AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D vs Apple M5 Pro (18-Core)

Compared 2 processors: AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D, vs Apple M5 Pro (18-Core). Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D and Apple M5 Pro (18-Core)
Single-Thread Perf.
Single-Core Benchmark Score
Multi-Thread Perf.
Multi-Core Benchmark Score
Energy Efficiency
Chip Power Efficiency
Integrated Graphics
iGPU Performance in Games & 3D
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
Cinebench R23
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D
2053
Apple M5 Pro (18-Core)
n/a
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D
36291
Apple M5 Pro (18-Core)
n/a
Cinebench 2024
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D
124
Apple M5 Pro (18-Core)
201
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D
2086
Apple M5 Pro (18-Core)
2053
PassMark
PassMark CPU (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D
4150
Apple M5 Pro (18-Core)
n/a
PassMark CPU (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D
62454
Apple M5 Pro (18-Core)
n/a
Integer Math214.6 GOps/s132.3 GOps/s
Floating-Point Math130.6 GOps/s190.5 GOps/s
Prime Number Search497 M primes/s483 M primes/s
Random String Sort92.6 M strings/s86.5 M strings/s
Data Encryption47.2 GB/s36 GB/s
Data Compression786.2 MB/s713.3 MB/s
Physics5067 frames/s5756 frames/s
Extended Instructions586 M matrices/s342 M matrices/s
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D
3003
Apple M5 Pro (18-Core)
n/a
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D
19043
Apple M5 Pro (18-Core)
n/a
File Compression1550 MB/s2530 MB/s
Clang Compilation228.7 KLines/s262.5 KLines/s
HTML5 Browser353.4 pages/s738.1 pages/s
PDF Rendering482.7 MP/sec744.9 MP/sec
Text Processing303.7 pages/s450.7 pages/s
Background Blur68.3 frames/s100.3 frames/s
Photo Processing117.9 frames/s250.8 frames/s
Ray Tracing54.7 MP/sec46.5 MP/sec

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender CPU
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D
539.45
Apple M5 Pro (18-Core)
564.71

Performance/Watt

Points per watt of PL1 TDP
Geekbench 6 Multi / W 158.7 PPW n/a
PassMark CPU / W 520.5 PPW n/a
Cinebench 2024 / W 17.4 PPW n/a
Blender / W 4.5 PPW n/a

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Apple
Announced January, 4, 2023 March, 3, 2026
Type PC use Laptop use
Architecture x86-64 ARMv9
Codename Zen 4 (Raphael) Apple M5
Model number 7950X3D n/a
Integrated GPU Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000) Apple M5 Pro GPU (20-core)

Processor

Performance cores
Cores 16 6
Threads 32 6
Frequency 4.2 GHz 4.61 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo) 5.7 GHz n/a
Efficiency cores
Coresn/a12
Threadsn/a12
Frequencyn/a4.38 GHz
General
Cores count1618
Threads count3218
Bus frequency100 MHzn/a
Multiplier42x46x
L1 cache64 KB/core192 KB/core
L2 cache1000 KB/coren/a
L3 Cache128 MB totaln/a
Unlocked multiplierYesNo

Package

Transistor count 13.1 billion 28 billion
Process tech. 5 nm 3 nm
Power (TDP) 120 W n/a
Max TDP (Boost) 162 W n/a
Socket AM5 Apple M-Socket
Critical temp. 89 °C 100 °C

Memory Support

Memory Type DDR5-5200 LPDDR5X-9600
Max Size 128 GB 64 GB
Channels 2 16
ECC support Yes No
Max memory bandwidth n/a 307 GB

Other

PCIe Version 5.0 n/a
Max PCIe Lanes 28 n/a

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) the clear winner in this comparison.

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