Ryzen 9 5900H vs Apple M3 Pro 12-Core

Place in the ranking	406	582
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	Apple M3	AMD Cezanne (Zen 3, Ryzen 5000)
Power efficiency	56.78	27.21
Architecture codename	no data	Cezanne U (Zen 3) (2021−2022)
Release date	30 October 2023 (1 year ago)	7 January 2021 (3 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Apple M3 Pro 12-Core and Ryzen 9 5900H basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores	12 (Dodeca-Core)	8 (Octa-Core)
Threads	12	16
Base clock speed	2.748 GHz	3.3 GHz
Boost clock speed	4.06 GHz	4.6 GHz
L1 cache	no data	512 KB
L2 cache	no data	4 MB
L3 cache	no data	16 MB
Chip lithography	3 nm	7 nm
Number of transistors	37000 Million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	no data	-

Compatibility

Information on Apple M3 Pro 12-Core and Ryzen 9 5900H compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Socket	no data	FP6
Power consumption (TDP)	27 Watt	45 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Apple M3 Pro 12-Core and Ryzen 9 5900H. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions

no data

XFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMT

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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Apple M3 Pro 18-Core GPU

AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000)

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Apple M3 Pro 12-Core 16.20
+25.2%

Ryzen 9 5900H 12.94

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Apple M3 Pro 12-Core 25740
+25.2%

Ryzen 9 5900H 20557

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	16.20	12.94
Recency	30 October 2023	7 January 2021
Physical cores	12	8
Threads	12	16
Chip lithography	3 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	27 Watt	45 Watt

Apple M3 Pro 12-Core has a 25.2% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 2 years, 50% more physical cores, a 133.3% more advanced lithography process, and 66.7% lower power consumption.

Ryzen 9 5900H, on the other hand, has 33.3% more threads.

The Apple M3 Pro 12-Core is our recommended choice as it beats the Ryzen 9 5900H in performance tests.

Should you still have questions on choice between Apple M3 Pro 12-Core and Ryzen 9 5900H, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.