Apple M4 Ultra vs AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D

100 out of 100
Apple M4 Ultra
VS
64 out of 100
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

What are the key differences between 7800X3D and Ultra
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 – 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 tasks

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
M4 Ultra +50%
171
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
M4 Ultra +181%
3139
Cinebench 2026 (Single) - 575
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) - 4363
Cinebench Scores (#124th place)

GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
M4 Ultra +53%
4062
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
M4 Ultra +115%
32871
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
Sources: GeekBench [1] – 774 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
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
Sources: PassMark [3] – 26928 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
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

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Apple M4 Ultra
No benchmark results yet
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-06 (reddeath)Cinebench 2026580 / 4404
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-30 (Indyee)Cinebench 2026571 / 4254
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-07 (mNine)Cinebench 20241768 / 17329
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-03 (Ker_Sandwichman)Cinebench 2024112 / 1073
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-24 (Corey)Cinebench 2026564 / 4313

Specifications

Full technical specification of Apple M4 Ultra and AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D

General

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

Performance Cores
P-Cores 24 8
P-Threads 24 16
Base Frequency (P) 4.52 GHz 4.2 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) - 5 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 8 -
E-Threads 8 -
Base Frequency (E) 2.89 GHz -
Total
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
M4 Ultra +5283%
32.3 TFLOPS
0.6 TFLOPS

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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