Apple M1 Ultra vs AMD Ryzen 9 9950X

VS

Apple M1 Ultra

AMD Ryzen 9 9950X

We compared two desktop CPUs: Apple M1 Ultra with 20 cores 3.2GHz and AMD Ryzen 9 9950X with 16 cores 4.3GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Apple M1 Ultra 's Advantages

Higher specification of memory (6400 vs 5600)

Larger memory bandwidth (800GB/s vs 89.6GB/s)

Lower TDP (60W vs 170W)

AMD Ryzen 9 9950X 's Advantages

Released 2 years and 3 months late

Higher base frequency (4.3GHz vs 3.2GHz)

More modern manufacturing process (4nm vs 5nm)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

Apple M1 Ultra

1538

AMD Ryzen 9 9950X +45%

2237

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

Apple M1 Ultra

23054

AMD Ryzen 9 9950X +79%

41345

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Apple M1 Ultra

2420

AMD Ryzen 9 9950X +41%

3416

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Apple M1 Ultra

18680

AMD Ryzen 9 9950X +16%

21740

Cinebench 2024 Single Core

Apple M1 Ultra

114

AMD Ryzen 9 9950X +18%

135

Cinebench 2024 Multi Core

Apple M1 Ultra

1624

AMD Ryzen 9 9950X +36%

2209

Apple M1 Ultra

VS

AMD Ryzen 9 9950X

General Parameters

Mar 2022

Release Date

Jun 2024

Apple

Manufacturer

Amd

Desktop

Type

Desktop

ARMv8

Instruction Set

x86-64

Apple M1

Core Architecture

Zen 5 (Granite Ridge)

APL1106/APL1W06

Processor Number

-

Apple M-Socket

Socket

AM5

Apple M1 Ultra GPU (64-core)

Integrated Graphics

Radeon Graphics

-

Generation

Zen 5 (Granite Ridge)

Package

114 billions

Transistor Count

13.1 billions

5 nm

Manufacturing Process

4 nm

60 W

Power Consumption

170 W

-

Max Turbo Power Consumption

230 W

-

Peak Operating Temperature

95 °C

-

Foundry

TSMC

-

I/O Process Size

6 nm

CPU Performance

16

Performance Cores

16

Performance Core Threads

32

3.2 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

4.3 GHz

3.2 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

5.7 GHz

4

Efficiency Cores

-

4

Efficiency Core Threads

-

2.1 GHz

Efficiency Core Base Frequency

-

20

Total Core Count

16

20

Total Thread Count

32

-

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

-

Multiplier

43x

192 K per core

L1 Cache

80 K per core

48 MB shared

L2 Cache

16 MB

-

L3 Cache

64 MB

No

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

-

SMP

1

Memory Parameters

LPDDR5-6400

Memory Types

DDR5-5600

128 GB

Max Memory Size

192 GB

16

Max Memory Channels

2

800 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

89.6 GB/s

No

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Graphics Card Parameters

true

Integrated Graphics

true

450 MHz

GPU Base Frequency

1500 MHz

1296 MHz

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

2200 MHz

8192

Shader Units

512

Texture Units

256

Raster Operation Units

1024

Execution Units

2

120 W

Power Consumption

6016x3384 - 60 Hz

Max Resolution

-

21.2 TFLOPS

Graphics Performance

0 TFLOPS

Miscellaneous

-

Official Website

AMD Ryzen 9 9950X

-

PCIe Version

5.0

-

PCIe Lanes

28

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