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Apple M1 vs AMD Ryzen 9 5950X

53 out of 100
Apple M1
VS
62 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
Apple M1
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X

We compared two CPUs: the 3.2 GHz Apple M1 (laptop) with 8-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.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Performance
  4. Specs
  5. Comments

Review

General overview and comparison of the processors
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Multi-Core Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
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Key Differences

What are the key differences between 5950X and M1
Advantages of Apple M1
  • More modern manufacturing process – 5 versus 7 nanometers
  • Around 20.57 GB/s (43%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
  • Includes an integrated GPU Apple M1 GPU
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
  • Supports up to 128 GB DDR4-3200 RAM
  • Has 8 more physical cores
  • Unlocked multiplier

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Apple M1
vs
Ryzen 9 5950X

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Apple M1 +15%
110
Ryzen 9 5950X
96
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Apple M1
525
Ryzen 9 5950X +179%
1464
Cinebench 2026 (Single) - 464
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) - 5693
Cinebench Scores (#76th place)
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GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Apple M1 +6%
2410
Ryzen 9 5950X
2276
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Apple M1
8547
Ryzen 9 5950X +49%
12728
File compression 941 MB/sec 1120 MB/sec
Clang compilation 68.2 Klines/sec 147.1 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 192.4 pages/sec 224.5 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 211.9 Mpixels/sec 372.1 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 250.8 pages/sec 222.5 pages/sec
Background blur 34.1 images/sec 28.4 images/sec
Photo processing 60.9 images/sec 85 images/sec
Ray tracing 9.74 Mpixels/sec 38.4 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 760 & 741 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Apple M1 +6%
3673
Ryzen 9 5950X
3476
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Apple M1
14123
Ryzen 9 5950X +220%
45260
Integer math 33.2 GOps/sec 183.9 GOps/sec
Floating point math 35.5 GOps/sec 100.5 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 141M Primes/sec 223M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 21M Strings/sec 64.9M Strings/sec
Data encryption 8.5 GBytes/sec 39.4 GBytes/sec
Data compression 168 MBytes/sec 622.5 MBytes/sec
Physics 1359 Frames/sec 1854 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 7B Matrices/sec 40.4B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 10702 & 19398 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Apple M1
95.27
Ryzen 9 5950X +334%
413.83

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 37.5 PPW 13.9 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 610.5 PPW 121.2 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 1008.8 PPW 431 PPW
Blender / Watt 6.81 PPW 3.94 PPW
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Apple M1
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-25 -> op1Geekbench 6 CPU2273 / 7967
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-24 -> op1Geekbench 6 CPU2420 / 8793
πŸ“˜ 2026-03-06 (gaR)Geekbench 6 CPU2396 / 8763
πŸ“˜ 2025-04-11 (Ario)Geekbench 6 CPU2395 / 8820
πŸ“˜ 2025-04-11 (Ario)Cinebench 2024110 / 465
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AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-12 (stream pc)Cinebench 2026456 / 4979
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-30 (DDD)Cinebench 2026464 / 5693
πŸ“˜ 2025-12-04 (PhillyBass)Geekbench 6 CPU2259 / 12745
πŸ“˜ 2025-12-04 (PhillyBass)Cinebench 202499 / 1448
πŸ“˜ 2025-10-07 (C0d3M0nk3y)Cinebench 202497 / 1451
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Apple M1 and AMD Ryzen 9 5950X

General

Vendor Apple Amd
Released November 20, 2020 October 8, 2020
Type Laptop Desktop
Instruction Set ARMv8 x86-64
Codename Apple M1 Zen 3 (Vermeer)
Integrated GPU Apple M1 GPU No
Rival Equivalent - - Intel Core i9 11900K
Successor - Apple M5 (10-Core) - AMD Ryzen 9 9950X
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#51st place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 4 16
P-Threads 4 32
Base Frequency (P) 3.2 GHz 3.4 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) - 4.9 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 4 -
E-Threads 4 -
Base Frequency (E) 2.1 GHz -
Total
Total Cores 8 16
Total Threads 8 32
Bus Frequency - 100 MHz
Multiplier - 34x
L1 Cache 192K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 12MB (shared) 512K (per core)
L3 Cache - 64MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No Yes

Package

Transistors 16 billions 4.15 billions
Fabrication Process 5 nm 7 nm
TDP (PL1) 14 W 105 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) - 142 W
Socket Apple M-Socket AM4
Peak Temperature - 95Β°C
Desktop CPU ranking (#72nd place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Apple M1 GPU -
GPU Base Clock 450 MHz -
GPU Boost Clock 1278 MHz -
Shading Units 1024 -
TMUs 64 -
ROPs 32 -
Execution Units 128 -
TGP 15 W -
iGPU FLOPS
Apple M1
2.6 TFLOPS
Ryzen 9 5950X
n/a
See: Apple M1 GPU (8-core) benchmarks

Memory Support

Memory Types - LPDDR4X-4266 - DDR4-3200
Max. Memory Size 16 GB 128 GB
Memory Channels 8 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 68.25 GB/s 47.68 GB/s
ECC Support No Yes

Misc

Official Site - AMD Ryzen 9 5950X official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes - 20

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