Apple M4 (10-Core) vs AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
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We compared two CPUs: the 4.46 GHz Apple M4 (10-Core) (laptop) with 10-cores against the 3.7 GHz AMD Ryzen 9 5900X (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
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Value for money (Beta)
Key Differences
Advantages of Apple M4 (10-Core)
- Around 72.32 GB/s (152%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
- Newer - released 3 years and 7 months later
- More modern manufacturing process β 3 versus 7 nanometers
- 67% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 3777 vs 2263 points
- Includes an integrated GPU Apple M4 GPU (10-core)
- More than 10Β° C higher critical temperature
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
- Supports up to 128 GB DDR4-3200 RAM
- Unlocked multiplier
- Has 2 more physical cores
Test in Benchmarks
Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasksCinebench
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
| Cinebench 2026 (Multi) | 3211 | - |
Cinebench Scores (158th and 112th place)
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
| File compression | 1500 MB/sec | 1170 MB/sec |
| Clang compilation | 120.2 Klines/sec | 126 Klines/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | 329.3 pages/sec | 217.8 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | 362.1 Mpixels/sec | 362 Mpixels/sec |
| Text processing | 352.1 pages/sec | 232 pages/sec |
| Background blur | 69.8 images/sec | 38.7 images/sec |
| Photo processing | 114.4 images/sec | 85.1 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | 18.1 Mpixels/sec | 31.5 Mpixels/sec |
PassMark
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
| Integer math | 54.2 GOps/sec | 139.7 GOps/sec |
| Floating point math | 49.6 GOps/sec | 77.6 GOps/sec |
| Find prime numbers | 263M Primes/sec | 257M Primes/sec |
| Random string sorting | 34.3M Strings/sec | 51.5M Strings/sec |
| Data encryption | 15.1 GBytes/sec | 31 GBytes/sec |
| Data compression | 280.5 MBytes/sec | 498.8 MBytes/sec |
| Physics | 2527 Frames/sec | 1984 Frames/sec |
| Extended instructions | 13.6B Matrices/sec | 33.1B Matrices/sec |
Blender
Blender CPU
Performance Per Watt
| Cinebench 2024 / Watt | 40.9 PPW | 11.4 PPW |
| Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt | 617.4 PPW | 121 PPW |
| Passmark CPU Mark / Watt | 983.5 PPW | 370.4 PPW |
| Blender / Watt | 9.58 PPW | 3.02 PPW |
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.
Recent User Tests
Apple M4 (10-Core)
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-06-13 (doannguuyenmfs) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 3703 / 15450 |
| π 2026-04-18 (Avacada) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 3906 / 15577 |
| π 2026-03-05 (Dovlet) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 3916 / 15202 |
| π 2025-12-31 (gmamorim) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 3730 / 15258 |
| π 2025-12-28 (LC) | Cinebench 2024 | 174 / 993 |
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-03-19 (D) | Cinebench 2024 | 67 / 893 |
| π 2025-11-02 (Zoli) | Cinebench 2024 | 93 / 1254 |
| π 2025-10-12 (Otamatone) | Cinebench 2024 | 92 / 981 |
| π 2025-10-08 (aref) | Cinebench 2024 | 94 / 1015 |
| π 2025-08-15 (SnakeyB) | Cinebench 2024 | 120 / 380 |
Specifications
Full technical specification of Apple M4 (10-Core) and AMD Ryzen 9 5900XGeneral
| Vendor | Apple | Amd |
| Released | May 7, 2024 | October 8, 2020 |
| Type | Laptop | Desktop |
| Instruction Set | ARMv9 | x86-64 |
| Codename | Apple M4 | Zen 3 (Vermeer) |
| Model number | APL1206 | - |
| Integrated GPU | Apple M4 GPU (10-core) | No |
| Rival Equivalent | - Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100) | - Intel Core i9 11900K |
| Successor | - Apple M5 (10-Core) | - AMD Ryzen 9 9900X |
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#70th place)
CPU
| P-Cores | 4 | 12 |
| P-Threads | 4 | 24 |
| Base Frequency (P) | 4.46 GHz | 3.7 GHz |
| Turbo Boost Frequency (P) | - | 4.8 GHz |
| E-Cores | 6 | - |
| E-Threads | 6 | - |
| Base Frequency (E) | 2.89 GHz | - |
| Total Cores | 10 | 12 |
| Total Threads | 10 | 24 |
| Bus Frequency | 100 MHz | 100 MHz |
| Multiplier | 44x | 37x |
| L1 Cache | 192K (per core) | 64K (per core) |
| L2 Cache | 16MB (shared) | 512K (per core) |
| L3 Cache | - | 64MB (shared) |
| Unlocked Multiplier | No | Yes |
Package
| Transistors | 28 billions | 4.15 billions |
| Fabrication Process | 3 nm | 7 nm |
| TDP (PL1) | 24 W | 105 W |
| Max. Boost TDP (PL2) | - | 142 W |
| Socket | Apple M-Socket | AM4 |
| Peak Temperature | 100Β°C | 90Β°C |
| Die Size | 169.4 mmΒ² | - |
Laptop processors ranking (#28th place)
Desktop CPU ranking (#83rd place)
iGPU
| Integrated Graphics | Apple M4 GPU (10-core) | - |
| GPU Base Clock | 500 MHz | - |
| GPU Boost Clock | 1470 MHz | - |
| Shading Units | 1280 | - |
| TMUs | 80 | - |
| ROPs | 40 | - |
| Execution Units | 160 | - |
| TGP | 18 W | - |
iGPU FLOPS
Memory Support
| Memory Types | - LPDDR5X-7500 | - DDR4-3200 |
| Max. Memory Size | 32 GB | 128 GB |
| Memory Channels | 8 | 2 |
| Max. Memory Bandwidth | 120 GB/s | 47.68 GB/s |
| ECC Support | No | Yes |
Misc
| Official Site | - | AMD Ryzen 9 5900X official page |
| PCI Express Version | - | 4.0 |
| PCI Express Lanes | - | 20 |
Further details
Notes on M4 (10-Core):
- SoC is designed using ARMv9.4-A architecture.
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