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Apple M2 Pro vs AMD Ryzen 9 5950X

65 out of 100
Apple M2 Pro
VS
62 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
Apple M2 Pro
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X

We compared two CPUs: the 3.5 GHz Apple M2 Pro (laptop) with 12-cores against the 3.4 GHz AMD Ryzen 9 5950X (desktop) with 16-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Performance
  4. Specs
  5. Comments

Review

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Key Differences

What are the key differences between 5950X and Pro
Advantages of Apple M2 Pro
  • Around 157.12 GB/s (330%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
  • Supports quad-channel memory
  • Newer - released 2 years and 3 months later
  • More modern manufacturing process โ€“ 5 versus 7 nanometers
  • 17% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2666 vs 2276 points
  • Includes an integrated GPU Apple M2 Pro GPU (19-core)
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
  • Supports up to 128 GB DDR4-3200 RAM
  • Unlocked multiplier
  • Has 4 more physical cores

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
M2 Pro
vs
Ryzen 9 5950X

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
M2 Pro +30%
125
Ryzen 9 5950X
96
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
M2 Pro
795
Ryzen 9 5950X +84%
1464
Cinebench 2026 (Single) - 464
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) - 5693
Cinebench Scores (#76th place)
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GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
M2 Pro +17%
2666
Ryzen 9 5950X
2276
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
M2 Pro +14%
14489
Ryzen 9 5950X
12728
File compression 1630 MB/sec 1120 MB/sec
Clang compilation 125.3 Klines/sec 147.1 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 356.9 pages/sec 224.5 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 352.9 Mpixels/sec 372.1 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 266.9 pages/sec 222.5 pages/sec
Background blur 53.8 images/sec 28.4 images/sec
Photo processing 126.3 images/sec 85 images/sec
Ray tracing 17 Mpixels/sec 38.4 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] โ€“ 917 & 741 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
M2 Pro +18%
4089
Ryzen 9 5950X
3476
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
M2 Pro
26724
Ryzen 9 5950X +69%
45260
Integer math 57.6 GOps/sec 183.9 GOps/sec
Floating point math 73.2 GOps/sec 100.5 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 354M Primes/sec 223M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 40.9M Strings/sec 64.9M Strings/sec
Data encryption 15.6 GBytes/sec 39.4 GBytes/sec
Data compression 334.8 MBytes/sec 622.5 MBytes/sec
Physics 3611 Frames/sec 1854 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 14.7B Matrices/sec 40.4B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] โ€“ 584 & 19398 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
M2 Pro
198.23
Ryzen 9 5950X +109%
413.83

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 26.5 PPW 13.9 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 483 PPW 121.2 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 890.8 PPW 431 PPW
Blender / Watt 6.61 PPW 3.94 PPW
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Apple M2 Pro
DateBenchmarkResult
๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-04-23 (Roman)Cinebench 2024125 / 795
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AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
DateBenchmarkResult
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-07-12 (stream pc)Cinebench 2026456 / 4979
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-06-30 (DDD)Cinebench 2026464 / 5693
๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-12-04 (PhillyBass)Geekbench 6 CPU2259 / 12745
๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-12-04 (PhillyBass)Cinebench 202499 / 1448
๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-10-07 (C0d3M0nk3y)Cinebench 202497 / 1451
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Apple M2 Pro and AMD Ryzen 9 5950X

General

Vendor Apple Amd
Released January 17, 2023 October 8, 2020
Type Laptop Desktop
Instruction Set ARMv8 x86-64
Codename Apple M2 Zen 3 (Vermeer)
Integrated GPU Apple M2 Pro GPU (19-core) No
Rival Equivalent - - Intel Core i9 11900K
Successor - Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) - AMD Ryzen 9 9950X
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#51st place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 8 16
P-Threads 8 32
Base Frequency (P) 3.5 GHz 3.4 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) - 4.9 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 4 -
E-Threads 4 -
Base Frequency (E) 2.4 GHz -
Total
Total Cores 12 16
Total Threads 12 32
Bus Frequency - 100 MHz
Multiplier - 34x
L1 Cache 192K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 32MB (shared) 512K (per core)
L3 Cache - 64MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No Yes

Package

Transistors 40 billions 4.15 billions
Fabrication Process 5 nm 7 nm
TDP (PL1) 30 W 105 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) - 142 W
Socket Apple M-Socket AM4
Peak Temperature 100ยฐC 95ยฐC
Desktop CPU ranking (#72nd place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Apple M2 Pro GPU (19-core) -
GPU Base Clock 450 MHz -
GPU Boost Clock 1398 MHz -
Shading Units 2432 -
TMUs 152 -
ROPs 76 -
Execution Units 304 -
TGP 35 W -
iGPU FLOPS
M2 Pro
6.8 TFLOPS
Ryzen 9 5950X
n/a
See: Apple M2 Pro GPU (19-core) benchmarks

Memory Support

Memory Types - LPDDR5-6400 - DDR4-3200
Max. Memory Size 32 GB 128 GB
Memory Channels 4 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 204.8 GB/s 47.68 GB/s
ECC Support No Yes

Misc

Official Site - AMD Ryzen 9 5950X official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes - 20

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