Apple M2 Max vs AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D
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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
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Value for money (Beta)
Key Differences
Advantages of Apple M2 Max
- More powerful Apple M2 Max GPU (38-core) integrated graphics: 13.6 vs 0.6 TFLOPS
- Around 326.4 GB/s (392%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
- Supports quad-channel memory
- More than 11° C higher critical temperature
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D
- Unlocked multiplier
- Supports up to 192 GB DDR5-5200 RAM
- Has 4 more physical cores
- Newer PCI Express version – 5.0
- 11% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 3003 vs 2695 points
Test in Benchmarks
Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasksCinebench
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
| File compression | 1690 MB/sec | 1550 MB/sec |
| Clang compilation | 131.8 Klines/sec | 228.7 Klines/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | 368.6 pages/sec | 353.4 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | 382.1 Mpixels/sec | 482.7 Mpixels/sec |
| Text processing | 272.7 pages/sec | 303.7 pages/sec |
| Background blur | 54.1 images/sec | 68.3 images/sec |
| Photo processing | 149.6 images/sec | 117.9 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | 17 Mpixels/sec | 54.7 Mpixels/sec |
PassMark
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
| Integer math | 57.7 GOps/sec | 213.3 GOps/sec |
| Floating point math | 73.4 GOps/sec | 130.1 GOps/sec |
| Find prime numbers | 359M Primes/sec | 492M Primes/sec |
| Random string sorting | 41.1M Strings/sec | 93.2M Strings/sec |
| Data encryption | 15.7 GBytes/sec | 47 GBytes/sec |
| Data compression | 335.2 MBytes/sec | 783.2 MBytes/sec |
| Physics | 3849 Frames/sec | 5047 Frames/sec |
| Extended instructions | 14.7B Matrices/sec | 58.4B Matrices/sec |
Blender
Blender CPU
Performance Per Watt
| Cinebench 2024 / Watt | 20.4 PPW | 16.7 PPW |
| Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt | 297.8 PPW | 158.7 PPW |
| Passmark CPU Mark / Watt | 536.9 PPW | 519.2 PPW |
| Blender / Watt | 5.06 PPW | 4.5 PPW |
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.
Recent User Tests
Apple M2 Max
No benchmark results yet
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-02-03 (TheDude) | Cinebench 2024 | 109 / 1803 |
| 📘 2025-08-23 (HermesGrey) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 2723 / 17081 |
| 📘 2025-06-28 (JenXay) | Cinebench 2024 | 117 / 2062 |
| 📘 2025-06-08 (Jacob Newman) | Cinebench 2024 | 113 / 1958 |
| 📘 2025-02-19 (Ph1ps) | Cinebench 2024 | 111 / 2735 |
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) |
| Model number | - | 7950X3D |
| Integrated GPU | Apple M2 Max GPU (38-core) | Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000) |
| Rival Equivalent | - | - Intel Core i9 13900K |
| Successor | - Apple M5 Max (40-сore GPU) | - AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D |
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#12th place)
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 | 35x | 42x |
| L1 Cache | 192K (per core) | 64K (per core) |
| L2 Cache | 32MB (shared) | 1MB (per core) |
| L3 Cache | - | 128MB (shared) |
| Unlocked Multiplier | No | Yes |
Package
| Transistors | 67 billions | 13.1 billions |
| Fabrication Process | 5 nm | 5 nm |
| TDP (PL1) | 50 W | 120 W |
| Max. Boost TDP (PL2) | - | 162 W |
| Socket | Apple M-Socket | AM5 |
| Peak Temperature | 100°C | 89°C |
Laptop processors ranking (#71st place)
Desktop CPU ranking (#23rd place)
iGPU
| Integrated Graphics | Apple M2 Max GPU (38-core) | Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000) |
| GPU Base Clock | 450 MHz | 400 MHz |
| GPU Boost Clock | 1398 MHz | 2200 MHz |
| Shading Units | 4864 | 128 |
| TMUs | 304 | 8 |
| ROPs | 152 | 4 |
| Execution Units | 608 | 2 |
| TGP | 70 W | 15 W |
iGPU FLOPS
Memory Support
| Memory Types | - LPDDR5-6400 | - DDR5-5200 |
| Max. Memory Size | 96 GB | 192 GB |
| Memory Channels | 4 | 2 |
| Max. Memory Bandwidth | 409.6 GB/s | 83.2 GB/s |
| ECC Support | No | Yes |
Misc
| Official Site | - | AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D official page |
| PCI Express Version | 4.0 | 5.0 |
| PCI Express Lanes | - | 28 |
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