AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D vs Apple M4 Ultra
We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D with 12 cores 4.4GHz and Apple M4 Ultra with 32 cores 4.52GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.
Main Differences
Apple M4 Ultra 's Advantages
Released 2 years and 4 months late
Better graphics card performance
Higher specification of memory (8533 vs 5200)
Higher base frequency (4.52GHz vs 4.4GHz)
More modern manufacturing process (3nm vs 5nm)
Score
Benchmark
Cinebench R23 Single Core
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D
2039
Apple M4 Ultra
+7%
2200
Cinebench R23 Multi Core
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D
27084
Apple M4 Ultra
+65%
44822
Geekbench 6 Single Core
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D
2971
Apple M4 Ultra
+36%
4061
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D
18105
Apple M4 Ultra
+81%
32898
General Parameters
Jan 2023
Release Date
May 2025
AMD
Manufacturer
Apple
Desktop
Type
Desktop
x86-64
Instruction Set
ARMv9
Zen 4 (Raphael)
Core Architecture
Apple M4
AM5
Socket
Apple M-Socket
Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000)
Integrated Graphics
Apple M4 Ultra GPU (80-core)
Package
13.1 billions
Transistor Count
-
5 nm
Manufacturing Process
3 nm
120 W
Power Consumption
-
162 W
Max Turbo Power Consumption
-
89°C
Peak Operating Temperature
100 °C
CPU Performance
12
Performance Cores
24
24
Performance Core Threads
24
4.4 GHz
Performance Core Base Frequency
4.52 GHz
5.6 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
-
-
Efficiency Cores
8
-
Efficiency Core Threads
8
-
Efficiency Core Base Frequency
2.89 GHz
12
Total Core Count
32
24
Total Thread Count
32
100 MHz
Bus Frequency
-
44x
Multiplier
45
64 K per core
L1 Cache
-
1 MB per core
L2 Cache
-
128 MB shared
L3 Cache
-
Yes
Unlocked Multiplier
No
Memory Parameters
DDR5-5200
Memory Types
LPDDR5X-8533
128 GB
Max Memory Size
192 GB
2
Max Memory Channels
8
83.2 GB/s
Max Memory Bandwidth
-
Yes
ECC Memory Support
No
Graphics Card Parameters
true
Integrated Graphics
true
1500 MHz
GPU Base Frequency
500 MHz
2200 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
1800 MHz
448
Shader Units
10240
8
Texture Units
640
4
Raster Operation Units
320
2
Execution Units
1280
15 W
Power Consumption
120
1.43 TFLOPS
Graphics Performance
36.9 TFLOPS
