Apple M2 Max vs AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D
We compared two CPUs: the 3.5 GHz Apple M2 Max (laptop) with 12-cores against the 4.2 GHz AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D (desktop) with 16-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.
Review
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Multi-Core Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Power Efficiency
The efficiency score of power consumption
Integrated Graphics
iGPU capabilities for gaming and 3D-intensive tasks
NanoReview Final Score
Generic CPU rating
The "iGPU" and "Power Efficiency" have a minor impact on the NanoReview Score when comparing desktop CPUs.
Key Differences
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D
- Has 4 more physical cores
- Supports up to 128 GB DDR5-5200 RAM
- 11% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 3088 vs 2773 points
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Test in Benchmarks
Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasksCinebench R23
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
| File compression | 1740 MB/sec | 2050 MB/sec |
| Clang compilation | 128.4 Klines/sec | 209.6 Klines/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | 358.1 pages/sec | 441.5 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | 385.8 Mpixels/sec | 550.9 Mpixels/sec |
| Text processing | 262.5 pages/sec | 310.5 pages/sec |
| Background blur | 54.1 images/sec | 73.8 images/sec |
| Photo processing | 143 images/sec | 138.7 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | 17.8 Mpixels/sec | 48.8 Mpixels/sec |
PassMark
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
| Integer math | 58.2 GOps/sec | 214.3 GOps/sec |
| Floating point math | 74 GOps/sec | 130 GOps/sec |
| Find prime numbers | 363M Primes/sec | 500M Primes/sec |
| Random string sorting | 41.7M Strings/sec | 96.5M Strings/sec |
| Data encryption | 15.8 GBytes/sec | 47.1 GBytes/sec |
| Data compression | 338.3 MBytes/sec | 785.7 MBytes/sec |
| Physics | 3846 Frames/sec | 5140 Frames/sec |
| Extended instructions | 12.1B Matrices/sec | 58.5B Matrices/sec |
Value for money
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Specifications
Full technical specification of Apple M2 Max and AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3DGeneral
| Vendor | Apple | AMD |
| Released | January 17, 2023 | January 4, 2023 |
| Type | Laptop | Desktop |
| instruction set | ARMv8 | x86-64 |
| Codename | Apple M2 | Zen 4 (Raphael) |
| Integrated GPU | Apple M2 Max GPU (38-core) | Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000) |
CPU
| P-Cores | 8 | 16 |
| P-Threads | 8 | 32 |
| Base Frequency (P) | 3.5 GHz | 4.2 GHz |
| Turbo Boost Frequency (P) | - | 5.7 GHz |
| E-Cores | 4 | - |
| E-Threads | 4 | - |
| Base Frequency (E) | 2.4 GHz | - |
| Total Cores | 12 | 16 |
| Total Threads | 12 | 32 |
| Bus Frequency | - | 100 MHz |
| Multiplier | - | 42x |
| L1 Cache | 192K (per core) | 64K (per core) |
| L2 Cache | 32MB (shared) | 1MB (per core) |
| L3 Cache | - | 128MB (shared) |
| Unlocked Multiplier | No | - |
Package
| Transistors | 67 billions | 13.1 billions |
| Fabrication process | 5 nm | 5 nm |
| TDP (PL1) | 30 W | 120 W |
| Max. Boost TDP (PL2) | - | 162 W |
| Socket | Apple M-Socket | AM5 |
| Peak temperature | - | 89°C |
iGPU
| Integrated Graphics | Apple M2 Max GPU (38-core) | Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000) |
| GPU Base Clock | 450 MHz | 1500 MHz |
| GPU Boost Clock | 1398 MHz | 2200 MHz |
| Shading Units | 4864 | 448 |
| TMUs | 304 | 8 |
| ROPs | 152 | 4 |
| Execution Units | - | 2 |
| TGP | 70 W | 15 W |
| Max. Resolution | 7680x4320 - 60 Hz | - |
iGPU FLOPS
Memory Support
| Memory types | - LPDDR5-6400 | - DDR5-5200 |
| Memory Size | 96 GB | 128 GB |
| Max. Memory Channels | 8 | 2 |
| Max. Memory Bandwidth | 409.6 GB/s | - |
| ECC Support | No | Yes |
Misc
| Official site | - | AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D official page |
| PCI Express Version | - | 5.0 |
| PCI Express Lanes | - | 28 |
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