CPU Comparison

AMD Ryzen 9 9950X

16C / 32T

4.3 - 5.7 GHz

TDP: 170W

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Apple M3 Max

14C / 14T

0.7 - 4.06 GHz

TDP: 50W

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Benchmark Scores

C24

Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)

AMD Ryzen 9 9950X143

Apple M3 Max148

Difference: 3.5% (Apple M3 Max faster)

C24

Cinebench 2024 (Multi-Core)

AMD Ryzen 9 9950X2,413

Apple M3 Max1,692

Difference: 42.6% (AMD Ryzen 9 9950X faster)

C23

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

AMD Ryzen 9 9950X2,277

Apple M3 Max1,990

Difference: 14.4% (AMD Ryzen 9 9950X faster)

C23

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

AMD Ryzen 9 9950X42,160

Apple M3 Max24,066

Difference: 75.2% (AMD Ryzen 9 9950X faster)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3,385

Apple M3 Max3,227

Difference: 4.9% (AMD Ryzen 9 9950X faster)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

AMD Ryzen 9 9950X23,056

Apple M3 Max21,167

Difference: 8.9% (AMD Ryzen 9 9950X faster)

Specifications

Cores

Threads

4.3 GHz

Base Frequency

0.7 GHz

5.7 GHz

Boost Frequency

4.06 GHz

170 W

TDP

50 W

AM5 (LGA 1718)

Socket

AppleM-Socket

Zen 5 (Granite Ridge)

Architecture

Apple M3

4nm (TSMC)

Manufacturing

3nm

2024

Release Year

2023

DDR5-5600

Memory Support

LPDDR5-6400

192GB

Max Memory

96GB

PCIe 5.0

PCIe Version

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