Apple M1 Pro vs Ryzen 9 PRO 3900

Place in the ranking	280	713
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Desktop processor	Laptop
Series	AMD Ryzen 9	Apple M-Series
Power efficiency	28.97	no data
Architecture codename	Zen 2 (2017−2020)	no data
Release date	30 September 2019 (5 years ago)	18 October 2021 (3 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 9 PRO 3900 and Apple M1 Pro basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores	12 (Dodeca-Core)	10 (Deca-Core)
Threads	24	10
Base clock speed	3.1 GHz	2.064 GHz
Boost clock speed	4.3 GHz	3.22 GHz
L1 cache	768 KB	2.9 MB
L2 cache	6 MB	28 MB
L3 cache	64 MB	24 MB
Chip lithography	7 nm, 12 nm	5 nm
Number of transistors	no data	33700 Million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	no data

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 9 PRO 3900 and Apple M1 Pro compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration	1 (Uniprocessor)	no data
Socket	Socket AM4	no data
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	2064 ‑ 3220 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 9 PRO 3900 and Apple M1 Pro. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI	+	-
AVX	+	-
Precision Boost 2	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 9 PRO 3900 and Apple M1 Pro are enumerated here.

AMD-V

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 9 PRO 3900 and Apple M1 Pro. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-3200	no data
Maximum memory size	128 GB	no data
Max memory channels	2	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	51.196 GB/s	no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

Apple M1 Pro 16-Core GPU

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Ryzen 9 PRO 3900 19.90
+83.9%

Apple M1 Pro 10.82

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Ryzen 9 PRO 3900 31616
+83.9%

Apple M1 Pro 17191

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	19.90	10.82
Recency	30 September 2019	18 October 2021
Physical cores	12	10
Threads	24	10
Chip lithography	7 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	2064 Watt