Apple M1 Ultra vs AMD Ryzen 5 1500X

VS

Apple M1 Ultra

AMD Ryzen 5 1500X

We compared two desktop CPUs: Apple M1 Ultra with 20 cores 3.2GHz and AMD Ryzen 5 1500X with 4 cores 3.5GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Apple M1 Ultra 's Advantages

Released 4 years and 11 months late

Integrated graphics card

Higher specification of memory (6400 vs 2666)

Larger memory bandwidth (800GB/s vs 39.74GB/s)

More modern manufacturing process (5nm vs 14nm)

Lower TDP (60W vs 65W)

AMD Ryzen 5 1500X 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (3.5GHz vs 3.2GHz)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

Apple M1 Ultra +65%

1538

AMD Ryzen 5 1500X

930

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

Apple M1 Ultra +396%

23054

AMD Ryzen 5 1500X

4641

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Apple M1 Ultra +113%

2420

AMD Ryzen 5 1500X

1136

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Apple M1 Ultra +400%

18680

AMD Ryzen 5 1500X

3734

Geekbench 5 Single Core

Apple M1 Ultra +92%

1768

AMD Ryzen 5 1500X

918

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

Apple M1 Ultra +508%

23501

AMD Ryzen 5 1500X

3861

Passmark CPU Single Core

Apple M1 Ultra +81%

3831

AMD Ryzen 5 1500X

2111

Passmark CPU Multi Core

Apple M1 Ultra +350%

40784

AMD Ryzen 5 1500X

9063

Apple M1 Ultra

VS

AMD Ryzen 5 1500X

General Parameters

Mar 2022

Release Date

Apr 2017

Apple

Manufacturer

AMD

Desktop

Type

Desktop

ARMv8

Instruction Set

x86-64

Apple M1

Core Architecture

Zen

APL1106/APL1W06

Processor Number

-

Apple M-Socket

Socket

AM4

Apple M1 Ultra GPU (64-core)

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Package

114 billions

Transistor Count

4.8 billions

5 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

60 W

Power Consumption

65 W

-

Peak Operating Temperature

95 °C

CPU Performance

16

Performance Cores

4

16

Performance Core Threads

8

3.2 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.5 GHz

3.2 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.7 GHz

4

Efficiency Cores

-

4

Efficiency Core Threads

-

2.1 GHz

Efficiency Core Base Frequency

-

20

Total Core Count

4

20

Total Thread Count

8

-

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

-

Multiplier

35x

192 K per core

L1 Cache

96 K per core

48 MB shared

L2 Cache

512 K per core

-

L3 Cache

16 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

Memory Parameters

LPDDR5-6400

Memory Types

DDR4-2666

128 GB

Max Memory Size

64 GB

16

Max Memory Channels

2

800 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

39.74 GB/s

No

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Graphics Card Parameters

true

Integrated Graphics

-

450 MHz

GPU Base Frequency

-

1296 MHz

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

-

8192

Shader Units

-

512

Texture Units

-

256

Raster Operation Units

-

1024

Execution Units

-

120 W

Power Consumption

-

6016x3384 - 60 Hz

Max Resolution

-

21.2 TFLOPS

Graphics Performance

-

Miscellaneous

-

Official Website

AMD Ryzen 5 1500X

-

PCIe Version

3.0

-

PCIe Lanes

20

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