Ryzen 9 PRO 6950H vs Apple M4 Pro (14 cores)
Aggregate performance score
Apple M4 Pro (14 cores) outperforms Ryzen 9 PRO 6950H by an impressive 88% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
Comparing Apple M4 Pro (14 cores) and Ryzen 9 PRO 6950H processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 180 | 497 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Desktop processor | Laptop |
| Series | Apple M4 | no data |
| Power efficiency | 64.26 | 30.43 |
| Architecture codename | no data | Rembrandt-H (Zen 3+) (2022) |
| Release date | 30 October 2024 (less than a year ago) | 19 April 2022 (2 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Apple M4 Pro (14 cores) and Ryzen 9 PRO 6950H 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 | 14 (Tetradeca-Core) | 8 (Octa-Core) |
| Threads | 14 | 16 |
| Base clock speed | no data | 3.3 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 4.5 GHz | 4.9 GHz |
| L1 cache | no data | 64K (per core) |
| L2 cache | no data | 512K (per core) |
| L3 cache | no data | 16 MB (shared) |
| Chip lithography | 3 nm | 6 nm |
| Die size | no data | 208 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | no data | 95 °C |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | no data | + |
Compatibility
Information on Apple M4 Pro (14 cores) and Ryzen 9 PRO 6950H 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.
| Number of CPUs in a configuration | no data | 1 |
| Socket | no data | FP7 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 40 Watt | 45 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Apple M4 Pro (14 cores) and Ryzen 9 PRO 6950H. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | no data | PRO, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SME |
| AES-NI | - | + |
| FMA | - | + |
| AVX | - | + |
| Precision Boost 2 | no data | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Apple M4 Pro (14 cores) and Ryzen 9 PRO 6950H are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | - | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Apple M4 Pro (14 cores) and Ryzen 9 PRO 6950H. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | no data | DDR5 |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card Compare | Apple M4 20-core GPU | AMD Radeon 680M ( - 2400 MHz) |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Apple M4 Pro (14 cores) and Ryzen 9 PRO 6950H.
| PCIe version | no data | 4.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | no data | 20 |
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 27.16 | 14.47 |
| Recency | 30 October 2024 | 19 April 2022 |
| Physical cores | 14 | 8 |
| Threads | 14 | 16 |
| Chip lithography | 3 nm | 6 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 40 Watt | 45 Watt |
Apple M4 Pro (14 cores) has a 87.7% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 2 years, 75% more physical cores, a 100% more advanced lithography process, and 12.5% lower power consumption.
Ryzen 9 PRO 6950H, on the other hand, has 14.3% more threads.
The Apple M4 Pro (14 cores) is our recommended choice as it beats the Ryzen 9 PRO 6950H in performance tests.
Note that Apple M4 Pro (14 cores) is a desktop processor while Ryzen 9 PRO 6950H is a notebook one.
Should you still have questions on choice between Apple M4 Pro (14 cores) and Ryzen 9 PRO 6950H, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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