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Apple M4 vs AMD Ryzen 9 5900

Last updated: 2026-07-01

Table of Contents

Summary
Benchmarks
Specifications
User Reviews
Popular Comparisons

Summary

Benchmarks

Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance

Rank 1 - 100 %

Apple M4

Rank 2 - 67 %

AMD Ryzen 9 5900

Multi-core performance

Rank 2 - 80 %

Apple M4

Rank 1 - 100 %

AMD Ryzen 9 5900

Cinebench R23 Single-Core
Single-core performance

9C / 9T · 4.46 GHz

2,125 pts

12C / 24T · 4.70 GHz

1,622 pts

Cinebench R23 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

9C / 9T · 0.91 GHz

11,575 pts

12C / 24T · 4.10 GHz

20,955 pts

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

9C / 9T · 4.46 GHz

3,767

12C / 24T · 4.70 GHz

2,130

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

9C / 9T · 0.91 GHz

13,295

12C / 24T · 4.10 GHz

9,740

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

9C / 9T · 4.46 GHz

2,491

12C / 24T · 4.70 GHz

1,688

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

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Apple M4	AMD Ryzen 9 5900
GPU name	Apple M4 (10 Core)	no iGPU
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	Apple M4	AMD Ryzen 9 5900
AI hardware	Apple Neural Engine
AI specifications	16 Neural cores @ 38 TOPS
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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

Thermal Management

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

Technical details

Wischen	Apple M4	AMD Ryzen 9 5900
Chip design	Monolithic	Chiplet
AES-NI	✓	✓
Operating systems	macOS, iPadOS	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Instruction set	Armv9.2-A (64 bit)	x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions	Rosetta 2 x86-Emulation, AVX2, SME	SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
Release date	Q2/2024	Q2/2021
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 Apple M4 is 4.2 stars (1067 ratings), while AMD Ryzen 9 5900 has received 4.3 stars (14 ratings).

Click on the stars to rate one or both processors.

Apple M4
9C / 9T · 0.91 - 4.46 GHz

★★★★★

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

★★★★★