Apple M4 (8-Core) vs AMD Ryzen 9 9950X
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We compared two CPUs: the 4.46 GHz Apple M4 (8-Core) (laptop) with 8-cores against the 4.3 GHz AMD Ryzen 9 9950X (desktop) 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 power consumption
The "iGPU" and "Power Efficiency" have a minor impact on the NanoReview Score for desktop CPU.
Choose your main usage scenario to recalculate the Final Score and see which CPU suits your needs.
Value for money (Beta)
Key Differences
Advantages of Apple M4 (8-Core)
- More modern manufacturing process – 3 versus 4 nanometers
- Around 30.4 GB/s (34%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
- Newer - released 5 months later
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 9950X
- Supports up to 192 GB DDR5-5600 RAM
- Has 8 more physical cores
- Unlocked multiplier
Test in Benchmarks
Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasksCinebench
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
| Cinebench 2026 (Single) | - | 724 |
| Cinebench 2026 (Multi) | - | 7630 |
Cinebench Scores (181st and 10th place)
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
| File compression | 1440 MB/sec | 1710 MB/sec |
| Clang compilation | 94.5 Klines/sec | 226 Klines/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | 301.2 pages/sec | 391.9 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | 343.5 Mpixels/sec | 586.8 Mpixels/sec |
| Text processing | 350.9 pages/sec | 351.6 pages/sec |
| Background blur | 56.6 images/sec | 84.3 images/sec |
| Photo processing | 144.8 images/sec | 144.4 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | 14.3 Mpixels/sec | 55.7 Mpixels/sec |
PassMark
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
| Integer math | - | 241.5 GOps/sec |
| Floating point math | - | 158.5 GOps/sec |
| Find prime numbers | - | 343M Primes/sec |
| Random string sorting | - | 93.7M Strings/sec |
| Data encryption | - | 44.2 GBytes/sec |
| Data compression | - | 891.3 MBytes/sec |
| Physics | - | 3254 Frames/sec |
| Extended instructions | - | 71.2B Matrices/sec |
Blender
Blender CPU
Performance Per Watt
| Cinebench 2024 / Watt | 45.6 PPW | 13.6 PPW |
| Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt | 666.4 PPW | 128 PPW |
| Passmark CPU Mark / Watt | 1033.6 PPW | 386.6 PPW |
| Blender / Watt | - | 3.52 PPW |
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.
Recent User Tests
Apple M4 (8-Core)
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-05-08 -> B00_1999 | Geekbench 6 CPU | 3684 / 15022 |
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-07-05 (greenmonalisa) | Cinebench 2024 | 136 / 2307 |
| 📘 2026-06-25 (Malanore) | Cinebench 2026 | 724 / 7630 |
| 📘 2026-04-20 -> Tuki | Geekbench 6 CPU | 3607 / 23374 |
| 📘 2026-02-07 (jimmygeneris) | Cinebench 2024 | 136 / 2114 |
| 📘 2026-01-01 (Capt Jack Swallows) | Cinebench 2024 | 136 / 2162 |
Specifications
Full technical specification of Apple M4 (8-Core) and AMD Ryzen 9 9950XGeneral
| Vendor | Apple | Amd |
| Released | October 29, 2024 | June 3, 2024 |
| Type | Laptop | Desktop |
| Instruction Set | ARMv9 | x86-64 |
| Codename | Apple M4 | Zen 5 (Granite Ridge) |
| Model number | APL1206 | 9950X |
| Integrated GPU | Apple M4 GPU (8-core) | Radeon Graphics |
| Rival Equivalent | - | - Intel Core i9 14900K |
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#3rd place)
CPU
| P-Cores | 4 | 16 |
| P-Threads | 4 | 32 |
| Base Frequency (P) | 4.46 GHz | 4.3 GHz |
| Turbo Boost Frequency (P) | - | 5.7 GHz |
| E-Cores | 4 | - |
| E-Threads | 4 | - |
| Base Frequency (E) | 2.85 GHz | - |
| Total Cores | 8 | 16 |
| Total Threads | 8 | 32 |
| Bus Frequency | 100 MHz | 100 MHz |
| Multiplier | 44x | 43x |
| L1 Cache | 192K (per core) | 80K (per core) |
| L2 Cache | 16MB (shared) | 1MB (per core) |
| L3 Cache | - | 64MB (shared) |
| Unlocked Multiplier | No | Yes |
Package
| Fabrication Process | 3 nm | 4 nm |
| TDP (PL1) | 20 W | 170 W |
| Max. Boost TDP (PL2) | - | 230 W |
| Socket | Apple M-Socket | AM5 |
| Peak Temperature | 100°C | 95°C |
| Die Size | 169.4 mm² | - |
Laptop processors ranking (#34th place)
Desktop CPU ranking (#6th place)
iGPU
| Integrated Graphics | Apple M4 GPU (8-core) | Radeon Graphics |
| GPU Base Clock | 500 MHz | - |
| GPU Boost Clock | 1470 MHz | 2200 MHz |
| Shading Units | 1024 | - |
| TMUs | 64 | - |
| ROPs | 32 | - |
| Execution Units | 128 | - |
| TGP | 15 W | - |
iGPU FLOPS
Memory Support
| Memory Types | - LPDDR5X-7500 | - DDR5-5600 |
| Max. Memory Size | 32 GB | 192 GB |
| Memory Channels | 8 | 2 |
| Max. Memory Bandwidth | 120 GB/s | 89.6 GB/s |
| ECC Support | No | Yes |
Misc
| Official Site | - | AMD Ryzen 9 9950X official page |
| PCI Express Version | - | 5.0 |
| PCI Express Lanes | - | 28 |
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