AMD Ryzen Threadripper Pro 3945WX vs Apple M1. Specifications, performance, tests

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• CPU group
  AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3000 Apple M1
• Family
  Ryzen Threadripper PRO Apple M series
• Form Factor
  Desktops -
• Generation
  3 1
• Segment
  Desktop / Server Mobile
• Series
  Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3000 WX-Series -

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

• A-Core
  - 4x Firestorm
• B-Core
  - 4x Icestorm
• Base Frequency
  4 GHz 3.2 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal hybrid (big.LITTLE)
• CPU Cores
  12 8
• CPU Threads
  24 8
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  Yes No
• Max. Boost Clock
  4.3 GHz -
• Overclocking
  No No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  4.3 GHz No turbo
• Turbo Frequency (12 Cores)
  4.2 GHz -
• Turbo Frequency (8 Cores)
  - No turbo

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• GPU name
  None Apple M1 (8 Core)
• Execution units
  - 128
• Generation
  - 1
• GPU Frequency
  - 3200 MHz
• GPU Turbo
  - No turbo
• Max. displays
  - 2
• Max. GPU Memory
  - 8 GB
• Release date
  - Q4/2020
• Shader
  - 0
• Technology
  - 5 nm

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

• AV1
  No Decode
• H.264 / AVC
  No Conflicting source values: Decode | Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No Decode / Encode
• JPEG
  No Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  No Decode
• VP8
  No Decode
• VP9
  No Decode / Encode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Apple M1 and AMD Ryzen Threadripper Pro 3945WX. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  Yes No
• Max. Memory
  2048 GB 16 GB
• Memory channels
  8 2
• Memory type
  DDR4 LPDDR4X-4266
• PCIe
  PCIe 4.0 -
• PCIe lanes
  72 -
• PCIe version
  4.0 4.0
• System Memory Specification
  3200 -

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD Ryzen Threadripper Pro 3945WX and Apple M1 Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• Default TDP
  280 W -
• Maximum Operating Temperature
  90 °C -
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  280 W 15 W
• TDP down
  - 10 W
• TDP up
  - 20 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD Ryzen Threadripper Pro 3945WX and Apple M1, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Castle Peak (Zen 2) M1
• Codename
  Castle Peak -
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) ARMv8-A64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3 Rosetta 2 x86-Emulation
• L1-Cache
  0.75 MB -
• L2-Cache
  6 MB 16 MB
• L3-Cache
  64 MB -
• Manufacturer product ID (boxed)
  100-100000168WOF -
• Manufacturer product ID (tray)
  100-000000168 -
• Operating systems
  Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition / Windows 11 - 64-Bit Edition -
• Release date
  2020-07-14 Q4/2020
• Socket
  WRX8 (sWRX8) -
• Technology
  TSMC 7nm FinFET 5 nm
• Virtualization
  AMD-V, SVM None