Apple M4 Ultra vs AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
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We compared two desktop CPUs: the 4.52 GHz Apple M4 Ultra with 32-cores against the 4.7 GHz AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D with 8-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.
Please note that the tests on the Apple M4 Ultra are done on an engineering sample provided by our insiders. The data will be more accurate after the final version of this CPU is available.
Key Differences
Advantages of Apple M4 Ultra
- More powerful Apple M4 Ultra GPU (80-core) integrated graphics: 32.3 vs 0.6 TFLOPS
- Around 962.4 GB/s (1074%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
- Has 24 more physical cores
- Newer - released 6 months later
- More modern manufacturing process β 3 versus 4 nanometers
- 23% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 4062 vs 3315 points
Test in Benchmarks
Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasksCinebench
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
| Cinebench 2026 (Single) | - | 708 |
| Cinebench 2026 (Multi) | - | 5087 |
Cinebench Scores (#87th place)
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
| File compression | - | 1730 MB/sec |
| Clang compilation | - | 140.3 Klines/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | - | 356.9 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | - | 509 Mpixels/sec |
| Text processing | - | 337 pages/sec |
| Background blur | - | 90.4 images/sec |
| Photo processing | - | 135.2 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | - | 29.1 Mpixels/sec |
PassMark
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
| Integer math | - | 116.6 GOps/sec |
| Floating point math | - | 79.4 GOps/sec |
| Find prime numbers | - | 420M Primes/sec |
| Random string sorting | - | 48.4M Strings/sec |
| Data encryption | - | 22.1 GBytes/sec |
| Data compression | - | 467.2 MBytes/sec |
| Physics | - | 4071 Frames/sec |
| Extended instructions | - | 38.7B Matrices/sec |
Blender
Blender CPU
Performance Per Watt
| Cinebench 2024 / Watt | - | 11.1 PPW |
| Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt | - | 152.9 PPW |
| Passmark CPU Mark / Watt | - | 332.7 PPW |
| Blender / Watt | - | 2.68 PPW |
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.
Recent User Tests
Apple M4 Ultra
No benchmark results yet
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-08-28 (Average) | Cinebench 2026 | 735 / 5624 |
| π 2026-08-17 (looch) | Cinebench 2026 | 708 / 5087 |
| π 2026-07-20 (szegi) | Cinebench 2024 | 138 / 1365 |
| π 2026-07-08 (Spice Master) | Cinebench 2026 | 764 / 5801 |
| π 2026-05-08 (ChronicallyEve) | Cinebench 2026 | 721 / 5465 |
Specifications
Full technical specification of Apple M4 Ultra and AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3DGeneral
| Vendor | Apple | Amd |
| Released | May 1, 2025 | October 31, 2024 |
| Type | Desktop | Desktop |
| Instruction Set | ARMv9 | x86-64 |
| Codename | Apple M4 | Zen 5 (Granite Ridge) |
| Model number | - | 9800X3D |
| Integrated GPU | Apple M4 Ultra GPU (80-core) | Radeon Graphics |
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#14th place)
CPU
| P-Cores | 24 | 8 |
| P-Threads | 24 | 16 |
| Base Frequency (P) | 4.52 GHz | 4.7 GHz |
| Turbo Boost Frequency (P) | - | 5.2 GHz |
| E-Cores | 8 | - |
| E-Threads | 8 | - |
| Base Frequency (E) | 2.89 GHz | - |
| Total Cores | 32 | 8 |
| Total Threads | 32 | 16 |
| Bus Frequency | - | 100 MHz |
| Multiplier | 45x | 47x |
| L1 Cache | - | 80K (per core) |
| L2 Cache | - | 1MB (per core) |
| L3 Cache | - | 96MB (shared) |
| Unlocked Multiplier | No | No |
Package
| Fabrication Process | 3 nm | 4 nm |
| TDP (PL1) | - | 120 W |
| Max. Boost TDP (PL2) | - | 162 W |
| Socket | Apple M-Socket | AM5 |
| Peak Temperature | 100Β°C | 95Β°C |
Desktop CPU ranking (#27th place)
iGPU
| Integrated Graphics | Apple M4 Ultra GPU (80-core) | Radeon Graphics |
| GPU Base Clock | 500 MHz | 400 MHz |
| GPU Boost Clock | 1578 MHz | 2200 MHz |
| Shading Units | 10240 | 128 |
| TMUs | 640 | 8 |
| ROPs | 320 | 4 |
| Execution Units | 1280 | 2 |
| TGP | 120 W | 15 W |
iGPU FLOPS
Memory Support
| Memory Types | - LPDDR5X-8533 | - DDR5-5600 |
| Max. Memory Size | 192 GB | 192 GB |
| Memory Channels | 64 | 2 |
| Max. Memory Bandwidth | 1052 GB/s | 89.6 GB/s |
| ECC Support | No | Yes |
Misc
| Official Site | - | AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D official page |
| PCI Express Version | - | 5.0 |
| PCI Express Lanes | - | 28 |
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