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AMD Ryzen 9 5900 vs Apple M4

Last updated: 2026-06-06

Table of Contents

Summary
Benchmarks
Specifications
User Reviews
Popular Comparisons

Summary

Benchmarks

Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance

Rank 2 - 67 %

AMD Ryzen 9 5900

Rank 1 - 100 %

Apple M4

Multi-core performance

Rank 1 - 100 %

AMD Ryzen 9 5900

Rank 2 - 80 %

Apple M4

Cinebench R23 Single-Core
Single-core performance

12C / 24T · 4.70 GHz

1,622 pts

9C / 9T · 4.46 GHz

2,125 pts

Cinebench R23 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

12C / 24T · 4.10 GHz

20,955 pts

9C / 9T · 0.91 GHz

11,575 pts

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

12C / 24T · 4.70 GHz

2,130

9C / 9T · 4.46 GHz

3,767

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

12C / 24T · 4.10 GHz

9,740

9C / 9T · 0.91 GHz

13,295

Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance

12C / 24T · 4.70 GHz

1,688

9C / 9T · 4.46 GHz

2,491

More benchmarks

Cinebench 2024 (SC)
427 entries

Cinebench 2024 (MC)
422 entries

Cinebench R23 (SC)
690 entries

Cinebench R23 (MC)
665 entries

Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,989 entries

Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 entries

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries

Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries

FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries

AnTuTu 10 Benchmark
25 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
751 entries

Monero Hashrate
94 entries

CPU performance per watt (efficiency)
140 entries

AI performance (NPU)
218 entries

Specifications

At a glance

Wischen	AMD Ryzen 9 5900	Apple M4
Family	AMD Ryzen 9 (43)	Apple M series (38)
CPU group	AMD Ryzen 5000 (17)	Apple M4 (7)
Architecture	Vermeer (Zen 3)	M4
Technology	7 nm	3 nm
Segment	Desktop	Notebook
Socket	AM4 (PGA 1331)
Predecessor	AMD Ryzen 9 3900	Apple M3
Successor	AMD Ryzen 9 7900	Apple M5

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	AMD Ryzen 9 5900	Apple M4
CPU Cores / Threads	12 / 24	9 / 9
Hyperthreading / SMT	✓	✗
Core architecture	normal	hybrid (big.LITTLE)
Core Cluster 1:	12x 3.00 - 4.70 GHz	3x Donan P-Core 0.91 - 4.46 GHz
Core Cluster 2:		6x Donan E-Core 0.90 - 2.85 GHz
L2-Cache	6.00 MB	20.00 MB
L3-Cache	64.00 MB
Overclocking	✓	✗

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	AMD Ryzen 9 5900	Apple M4
GPU name	no iGPU	Apple M4 (10 Core)
GPU frequency		0.34 - 1.58 GHz
CUs / Shader	/	160 / 1280
Raytracing	✗	✓
Max. displays		3
Max. GPU Memory		24 GB
Technology		3 nm
Release date		Q2/2024

NPU AI performance

Wischen	AMD Ryzen 9 5900	Apple M4
AI hardware		Apple Neural Engine
AI specifications		16 Neural cores @ 38 TOPS
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	AMD Ryzen 9 5900	Apple M4
Memory	DDR4-3200 (51.2 GB/s)	LPDDR5X-7500 (120.0 GB/s)
Max. Memory	128 GB	8 GB
Memory channels	2	2
ECC	Yes	No
PCIe	4.0 x 20	4.0
PCIe Bandwidth	39.4 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	AMD Ryzen 9 5900	Apple M4
TDP	65 W	20 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down		15 W
T. junction max.	95 °C	100 °C

Technical details

Wischen	AMD Ryzen 9 5900	Apple M4
Chip design	Chiplet	Monolithic
AES-NI	✓	✓
Operating systems	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux	macOS, iPadOS
Instruction set	x86-64 (64 bit)	Armv9.2-A (64 bit)
ISA extensions	SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3	Rosetta 2 x86-Emulation, AVX2, SME
Release date	Q2/2021	Q2/2024
Release price
Documents	Technical data sheet	Technical data sheet

User Reviews

Your rating

Here you can rate one or both of the processors. The average rating of AMD Ryzen 9 5900 is 4.3 stars (14 ratings), while Apple M4 has received 4.2 stars (1066 ratings).

Click on the stars to rate one or both processors.

AMD Ryzen 9 5900
12C / 24T · 3.00 - 4.70 GHz

★★★★★

Apple M4
9C / 9T · 0.91 - 4.46 GHz

★★★★★