Apple M4 Ultra vs AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
We compared two desktop CPUs: the 4.52 GHz Apple M4 Ultra with 32-cores against the 4.2 GHz AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D with 8-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.
Please note that the tests on the Apple M4 Ultra are done on an engineering sample provided by our insiders. The data will be more accurate after the final version of this CPU is available.
Key Differences
Advantages of Apple M4 Ultra
- More powerful Apple M4 Ultra GPU (80-core) integrated graphics: 32.3 vs 0.6 TFLOPS
- Has 24 more physical cores
- Newer - released 2 years and 4 months later
- More modern manufacturing process β 3 versus 5 nanometers
- Supports up to 192 GB LPDDR5X-8533 RAM
- 53% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 4062 vs 2657 points
- More than 11Β° C higher critical temperature
Test in Benchmarks
Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasksCinebench
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
| Cinebench 2026 (Single) | - | 575 |
| Cinebench 2026 (Multi) | - | 4363 |
Cinebench Scores (#124th place)
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
| File compression | - | 1710 MB/sec |
| Clang compilation | - | 111.9 Klines/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | - | 331.1 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | - | 399 Mpixels/sec |
| Text processing | - | 266.2 pages/sec |
| Background blur | - | 65.8 images/sec |
| Photo processing | - | 117 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | - | 22.9 Mpixels/sec |
PassMark
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
| Integer math | - | 103.2 GOps/sec |
| Floating point math | - | 60.9 GOps/sec |
| Find prime numbers | - | 319M Primes/sec |
| Random string sorting | - | 46M Strings/sec |
| Data encryption | - | 22.3 GBytes/sec |
| Data compression | - | 384.2 MBytes/sec |
| Physics | - | 3510 Frames/sec |
| Extended instructions | - | 29.1B Matrices/sec |
Blender
Blender CPU
Performance Per Watt
| Cinebench 2024 / Watt | - | 9.3 PPW |
| Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt | - | 127.7 PPW |
| Passmark CPU Mark / Watt | - | 285.6 PPW |
| Blender / Watt | - | 2.22 PPW |
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.
Recent User Tests
Apple M4 Ultra
No benchmark results yet
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-10-06 (reddeath) | Cinebench 2026 | 580 / 4404 |
| π 2026-06-30 (Indyee) | Cinebench 2026 | 571 / 4254 |
| π 2026-06-07 (mNine) | Cinebench 2024 | 1768 / 17329 |
| π 2026-06-03 (Ker_Sandwichman) | Cinebench 2024 | 112 / 1073 |
| π 2026-05-24 (Corey) | Cinebench 2026 | 564 / 4313 |
Specifications
Full technical specification of Apple M4 Ultra and AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3DGeneral
| Vendor | Apple | Amd |
| Released | May 1, 2025 | January 4, 2023 |
| Type | Desktop | Desktop |
| Instruction Set | ARMv9 | x86-64 |
| Codename | Apple M4 | Zen 4 (Raphael) |
| Integrated GPU | Apple M4 Ultra GPU (80-core) | Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000) |
| Rival Equivalent | - | - Intel Core i7 13700K |
| Successor | - | - AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D |
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#47th place)
CPU
| P-Cores | 24 | 8 |
| P-Threads | 24 | 16 |
| Base Frequency (P) | 4.52 GHz | 4.2 GHz |
| Turbo Boost Frequency (P) | - | 5 GHz |
| E-Cores | 8 | - |
| E-Threads | 8 | - |
| Base Frequency (E) | 2.89 GHz | - |
| Total Cores | 32 | 8 |
| Total Threads | 32 | 16 |
| Bus Frequency | - | 100 MHz |
| Multiplier | 45x | 42x |
| L1 Cache | - | 64K (per core) |
| L2 Cache | - | 1MB (per core) |
| L3 Cache | - | 96MB (shared) |
| Unlocked Multiplier | No | No |
Package
| Transistors | - | 11.2 billions |
| Fabrication Process | 3 nm | 5 nm |
| TDP (PL1) | - | 120 W |
| Max. Boost TDP (PL2) | - | 162 W |
| Socket | Apple M-Socket | AM5 |
| Peak Temperature | 100Β°C | 89Β°C |
Desktop CPU ranking (#68th place)
iGPU
| Integrated Graphics | Apple M4 Ultra GPU (80-core) | Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000) |
| GPU Base Clock | 500 MHz | 400 MHz |
| GPU Boost Clock | 1578 MHz | 2200 MHz |
| Shading Units | 10240 | 128 |
| TMUs | 640 | 8 |
| ROPs | 320 | 4 |
| Execution Units | 1280 | 2 |
| TGP | 120 W | 15 W |
iGPU FLOPS
Memory Support
| Memory Types | - LPDDR5X-8533 | - DDR5-5200 |
| Max. Memory Size | 192 GB | 128 GB |
| Memory Channels | 64 | 2 |
| Max. Memory Bandwidth | 1052 GB/s | - |
| ECC Support | No | Yes |
Misc
| Official Site | - | AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D official page |
| PCI Express Version | - | 5.0 |
| PCI Express Lanes | - | 28 |
Further details
Notes on Ryzen 7 7800X3D:
- ECC requires mobo support.
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