M3 Ultra (28C60G) vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500

M3 Ultra (28C60G)
AMD Ryzen 5 5500 $123
28 Cores
28 Threads
4.05GHz Clock
6 Cores
12 Threads
3.6GHz Clock
Socket
Unknown
Socket
AM4
iGPU
60-Core M3 Ultra
21.47 TFLOPS FP32
iGPU
No GPU
- -

GB6 Single-Core

  • 71% faster vs Ryzen 5 5500
  • 42% slower vs M3 Ultra (28C60G)
M3 Ultra (28C60G) - GB6S 3,220
x1.71
Ryzen 5 5500 - GB6S 1,880
x1

GB6 Multi-Core

  • 3.61x faster vs Ryzen 5 5500
  • 72% slower vs M3 Ultra (28C60G)
M3 Ultra (28C60G) - GB6M 27,750
x3.61
Ryzen 5 5500 - GB6M 7,690
x1
  • 16x faster vs Ryzen 5 5500
  • 94% slower vs M3 Ultra (28C60G)
M3 Ultra (28C60G) - 819.2GB/s
x16
Ryzen 5 5500 - 51.2GB/s
x1
  • 177% higher vs Ryzen 5 5500
  • 64% lower vs M3 Ultra (28C60G)
M3 Ultra (28C60G) - 180W
x2.77
Ryzen 5 5500 - 65W
x1
GB6S 3,220
79%
GB6M 27,750
104%
CB23S N/A
0%
CB23S 1,355
52%
CB23M N/A
0%
CB23M 10,385
24%
Manufacturer
Apple
Manufacturer
AMD
Architecture
Apple Silicon 13
Architecture
Zen 3
Family
M Series
Family
Ryzen 5000
Instruction Set (ISA)
AArch64
Instruction Set (ISA)
x86-64
Codename
Palma
M3 Ultra
P-Core
AS13P
E-Core
AS13E
Codename
Cezanne
-
-
-
-
-
Market Segment
Desktop
Market Segment
Desktop
Release Date
3/5/2025
Release Date
4/4/2022
Foundry
TSMC
Foundry
TSMC
Node
N3B
Node
N7
Die Size
1005 mm²
Die Size
180 mm²
Transistor Count
184 Billion
Transistor Count
10.7 Billion
Unknown
AM4
28 Cores
20 P-Cores
8 E-Cores
6 Cores
-
-
28 Threads
20 P-Threads
8 E-Threads
12 Threads
-
-
P-Core
4.05GHz
-
-
3.6GHz
4.2GHz Boost
E-Core
2.75GHz
-
-
Overclocking
Locked
Overclocking
Unlocked
Integrated Chipset
-
Type
PCIe
-
-
Transfer Rate
8GT/s
-
-
Lanes
4
-
-
Bandwidth
4GB/s
-
-
Bi-directional
8GB/s
L1 Instruction
192KB/P-Core
6-way set associative
128KB/E-Core
4-way set associative
L1 Instruction
32KB/Core
8-way set associative
-
-
L1 Data
128KB/P-Core
4-way set associative
64KB/E-Core
2-way set associative
L1 Data
32KB/Core
8-way set associative
-
-
L2
-
-
64MB Shared
16-way set associative
4MB Shared (E-Core)
16-way set associative
L2
512KB/Core
8-way set associative
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
L3
16MB Shared
16-way set associative
96MB SLC Cache
-
Channels
8
Channels
2
Max Memory
128GB
Max Memory
64GB
ECC
Not Supported
ECC
Not Supported
Bus Width/Channel
128Bit
Bus Width
1024Bit
Bus Width/Channel
64Bit
Bus Width
128Bit
Clock
3200MHz
Transfer Rate
6400MT/s
Clock
1600MHz
Transfer Rate
3200MT/s
Bandwidth/Channel
102.4GB/s
Bandwidth
819.2GB/s
Bandwidth/Channel
25.6GB/s
Bandwidth
51.2GB/s
TDP
180W
-
-
TDP
65W
45W cTDP Down
81W Peak
Temp
100°C Max
Temp
95°C Max
Included Cooler
Not Included
Included Cooler
Wraith Stealth
No PCIe
PCIe 3.0 x20 Lanes
60-Core M3 Ultra
7680 Shaders
1398MHz
21.47 TFLOPS FP32
No GPU
-
-
- -
No NPU
32 Cores
-
36 TOPS FP16
-
No Cellular
No Cellular
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