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Apple M1 Pro vs AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D vs AMD Ryzen 9 7900X

Apple M1 Pro

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The Apple M1 Pro is a System on a Chip (SoC) from Apple that is found in the late 2021 MacBook Pro 14 and 16-inch models. It offers  all 10 cores available in the chip divided in eight performance cores (P-cores with 600 - 3220 MHz) and two power-efficiency cores (E-cores with 600 - 2064 MHz). There is no Turbo Boost for single cores or short burst periods. The cores are similar to the cores in the Apple M1. The entry level model offers only 8 cores.

The big cores (codename Firestorm) offer 192 KB instruction cache, 128 KB data cache, and 24 MB shared L2 cache (up from 12 MB in the M1). The four efficiency cores (codename Icestorm) are a lot smaller and offer only 128 KB instruction cache, 64 KB data cache, and 4 MB shared cache. CPU and GPU can both use the 24 MB SLC (System Level Cache). The efficiency cores (E cluster) clock with 600 - 2064 MHz, the performance cores (P cluster) with 600 - 3228 MHz.

The unified memory (16 or 32 GB LPDDR5-6400) next to the chip is connected by a 256 bit memory controller (200 GB/s bandwidth) and can be used by the GPU and CPU.

The integrated graphics card in the M1 Pro offers all 16 cores.

Furthermore, the SoC integrates a fast 16 core neural engine, a secure enclave (e.g., for encryption), a unified memory architecture, Thunderbolt 4 controller, an ISP, and media de- and encoders (including ProRes).

The M1 Pro is manufactured in 5 nm at TSMC and integrates 33.7 billion transistors. The peak power consumption of the chip was advertised around 30W for CPU intensive tasks. In the Prime95 benchmark the chip uses in our tests (with a MBP16) 33.6W package power and 31W for the CPU part. In idle the SoC only reports 1W package power.

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D

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The AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D is a high-end desktop processor of the Raphael series with 16 cores and SMT (Simultaneous Multithreading), which means it can process up to 32 threads simultaneously. With the release in February 2023, the Ryzen 9 7950X3D is AMD's fastest consumer processor and the new top model of the 7000 series. The CPU cores clock from 4.2 GHz (base clock) up to 5.7 GHz (single core Turbo). In addition, the AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D has a CCD with 8 cores that can access the fast 3D V-cache, which offers considerably more gaming performance.

The performance of the AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D is consistently excellent in all applications tested. In addition, AMD was again able to increase the single-thread performance compared to the non-X3D models. Nevertheless, the lower base clock compared to the AMD Ryzen 9 7950X means that a small drop in multi-thread performance has to be accepted.

The internal structure of the processor is comparable to the previous AMD Ryzen 9 7950X. The AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D is also still based on the chiplet design consisting of two CCD clusters with 8 cores each. However, the two CCDs differ significantly from each other because one offers the fast 3D V-Cache, which primarily improves gaming performance. In testing, the AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D was able to put the Intel Core i9-13900K in second place and is the fastest gaming CPU on the market at the time of testing. 

The AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D is an extremely energy-efficient CPU with up to 162 watts (PPT) and is significantly more frugal under load than an AMD Ryzen 9 7950X (max. 230 watts).

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X

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The AMD Ryzen 9 7900X is a fast high-end desktop processor of the Raphael series. It offers 12 cores based on the Zen 4 architecture that supports hyperthreading (24 threads). The cores clock from 4.7 (base) up to 5.7 GHz (single core boost). When all 12 cores are fully loaded, 5.1 GHz is the max. clock speed. The 7900X is the second fastest Ryzen at launch, only bested by the Ryzen 9 7950X with 4 more cores.

The performance of the R9 7900X is clearly better than the old Ryzen 9 5900X thanks to the improved architecture and modern 5nm process. Compared to Intels Raptor Lake Core i9-13700K the single-core performance is slightly lower and the multi-core performance slightly faster. The gaming performance is a bit lower, and is on average only on par with the Core i5-13600K and also lower than the old Ryzen 7 5800X3D.

The Raphael series still uses a chiplet design with two CCD-clusters (each with 8 possible cores) in 5nm and an IO-die (including the memory controller and the Radeon Graphics iGPU) in 6nm.

ModelApple M1 ProAMD Ryzen 9 7950X3DAMD Ryzen 9 7900X
SeriesApple Apple M-SeriesAMD Raphael (Zen 4, Ryzen 7000)AMD Raphael (Zen 4, Ryzen 7000)
Series: Raphael (Zen 4, Ryzen 7000) Raphael (Zen4)
Apple M1 Max2.06 - 3.22 GHz10 / 10 cores48 MB L3
Apple M1 Pro « 2.06 - 3.22 GHz10 / 10 cores24 MB L3
Apple M1 Pro 8-Core2.06 - 3.22 GHz8 / 8 cores16 MB L3
Apple M12.06 - 3.22 GHz8 / 8 cores8 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D « 4.2 - 5.7 GHz16 / 32 cores128 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X4.7 - 5.6 GHz12 / 24 cores64 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 9 79003.7 - 5.4 GHz12 / 24 cores64 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 7 7700X4.5 - 5.4 GHz8 / 16 cores32 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 7 77003.8 - 5.3 GHz8 / 16 cores32 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D4.2 - 5 GHz8 / 16 cores96 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X4.7 - 5.3 GHz6 / 12 cores32 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 5 76003.8 - 5.1 GHz6 / 12 cores32 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D4.2 - 5.7 GHz16 / 32 cores128 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X « 4.7 - 5.6 GHz12 / 24 cores64 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 9 79003.7 - 5.4 GHz12 / 24 cores64 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 7 7700X4.5 - 5.4 GHz8 / 16 cores32 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 7 77003.8 - 5.3 GHz8 / 16 cores32 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D4.2 - 5 GHz8 / 16 cores96 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X4.7 - 5.3 GHz6 / 12 cores32 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 5 76003.8 - 5.1 GHz6 / 12 cores32 MB L3
Clock2064 - 3220 MHz4200 - 5700 MHz4700 - 5600 MHz
L1 Cache2.9 MB1 MB768 KB
L2 Cache28 MB16 MB12 MB
L3 Cache24 MB128 MB64 MB
Cores / Threads10 / 1016 / 32
16 x 5.7 GHz AMD Zen 4
12 / 24
Transistors33700 Million13140 MillionCCD: 6,5 Mrd + IOD: 3,4 Mrd Million
5 nm5 nm5 nm (CCD), 6 nm (I/O) nm, 0.650 - 1.475V
FeaturesARMv8 Instruction SetMMX(+), SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4A, x86-64, AMD-V, AES, AVX, AVX2, AVX512F, FMA3, SHA, XFR2, Precision Boost 2MMX(+), SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4A, x86-64, AMD-V, AES, AVX, AVX2, AVX512F, FMA3, SHA, Precision Boost 2
iGPUApple M1 Pro 16-Core GPUAMD Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000) (400 - 2200 MHz)AMD Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000)
ArchitectureARMx86x86
Announced
CodenameRaphael (Zen4)Raphael (Zen4)
TDP120 Watt170 Watt
Die Size263 mm22x 70 (CCD) mm2 + 122 (I/O) mm2
max. Temp.89 °C95 °C
SocketAM5 (LGA 1718)AM5 (LGA 1718)
$699 U.S.
Manufacturerwww.amd.com

Benchmarks

Performance Rating - CB R15 + R20 + 7-Zip + X265 + Blender + 3DM11 CPU - R9 7950X3D
61.1 pt (85%)
Performance Rating - CB R15 + R20 + 7-Zip + X265 + Blender + 3DM11 CPU - R9 7900X
57.1 pt (79%)
Cinebench 2024 - Cinebench 2024 CPU Single Core
100%
1 M1 Pro +
112 Points (78%)
Cinebench 2024 - Cinebench 2024 CPU Multi Core
100%
1 M1 Pro +
824 Points (15%)
Cinebench R23 - Cinebench R23 Multi Core
12370 Points (11%)
36291 Points (34%)
min: 28925     avg: 29289     median: 29300 (27%)     max: 29628 Points
Cinebench R23 - Cinebench R23 Single Core
1534 Points (65%)
2053 Points (87%)
min: 2012     avg: 2020     median: 2016.5 (86%)     max: 2039 Points
Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Single Core)
393 Points (44%)
795 Points (88%)
min: 780     avg: 783     median: 782.5 (87%)     max: 787 Points
Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Multi Core)
2721 Points (7%)
14188 Points (35%)
min: 11353     avg: 11474     median: 11471.5 (28%)     max: 11623 Points
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64 Bit
1690 Points (11%)
5974 Points (38%)
min: 4753     avg: 4818     median: 4820.5 (30%)     max: 4856 Points
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64 Bit
209 Points (63%)
326 Points (98%)
min: 319     avg: 322.2     median: 323 (97%)     max: 325 Points
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Multi 64 Bit
64.6 Points (84%)
min: 53.91     avg: 54.6     median: 54.7 (71%)     max: 55.26 Points
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Single 64 Bit
3.9 Points (96%)
min: 3.78     avg: 3.8     median: 3.8 (95%)     max: 3.85 Points
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (32bit)
16551 Points (100%)
min: 8465     avg: 8658     median: 8623 (52%)     max: 8858 Points
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (32bit)
138015 Points (100%)
min: 67036     avg: 68658     median: 68579.5 (50%)     max: 70741 Points
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (64bit)
72361 Points (50%)
min: 121250     avg: 126872     median: 125768 (87%)     max: 134469 Points
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (64bit)
8853 Points (11%)
min: 16151     avg: 16234     median: 16246 (20%)     max: 16338 Points
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 1024m *
33.9 s (0%)
min: 39.576     avg: 40.4     median: 40.3 (0%)     max: 41.122 s
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 32m *
2 s (0%)
min: 1.781     avg: 1.8     median: 1.8 (0%)     max: 1.872 s
WinRAR - WinRAR 4.0
15779 Points (25%)
17225 Points (27%)
7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Multli Thread 4 runs
159341 MIPS (91%)
min: 124975     avg: 127080     median: 127195 (73%)     max: 129087 MIPS
7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Single Thread 4 runs
8321 MIPS (99%)
min: 8252     avg: 8280     median: 8269 (99%)     max: 8345 MIPS
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 2
265.5 fps (93%)
241 fps (84%)
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 1
392.5 fps (91%)
376 fps (87%)
HWBOT x265 Benchmark v2.2 - HWBOT x265 4k Preset
42.4 fps (75%)
min: 36.2     avg: 36.8     median: 36.9 (65%)     max: 37.1 fps
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Serpent
2.8 GB/s (0%)
1.5 GB/s (0%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Twofish
4.2 GB/s (72%)
2.8 GB/s (48%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt AES
26.9 GB/s (70%)
14.8 GB/s (39%)
Blender - Blender 3.3 Classroom CPU *
133 Seconds (2%)
min: 165     avg: 166.4     median: 166 (2%)     max: 168 Seconds
Blender - Blender 2.79 BMW27 CPU *
183.3 Seconds (1%)
86 Seconds (1%)
min: 105     avg: 106.2     median: 106 (1%)     max: 107 Seconds
R Benchmark 2.5 - R Benchmark 2.5 *
0.4 sec (8%)
min: 0.3643     avg: 0.4     median: 0.4 (8%)     max: 0.3758 sec
3DMark 06 - CPU - 3DMark 06 - CPU
20279 Points (43%)
min: 20439     avg: 21223     median: 21284 (45%)     max: 21659 Points
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M *
6.1 s (1%)
6.1 s (1%)
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M *
13.2 s (1%)
13.3 s (1%)
Super Pi Mod 1.5 XS 32M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 32M *
305.1 s (1%)
313.4 s (1%)
3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. CPU no Physx
99321 Points (87%)
min: 82063     avg: 100438     median: 102019 (89%)     max: 102765 Points
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Physics
36991 Points (100%)
min: 26455     avg: 27800     median: 27731 (75%)     max: 28963 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Physics
86389 Points (70%)
min: 96003     avg: 102745     median: 103232 (84%)     max: 105350 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Physics
86306 Points (70%)
min: 97281     avg: 102964     median: 103220 (84%)     max: 106230 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Physics
87725 Points (74%)
min: 94657     avg: 102993     median: 101826 (86%)     max: 108551 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Physics
26168 Points (66%)
min: 25631     avg: 26260     median: 26310.5 (67%)     max: 26732 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Physics
44787 Points (80%)
min: 40436     avg: 42329     median: 42325 (75%)     max: 43200 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy CPU
17206 Points (73%)
min: 13634     avg: 15940     median: 15959.5 (67%)     max: 16721 Points
Geekbench 6.2 - Geekbench 6.2 Single-Core
100%
1 M1 Pro +
2409 Points (65%)
Geekbench 6.2 - Geekbench 6.2 Multi-Core
100%
1 M1 Pro +
12440 Points (49%)
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.4 64 Bit Single-Core
1768 Points (75%)
2311 Points (98%)
min: 2274     avg: 2290     median: 2294 (97%)     max: 2297 Points
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
12499 Points (22%)
24343 Points (44%)
min: 19987     avg: 20553     median: 20667.5 (37%)     max: 20799 Points
Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Single-Core
2183 Points (9%)
min: 2183     avg: 2195     median: 2196 (10%)     max: 2201 Points
Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Multi-Core
23720 Points (75%)
min: 19975     avg: 20532     median: 20658 (65%)     max: 20765 Points
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Single-Core
9240 Points (92%)
min: 9193     avg: 9260     median: 9275 (93%)     max: 9311 Points
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
87922 Points (96%)
min: 74731     avg: 76662     median: 77033 (85%)     max: 77769 Points
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
405.4 ms (0%)
437 ms (1%)
min: 431     avg: 438     median: 440 (1%)     max: 441 ms
Sunspider - Sunspider 1.0 Total Score *
100%
1 M1 Pro +
75.6 ms (1%)
Octane V2 - Octane V2 Total Score
100%
1 M1 Pro +
66203 Points (58%)
WebXPRT 4 - WebXPRT 4 Score
313 Points (90%)
min: 300     avg: 305.8     median: 304.5 (88%)     max: 314 Points
WebXPRT 3 - WebXPRT 3 Score
342 Points (71%)
383 Points (80%)
min: 371     avg: 383.8     median: 383 (80%)     max: 395 Points
CrossMark - CrossMark Overall
1556 Points (60%)
2193 Points (84%)
min: 2315     avg: 2370     median: 2370 (91%)     max: 2408 Points
Power Consumption - Prime95 Power Consumption - external Monitor *
100%
1 M1 Pro +
41.5 Watt (7%)
276 Watt (48%)
319 Watt (55%)
Power Consumption - Cinebench R15 Multi Power Consumption - external Monitor *
100%
1 M1 Pro +
48.3 Watt (9%)
273 Watt (50%)
313 Watt (57%)
Power Consumption - Geekbench 5.5 Power Consumption 150cd *
100%
1 M1 Pro +
19.9 Watt (9%)
Power Consumption - Idle Power Consumption - external Monitor *
100%
1 M1 Pro +
6.4 Watt (4%)
118.4 Watt (78%)
94.1 Watt (62%)
Power Consumption - Idle Power Consumption 150cd 1min *
100%
1 M1 Pro +
9.9 Watt (11%)
Power Consumption - Cinebench R15 Multi Power Efficiency - external Monitor
100%
1 M1 Pro +
35 Points per Watt (26%)
21.9 Points per Watt (16%)
15.5 Points per Watt (12%)

Average Benchmarks Apple M1 Pro → 100% n=12

Average Benchmarks AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D → 203% n=12

Average Benchmarks AMD Ryzen 9 7900X → 182% n=12

- Range of benchmark values for this graphics card
- Average benchmark values for this graphics card
* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance
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