Apple M3 Ultra (28C60G) vs AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Full Specs

Summary

28 Cores(20P+8E) 28 Threads(20P+8E) 4.05GHz	6 Cores 12 Threads 3.7GHz
TDP 300W	TDP 65W
Bandwidth 819.2GB/s LPDDR5	Bandwidth 51.2GB/s DDR4
iGPU 60-Core M3 Ultra	iGPU 0
Peak·FP32·FP16 21.2 TFLOPSFP16	Peak·FP32·FP16 -
Socket -	Socket AM4

Highlights

Geekbench 6 Single

Geekbench 6 Single Geekbench 6 Multi Max Bandwidth iGPU Peak iGPU FP32 iGPU FP16 NPU TOPS TDP

M3 Ultra (28C60G)3,221

x1.51

Ryzen 5 5600X2,133

x1

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Core Config

28 Cores 20P 8E	6 Cores 6P -
28 Threads 20P 8E	12 Threads 12P -

Clocks

Base Clock 4.05GHz	Base Clock 3.7GHz
Boost Clock -	Boost Clock 4.6GHz
Overclocking Locked	Overclocking Unlocked

Cache

L1i 192KB P 128KB E	L1i 32KB P -
L1d 128KB P 64KB E	L1d 32KB P -
L2 64MB P shared 4MB E shared	L2 512KB P - -
L3 -	L3 32MB
SLC Cache 96MB	SLC Cache -

Memory

Type LPDDR5	Type DDR4
Max Memory 128GB	Max Memory 128GB
ECC No	ECC No
Channels 8	Channels 2
Bus Width 1024-bit	Bus Width 128-bit
Speed 6400MT/s	Speed 3200MT/s
Bandwidth 819.2GB/s	Bandwidth 51.2GB/s
Bandwidth Calculator Channels Transfer Rate6400MT/s Calculated Bandwidth 819.2GB/s	Bandwidth Calculator Channels Transfer Rate3200MT/s Calculated Bandwidth 51.2GB/s

Power & Thermals

TDP 300W	TDP 65W
Peak Power -	Peak Power 76W
Max Operating Temp 100°C Max	Max Operating Temp 95°C Max
Included Cooler -	Included Cooler 1

Chipset Bus

Bus Type -	Bus Type PCIe
Bus Config -	Bus Config 4 lanes
Bus Speed -	Bus Speed 16GT/s
Bus Bandwidth -	Bus Bandwidth 8GB/s

Expansion

PCIe PCIe 4.0 x32 63GB/sBandwidth

PCIe PCIe 4.0 x20 39.4GB/sBandwidth

iGPU

iGPU 60-Core M3 Ultra	iGPU 0
Shaders 7680	Shaders -
Boost Clock 1.38GHz	Boost Clock -
Peak·FP32·FP16 21.2 TFLOPSFP16	Peak·FP32·FP16 -

NPU

NPU Model H15 Erebus	NPU Model -
NPU Cores 32	NPU Cores -
NPU Clock 2.36GHz	NPU Clock -
Performance 36 TOPSFP16	Performance -

Chip

Manufacturer Apple	Manufacturer AMD
ISA AArch64	ISA x86-64
Architecture Apple Silicon 13ARMv8.6-A	Architecture Zen 3
Family M Series	Family Ryzen 5000
Branding	Branding
Codename Palma-D - M3 UltraVariant EverestP-Core Sawtooth E-Core	Codename Vermeer BreckenridgeDie Vermeer 1CCDVariant - -
Market Segment Workstation	Market Segment Desktop
Release Date Mar 5, 2025	Release Date Nov 5, 2020

Fabrication

Foundry TSMC	Foundry TSMC
Other Foundries -	Other Foundries GlobalFoundriesIO
Fabrication Node N3B -	Fabrication Node N7 12LPIO
Die Size 954mm² -	Die Size 81mm² 125mm²IO
Transistor Count 184 Billion -	Transistor Count 4.2 Billion 2.1 BillionIO
Transistor Density 193 MTr/mm² -	Transistor Density 51 MTr/mm² 17 MTr/mm²IO

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Used In

Desktops Mac Studio(M3 Ultra, Early 2025)

Desktops Aurora(R14, Late 2021)OMEN 25L(Late 2020)OMEN 30L(AMD, Late 2020)

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