL1W06 | - |
| Integrated GPU | Apple M1 Ultra GPU (64-core) | Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000) |
| Rival Equivalent | - Intel Core i9 12900K | - Intel Core i9 13900 |
| Successor | - Apple M4 Ultra | - |
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#20th place)
CPU
| P-Cores | 16 | 12 |
| P-Threads | 16 | 24 |
| Base Frequency (P) | 3.2 GHz | 3.7 GHz |
| Turbo Boost Frequency (P) | - | 5.4 GHz |
| E-Cores | 4 | - |
| E-Threads | 4 | - |
| Base Frequency (E) | 2.1 GHz | - |
| Total Cores | 20 | 12 |
| Total Threads | 20 | 24 |
| Bus Frequency | - | 100 MHz |
| Multiplier | - | 37x |
| L1 Cache | 192K (per core) | 64K (per core) |
| L2 Cache | 48MB (shared) | 1MB (per core) |
| L3 Cache | - | 64MB (shared) |
| Unlocked Multiplier | No | Yes |
Package
| Transistors | 114 billions | 13.1 billions |
| Fabrication Process | 5 nm | 5 nm |
| TDP (PL1) | 70 W | 65 W |
| Max. Boost TDP (PL2) | - | 142 W |
| Socket | Apple M-Socket | AM5 |
| Peak Temperature | - | 95°C |
Desktop CPU ranking (#38th place)
iGPU
| Integrated Graphics | Apple M1 Ultra GPU (64-core) | Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000) |
| GPU Base Clock | 450 MHz | 400 MHz |
| GPU Boost Clock | 1296 MHz | 2200 MHz |
| Shading Units | 8192 | 128 |
| TMUs | 512 | 8 |
| ROPs | 256 | 4 |
| Execution Units | 1024 | 2 |
| TGP | 120 W | 15 W |
iGPU FLOPS
Memory Support
| Memory Types | - LPDDR5-6400 | - DDR5-5200 |
| Max. Memory Size | 128 GB | 128 GB |
| Memory Channels | 8 | 2 |
| Max. Memory Bandwidth | 819.2 GB/s | - |
| ECC Support | No | Yes |
Misc
| Official Site | - | AMD Ryzen 9 7900 official page |
| PCI Express Version | - | 5.0 |
| PCI Express Lanes | - | 28 |
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