CPU Comparison

AMD Ryzen 9 9950X

16C / 32T

4.3 - 5.7 GHz

TDP: 170W

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Apple M2 Ultra

24C / 24T

3.5 - 3.5 GHz

TDP: 60W

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Benchmark Scores

C23

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

AMD Ryzen 9 9950X2,277

Apple M2 Ultra1,746

Difference: 30.4% (AMD Ryzen 9 9950X faster)

C23

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

AMD Ryzen 9 9950X42,160

Apple M2 Ultra28,951

Difference: 45.6% (AMD Ryzen 9 9950X faster)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3,385

Apple M2 Ultra2,805

Difference: 20.7% (AMD Ryzen 9 9950X faster)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

AMD Ryzen 9 9950X23,056

Apple M2 Ultra21,557

Difference: 7.0% (AMD Ryzen 9 9950X faster)

Specifications

Cores

Threads

4.3 GHz

Base Frequency

3.5 GHz

5.7 GHz

Boost Frequency

3.5 GHz

170 W

TDP

60 W

AM5 (LGA 1718)

Socket

AppleM-Socket

Zen 5 (Granite Ridge)

Architecture

Apple M2

4nm (TSMC)

Manufacturing

5nm

2024

Release Year

2023

DDR5-5600

Memory Support

LPDDR5-6400

192GB

Max Memory

192GB

PCIe 5.0

PCIe Version

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