Apple M1 Ultra vs AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT

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Apple M1 Ultra AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT

We compared two desktop CPUs: Apple M1 Ultra with 20 cores 3.2GHz and AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT with 12 cores 3.8GHz . 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 1 years and 8 months late

Integrated graphics card

Higher specification of memory (LPDDR5-6400 vs DDR4-3200)

Larger memory bandwidth (800GB/s vs 47.68GB/s)

Lower TDP (60W vs 105W)

AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (3.8GHz vs 3.2GHz)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

Apple M1 Ultra +14%

1544

AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT

1352

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

Apple M1 Ultra +21%

22394

AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT

18436

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Apple M1 Ultra +37%

2420

AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT

1763

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Apple M1 Ultra +69%

18680

AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT

11025

Cinebench 2024 Single Core

Apple M1 Ultra +44%

114

AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT

79

Cinebench 2024 Multi Core

Apple M1 Ultra +51%

1624

AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT

1074

Blender

Apple M1 Ultra +48%

426

AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT

287

Geekbench 5 Single Core

Apple M1 Ultra +34%

1768

AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT

1311

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

Apple M1 Ultra +91%

23501

AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT

12279

Passmark CPU Single Core

Apple M1 Ultra +38%

3831

AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT

2769

Passmark CPU Multi Core

Apple M1 Ultra +24%

40784

AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT

32856

Apple M1 Ultra

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AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT

General Parameters

Mar 2022

Release Date

Jul 2020

Apple

Manufacturer

Amd

Desktop

Type

Desktop

ARMv8

Instruction Set

x86-64

Apple M1

Core Architecture

Zen 2 (Matisse)

APL1106/APL1W06

Processor Number

-

Apple M-Socket

Socket

AM4

Apple M1 Ultra GPU (64-core)

Integrated Graphics

No

Package

114 billions

Transistor Count

3.8 billions

5 nm

Manufacturing Process

7 nm

Apple M-Socket

Socket

AM4

60 W

Power Consumption

105 W

-

Peak Operating Temperature

95°C

CPU Performance

16

Performance Cores

12

16

Performance Core Threads

24

3.2 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.8 GHz

3.2 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.7 GHz

4

Efficiency Cores

-

4

Efficiency Core Threads

-

2.1 GHz

Efficiency Core Base Frequency

-

20

Total Core Count

12

20

Total Thread Count

24

-

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

-

Multiplier

38x

192 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

48 MB shared

L2 Cache

512 K per core

-

L3 Cache

64 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

Memory Parameters

LPDDR5-6400

Memory Types

DDR4-3200

128 GB

Max Memory Size

128 GB

16

Max Memory Channels

2

800 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

47.68 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 9 3900XT

-

PCIe Version

4.0

-

PCIe Lanes

24

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