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日本[Preliminary] AMD Ryzen 9 5900H vs Apple M1 – the M1 wins in Single-core by 11% but the Ryzen 9 is 25% better in Multi-core
Since there was a leak showing the benchmark scores of the newest processor of the Zen 3 family, the Ryzen 9 5900H, and they are phenomenal.
The last time we saw something remotely close to this was from the Apple M1 and that’s why we are here to do a preliminary comparison between the two, so we can satisfy your need for answers until we get our hands on both the Apple M1 and this new Ryzen 9 5900H.
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You can learn more about both CPUs here: AMD Ryzen 9 5900H / Apple M1
This comparison is preliminary and it will be updated when we have more tests available.
Specs Table
| AMD Ryzen 9 5900H | Apple M1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Cores / Threads | 8 / 16 | 8 / 8 |
| Base / Max frequency | 3.10 – 4.50GHz | 3.20GHz |
| Cache | 16MB | 16MB |
| Lithography | 7 nm | 5 nm |
| Architecture | Zen 3 | Firestorm / Icestorm |
| Memory type | DDR4-3200MHz | LPDDR4-4266MHz |
| TDP | 45W | 10 W |
| Integrated graphics |
CPU benchmark
The Geekbench 5 Single-core scores showed us that the Apple M1 is better than the new 5900H by 11%. As for the Multi-core scores, here it is a different story as the Ryzen 9 slams the Apple M1 with a 25% higher score. Keep in mind that this Ryzen 9 might still be an engineering sample, so the retail chips will probably have different scores.
| Geekbench 5 | Single-core | Multi-Core |
|---|---|---|
| AMD Ryzen 9 5900H | 1520 | 9325(+25%) |
| Apple M1 | 1687(+11%) | 7433 |
Conclusion
To finish this off, the new Ryzen 9 5900H lost in the Single-core benchmark as the Apple M1 is 11% better. Continuing to the Multi-core scores, the new Ryzen 9 showed its prowess with its extra threads and higher clock speeds, by being 25% better than the M1.
You have to test with the same OS: MACOS, The Ryzen 9 5900Hwill beat easily
That could be tricky, as there is no MacOS designed or optimized for AMD, so even if it boots (I’d guess more likely an older version would where a newer one would look for newer optimizations and fail to boot) it would not have AMD tuned performance which could make a real dent in Ryzen specs. It definitely looks like the Ryzen version is poorly optimized, due to OS, Geekbench port, or both.