Apple M4 Pro (12-Core) vs AMD Ryzen 9 9900X

Compared 2 processors: Apple M4 Pro (12-Core), vs AMD Ryzen 9 9900X. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Apple M4 Pro (12-Core) and AMD Ryzen 9 9900X
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)
Apple M4 Pro (12-Core)
2172
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X
2232
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
Apple M4 Pro (12-Core)
18569
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X
33042
Cinebench 2024
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
Apple M4 Pro (12-Core)
170
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X
134
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
Apple M4 Pro (12-Core)
1419
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X
1740
PassMark
PassMark CPU (Single-Core)
Apple M4 Pro (12-Core)
4620
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X
4682
PassMark CPU (Multi-Core)
Apple M4 Pro (12-Core)
33142
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X
54814
Integer Math71.7 GOps/s181.6 GOps/s
Floating-Point Math72.3 GOps/s120.4 GOps/s
Prime Number Search465 M primes/s433 M primes/s
Random String Sort47.2 M strings/s72.5 M strings/s
Data Encryption19.8 GB/s33.5 GB/s
Data Compression415.7 MB/s686.1 MB/s
Physics4826 frames/s3397 frames/s
Extended Instructions222 M matrices/s554 M matrices/s
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Apple M4 Pro (12-Core)
3864
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X
3340
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Apple M4 Pro (12-Core)
20499
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X
19543
File Compression2120 MB/s1510 MB/s
Clang Compilation165.8 KLines/s191.4 KLines/s
HTML5 Browser484.7 pages/s361.8 pages/s
PDF Rendering486.8 MP/sec534 MP/sec
Text Processing368.5 pages/s350.5 pages/s
Background Blur84.2 frames/s82.7 frames/s
Photo Processing189.3 frames/s118.4 frames/s
Ray Tracing25.9 MP/sec45.5 MP/sec

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender CPU
Apple M4 Pro (12-Core)
n/a
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X
454.53

Performance/Watt

Points per watt of PL1 TDP
Geekbench 6 Multi / W 539.4 PPW 162.9 PPW
PassMark CPU / W 872.2 PPW 456.8 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / W 37.3 PPW 14.5 PPW
Blender / W n/a 3.79 PPW

General Info

Manufacturer Apple AMD
Announced October, 29, 2024 June, 3, 2024
Type Laptop use PC use
Architecture ARMv9 x86-64
Codename Apple M4 Zen 5 (Granite Ridge)
Integrated GPU Apple M4 Pro GPU (16-core) Radeon Graphics

Processor

Performance cores
Cores 8 12
Threads 8 24
Frequency 4.52 GHz 4.4 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo) n/a 5.6 GHz
Efficiency cores
Cores4n/a
Threads4n/a
Frequency2.59 GHzn/a
General
Cores count1212
Threads count1224
Bus frequencyn/a100 MHz
Multiplier45x44x
L1 cache192 KB/core80 KB/core
L2 cache16 KB/core1000 KB/core
L3 Cachen/a64 MB total
Unlocked multiplierNoYes

Package

Process tech. 3 nm 4 nm
Power (TDP) 38 W 120 W
Socket Apple M-Socket AM5
Critical temp. 100 °C 95 °C

Memory Support

Memory Type LPDDR5X-8533 DDR5-5600
Max Size 64 GB 192 GB
Channels 4 2
ECC support No Yes
Max memory bandwidth 273 GB n/a

Other

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

Results

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