amd ryzen 9 3900x vs apple m1
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We compared two CPUs AMD Ryzen 9 3900X (Desktop) 12-cores against Apple M1 (Desktop) 8-cores. In this comparison page, we check which of these two processor has better performance in benchmark results, Games, architecture, price and other useful information.
Review
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Key Differences
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 3900X
- Has 4 more physical cores
- 30% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.6 GHz vs 3.2 GHz)
Advantages of Apple M1
- Newer released 1 years later
- More modern manufacturing process – 5 versus 7
Benchmarks
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Geekbench 5 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 5 (Multi-Core)
Specifications
General
| AMD Ryzen 9 3900X | Apple M1 | |
| Vendor | AMD | Apple |
| Released | July 7 2019 | November 10 2020 |
| Type | Desktop | Desktop |
| instruction set | x86-64 | x86-64 |
| Codename | Matisse | |
| Socket | AM4 | |
| Integrated GPU | - | Apple M1 8-Core GPU |
Performance
| AMD Ryzen 9 3900X | Apple M1 | |
| Cores | 12 | 8 |
| Threads | 24 | 8 |
| Base Frequency | 3.8 GHz | 2.064 GHz |
| Turbo Boost Frequency | 4.6 GHz | 3.2 GHz |
| L1 Cache | 96K (per core) | 2 MB |
| L2 Cache | 512K (per core) | 16 MB |
| L3 Cache | 64 MB | |
| Unlocked Multiplier | Yes | No |
Power
| AMD Ryzen 9 3900X | Apple M1 | |
| Fabrication process | 7 nm | 5 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 125 W | W |
| Max. temperature | 95°C | °C |
Memory support
| AMD Ryzen 9 3900X | Apple M1 | |
| Memory types | DDR4 Dual-channel | |
| Memory Size | 128 GB | GB |
| Max. Memory Channels | 2 | |
| Max. Memory Bandwidth | 51.196 GB/s | - |
| ECC Support | No | No |
iGPU
| AMD Ryzen 9 3900X | Apple M1 | |
| Integrated Graphics | - | Apple M1 8-Core GPU |
| GPU Base Clock | MHz | 450 MHz |
| Shading Units | 1024 | |
| TMUs | 64 | |
| ROPs | 32 | |
| TGP | W | 15 W |
iGPU FLOPS
Misc
| AMD Ryzen 9 3900X | Apple M1 | |
| Official site | AMD Ryzen 9 3900X official page | Apple M1 official page |
| PCI Express Version | ||
| PCI Express Lanes |