AMD Ryzen 9 5900X vs Apple M1 Pro 8-Core
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
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The AMD Ryzen 9 5900X is a high-end 12-core, hyperthreaded (SMT) Vermeer series desktop processor that can process 24 threads simultaneously. Introduced on October 8, 2020, the Ryzen 9 5900X is the fastest 12-core processor and is specified at 105 watts TDP. The top model, the AMD Ryzen 9 5950X, offers even more power and at the same time offers another 4 cores and 8 threads.
The Ryzen 9 5900X clocks with 3.7 GHz base clock and reaches up to 4.8 GHz on one core in turbo mode. However, when all 12 cores are loaded, up to 4.5 GHz is still possible.
The performance of the AMD Ryzen 9 5900X is consistently excellent in all applications and significantly better than the AMD Ryzen 9 3900X. AMD has been able to significantly improve its single thread performance in particular and even beats the Intel Core i9-10900K in this discipline. The multi-thread performance could also be improved. In an in-house duel, the AMD Ryzen 9 5900X can even take on an AMD Threadripper 2950X.
The internal structure of the processor has not changed fundamentally at first glance. The CCX structure has changed a bit compared to Zen2, because now a CCX consists of up to 8 CPU cores. So each individual core can access the complete L3 cache (32 MByte). Furthermore the CCX modules are connected to each other via the same I/O die, which we already know from Zen2. According to AMD, the Infinity-Fabric should now reach clock rates of up to 2 GHz, which in turn allows a RAM clock of 4.000 MHz without performance loss.
For the manufacturing processes, AMD also relies on TSCM for the Vermeer processors for the 7nm production of the CPU cores, although the I/O die is still supplied in 12nm by Globalfoundries.
In games, the AMD Ryzen 9 5900X is convincing thanks to the significantly improved IPC. With the AMD Ryzen 9 5900X, streaming can be done simultaneously with gaming. But if you only want to play games, you are well advised to take a closer look at the AMD Ryzen 7 5800X or the AMD Ryzen 5 5600X.
Apple M1 Pro 8-Core
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The Apple M1 Pro 8-Core 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 8 cores from the 10 available in the chip divided in six performance cores (P-cores with 600 - 3220 MHz) and four power-efficiency cores (E-cores with 600 - 2064 MHz). The cores are similar to the cores in the Apple M1.
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. Finally, the SoC includes 16 MB System Level Cache shared by the GPU. 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 and can be used by the GPU and CPU.
The integrated graphics card in the M1 Pro offers 14 cores (of the 16 cores in the chip).
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.
| Model | AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | Apple M1 Pro 8-Core | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Codename | Vermeer (Zen3) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Series | AMD Vermeer (Ryzen 5000) | Apple M1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Series: M1 |
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| Clock | 3700 - 4800 MHz | 2060 - 3220 MHz | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| L1 Cache | 768 KB | 2.3 MB | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| L2 Cache | 6 MB | 28 MB | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| L3 Cache | 64 MB | 16 MB | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cores / Threads | 12 / 24 | 8 / 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| TDP | 105 Watt | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Technology | 7 nm | 5 nm | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Die Size | 2x 80.7 + 125 (I/O) mm2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Socket | AM4 (1331) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Features | MMX(+), SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4A, x86-64, AMD-V, AES, AVX, AVX2, FMA3, SHA, Precision Boost 2 | ARMv8 Instruction Set | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Architecture | x86 | ARM | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| $549 U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Announced | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Transistors | 33700 Million | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| iGPU | Apple M1 Pro 14-Core GPU ( - 1296 MHz) |
Benchmarks
Average Benchmarks AMD Ryzen 9 5900X → 100% n=9
Average Benchmarks Apple M1 Pro 8-Core → 94% n=9
- Average benchmark values for this graphics card* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance
1 This benchmark is not used for the average calculation
