Apple M1 Ultra (64-GPU) vs AMD Ryzen 9 7900X. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  Apple M1 AMD Ryzen 7000
• Family
  Apple M series Ryzen
• Generation
  1 6
• Predecessor
  - AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
• Segment
  Mobile Desktop
• Form Factor
  - Desktops / Boxed Processor
• Series
  - Ryzen 7000 Series

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

• A-Core
  16x Firestorm -
• A-Core Frequency
  3.2 GHz -
• B-Core
  4x Icestorm -
• B-Core Frequency
  2.06 GHz -
• Core architecture
  hybrid (big.LITTLE) normal
• CPU Cores
  20 12
• CPU Threads
  20 24
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No Yes
• Overclocking
  No Yes
• Base Frequency
  - 4.7 GHz
• Core Configuration
  - 12x
• Max. Boost Clock
  - 5.6 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  - 5.6 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (12 Cores)
  - 5.4 GHz

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

• DirectX Version
  - 12
• Execution units
  1024 2
• Generation
  1 9
• GPU Frequency
  1300 MHz 2200 MHz
• GPU name
  Apple M1 Ultra (64 Core) AMD Radeon Graphics
• GPU Turbo
  No turbo 2200 MHz
• Max. displays
  3 3
• Max. GPU Memory
  64 GB 8 GB
• Release date
  Q1/2022 Q3/2022
• Shader
  8192 128
• Technology
  5 nm 5 nm
• Graphics Cores
  - 2

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

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

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD Ryzen 9 7900X and Apple M1 Ultra (64-GPU). Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No Yes
• Max. Memory
  128 GB 128 GB
• Memory Bandwidth
  819.2 GB/s 83.2 GB/s
• Memory channels
  8 (Octa Channel) 2
• Memory type
  LPDDR5-6400 DDR5
• PCIe
  4.0 5.0 x 24

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Apple M1 Ultra (64-GPU) and AMD Ryzen 9 7900X Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• Maximum Operating Temperature
  - 95 °C
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  60 W 170 W
• TDP (PL2)
  - 230 W
• TDP up
  120 W -
• Default TDP
  - 170 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Apple M1 Ultra (64-GPU) and AMD Ryzen 9 7900X, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  M1 Raphael (Zen 4)
• Chip design
  Chiplet Chiplet
• Documents
  - Technical data sheet
• Instruction set (ISA)
  ARMv8-A64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  Rosetta 2 x86-Emulation SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2,FMA3, AVX2, AVX512
• L2-Cache
  52 MB 12 MB
• L3-Cache
  - 64 MB
• Operating systems
  macOS Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
• Part Number
  - 100-100000589WOF
• Release date
  Q1/2022 2022-09-27
• Release price
  - 549 $
• Socket
  - AM5
• Technology
  5 nm TSMC 5nm FinFET
• Virtualization
  Apple Virtualization Framework AMD-V, SVM
• Codename
  - Raphael AM5