amd ryzen 9 5950x vs apple m1 pro

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We compared two CPUs AMD Ryzen 9 5950X (Desktop) 16-cores against Apple M1 Pro (Laptop) 10-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

General overview and comparison of the processors
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved

Key Differences

What are the key differences between AMD Ryzen 9 5950X and Apple M1 Pro
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
  • Has 6 more physical cores
  • Has 40 MB larger L3 cache size
  • 34% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.9 GHz vs 3.22 GHz)
Advantages of Apple M1 Pro
  • Newer released 1 years later
  • More modern manufacturing process – 5 versus 7

Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs in benchmarks
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
1619
1544
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
26164
12199
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Geekbench 5 (Single-Core)
1837
1761
Geekbench 5 (Multi-Core)
18586
12547

Specifications

Full technical specification of ryzen 9 5950x and m1 pro

General

AMD Ryzen 9 5950X Apple M1 Pro
Vendor AMD Apple
Released October 8 2020 October 18 2021
Type Desktop Laptop
instruction set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Vermeer
Socket AM4
Integrated GPU - Apple M1 Pro 16-Core GPU

Performance

AMD Ryzen 9 5950X Apple M1 Pro
Cores 16 10
Threads 32 10
Base Frequency 3.4 GHz 2.064 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency 4.9 GHz 3.22 GHz
L1 Cache 64K (per core) 2.9 MB
L2 Cache 512K (per core) 28 MB
L3 Cache 64 MB 24 MB
Unlocked Multiplier Yes No

Power

AMD Ryzen 9 5950X Apple M1 Pro
Fabrication process 7 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 105 W W

Memory support

AMD Ryzen 9 5950X Apple M1 Pro
Memory types DDR4-3200
Memory Size 128 GB GB
Max. Memory Channels 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 51.196 GB/s -
ECC Support No No

iGPU

AMD Ryzen 9 5950X Apple M1 Pro
Integrated Graphics - Apple M1 Pro 16-Core GPU
GPU Base Clock MHz 450 MHz
Shading Units 2048
TMUs 128
ROPs 64
TGP W 30 W
iGPU FLOPS
TFLOPS
5.2 TFLOPS

Misc

AMD Ryzen 9 5950X Apple M1 Pro
Official site AMD Ryzen 9 5950X official page Apple M1 Pro official page
PCI Express Version 4
PCI Express Lanes

Comments

So which CPU will you choose: Apple M1 Pro or AMD Ryzen 9 5950X?