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Apple M3 Max vs AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D

83 out of 100
Apple M3 Max
VS
76 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D
Apple M3 Max
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D

We compared two 16-core CPUs: the 4.05 GHz Apple M3 Max (laptop) against the 4.2 GHz AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D (desktop). 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
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Power Efficiency
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Key Differences

What are the key differences between 7950X3D and Max
Advantages of Apple M3 Max
  • More powerful Apple M3 Max GPU (40-core) integrated graphics: 14.1 vs 0.6 TFLOPS
  • Around 326.4 GB/s (392%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
  • More modern manufacturing process โ€“ 3 versus 5 nanometers
  • Newer - released 10 months later
  • More than 11ยฐ C higher critical temperature
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D
  • Unlocked multiplier
  • Supports up to 192 GB DDR5-5200 RAM
  • Newer PCI Express version โ€“ 5.0

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
M3 Max
vs
Ryzen 9 7950X3D

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
M3 Max +21%
142
Ryzen 9 7950X3D
117
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
M3 Max
1698
Ryzen 9 7950X3D +18%
2003
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 5133 -
Cinebench Scores (51st and 26th 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)
M3 Max +7%
3227
Ryzen 9 7950X3D
3003
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
M3 Max +11%
21167
Ryzen 9 7950X3D
19043
File compression 2190 MB/sec 1550 MB/sec
Clang compilation 198.5 Klines/sec 228.7 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 557.3 pages/sec 353.4 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 648.9 Mpixels/sec 482.7 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 309.1 pages/sec 303.7 pages/sec
Background blur 68.9 images/sec 68.3 images/sec
Photo processing 183.5 images/sec 117.9 images/sec
Ray tracing 30.6 Mpixels/sec 54.7 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] โ€“ 678 & 562 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
M3 Max +15%
4780
Ryzen 9 7950X3D
4144
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
M3 Max
41211
Ryzen 9 7950X3D +51%
62301
Integer math 91.2 GOps/sec 213.3 GOps/sec
Floating point math 131.5 GOps/sec 130.1 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 573M Primes/sec 492M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 61.7M Strings/sec 93.2M Strings/sec
Data encryption 24.7 GBytes/sec 47 GBytes/sec
Data compression 530.4 MBytes/sec 783.2 MBytes/sec
Physics 4332 Frames/sec 5047 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 24.2B Matrices/sec 58.4B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] โ€“ 409 & 6573 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
M3 Max
403.83
Ryzen 9 7950X3D +34%
539.45

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 30.3 PPW 16.7 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 378 PPW 158.7 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 735.9 PPW 519.2 PPW
Blender / Watt 7.21 PPW 4.5 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 M3 Max
DateBenchmarkResult
๐Ÿ“˜ 2024-09-27 (JayZeppelin)Cinebench 2024142 / 1698
๐Ÿ“˜ 2024-04-27 (Guest #1)Cinebench 2024141 / 1459
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AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D
DateBenchmarkResult
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-02-03 (TheDude)Cinebench 2024109 / 1803
๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-08-23 (HermesGrey)Geekbench 6 CPU2723 / 17081
๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-06-28 (JenXay)Cinebench 2024117 / 2062
๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-06-08 (Jacob Newman)Cinebench 2024113 / 1958
๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-02-19 (Ph1ps)Cinebench 2024111 / 2735
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Apple M3 Max and AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D

General

Vendor Apple Amd
Released October 30, 2023 January 4, 2023
Type Laptop Desktop
Instruction Set ARMv8 x86-64
Codename Apple M3 Zen 4 (Raphael)
Model number - 7950X3D
Integrated GPU Apple M3 Max GPU (40-core) Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000)
Rival Equivalent - - Intel Core i9 13900K
Successor - Apple M5 Max (40-ัore GPU) - AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#12th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 12 16
P-Threads 12 32
Base Frequency (P) 4.05 GHz 4.2 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) - 5.7 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 4 -
E-Threads 4 -
Base Frequency (E) 2.75 GHz -
Total
Total Cores 16 16
Total Threads 16 32
Bus Frequency - 100 MHz
Multiplier 40x 42x
L1 Cache 192K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 32MB (shared) 1MB (per core)
L3 Cache - 128MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No Yes

Package

Transistors 92 billions 13.1 billions
Fabrication Process 3 nm 5 nm
TDP (PL1) 56 W 120 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) - 162 W
Socket Apple M-Socket AM5
Peak Temperature 100ยฐC 89ยฐC
Desktop CPU ranking (#23rd place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Apple M3 Max GPU (40-core) Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000)
GPU Base Clock 500 MHz 400 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1380 MHz 2200 MHz
Shading Units 5120 128
TMUs 320 8
ROPs 160 4
Execution Units 640 2
TGP 60 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
M3 Max +2250%
14.1 TFLOPS
Ryzen 9 7950X3D
0.6 TFLOPS
More info: Radeon Graphics iGPU (Ryzen 7000) compared to Apple M3 Max GPU (40-core)

Memory Support

Memory Types - LPDDR5-6400 - DDR5-5200
Max. Memory Size 128 GB 192 GB
Memory Channels 32 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 409.6 GB/s 83.2 GB/s
ECC Support No Yes

Misc

Official Site - AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 5.0
PCI Express Lanes - 28

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Comments

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