Apple M2 Pro vs AMD Ryzen 9 7950X
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We compared two CPUs: the 3.5 GHz Apple M2 Pro (laptop) with 12-cores against the 4.5 GHz AMD Ryzen 9 7950X (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
The "iGPU" and "Power Efficiency" have a minor impact on the NanoReview Score for desktop CPU.
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Value for money (Beta)
Key Differences
Advantages of Apple M2 Pro
- More powerful Apple M2 Pro GPU (19-core) integrated graphics: 6.8 vs 0.6 TFLOPS
- Around 121.6 GB/s (146%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
- Supports quad-channel memory
- Newer - released 5 months later
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 7950X
- Supports up to 192 GB DDR5-5200 RAM
- Unlocked multiplier
- Has 4 more physical cores
- Newer PCI Express version โ 5.0
- 15% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 3068 vs 2666 points
Test in Benchmarks
Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasksCinebench
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
| Cinebench 2026 (Single) | - | 679 |
| Cinebench 2026 (Multi) | - | 8943 |
Cinebench Scores (#18th place)
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
| File compression | 1630 MB/sec | 1960 MB/sec |
| Clang compilation | 125.3 Klines/sec | 211.3 Klines/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | 356.9 pages/sec | 414.2 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | 352.9 Mpixels/sec | 540.6 Mpixels/sec |
| Text processing | 266.9 pages/sec | 304.8 pages/sec |
| Background blur | 53.8 images/sec | 78.9 images/sec |
| Photo processing | 126.3 images/sec | 148.7 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | 17 Mpixels/sec | 46.1 Mpixels/sec |
PassMark
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
| Integer math | 57.6 GOps/sec | 224.2 GOps/sec |
| Floating point math | 73.2 GOps/sec | 137.4 GOps/sec |
| Find prime numbers | 354M Primes/sec | 333M Primes/sec |
| Random string sorting | 40.9M Strings/sec | 98.4M Strings/sec |
| Data encryption | 15.6 GBytes/sec | 49.1 GBytes/sec |
| Data compression | 334.8 MBytes/sec | 831.2 MBytes/sec |
| Physics | 3611 Frames/sec | 3073 Frames/sec |
| Extended instructions | 14.7B Matrices/sec | 61.7B Matrices/sec |
Blender
Blender CPU
Performance Per Watt
| Cinebench 2024 / Watt | 26.5 PPW | 12.2 PPW |
| Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt | 483 PPW | 125.9 PPW |
| Passmark CPU Mark / Watt | 890.8 PPW | 365.5 PPW |
| Blender / Watt | 6.61 PPW | 3.39 PPW |
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.
Recent User Tests
Apple M2 Pro
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| ๐ 2025-04-23 (Roman) | Cinebench 2024 | 125 / 795 |
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| ๐ 2026-04-25 (Leandro Irgang) | Cinebench 2026 | 679 / 8943 |
| ๐ 2026-04-25 (VikTOR) | Cinebench 2024 | 125 / 2213 |
| ๐ 2026-02-07 (Gerard) | Cinebench 2026 | 627 / 8337 |
| ๐ 2025-12-17 (RipePipe) | Cinebench 2024 | 118 / 1956 |
| ๐ 2024-11-28 (Mirage_Tahmid) | Cinebench 2024 | 118 / 1966 |
Specifications
Full technical specification of Apple M2 Pro and AMD Ryzen 9 7950XGeneral
| Vendor | Apple | Amd |
| Released | January 17, 2023 | August 29, 2022 |
| Type | Laptop | Desktop |
| Instruction Set | ARMv8 | x86-64 |
| Codename | Apple M2 | Zen 4 (Raphael) |
| Integrated GPU | Apple M2 Pro GPU (19-core) | Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000) |
| Rival Equivalent | - | - Intel Core i9 13900K |
| Successor | - Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) | - AMD Ryzen 9 9950X |
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#7th place)
CPU
| P-Cores | 8 | 16 |
| P-Threads | 8 | 32 |
| Base Frequency (P) | 3.5 GHz | 4.5 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 | - | 45x |
| L1 Cache | 192K (per core) | 64K (per core) |
| L2 Cache | 32MB (shared) | 1MB (per core) |
| L3 Cache | - | 64MB (shared) |
| Unlocked Multiplier | No | Yes |
Package
| Transistors | 40 billions | 13.1 billions |
| Fabrication Process | 5 nm | 5 nm |
| TDP (PL1) | 30 W | 170 W |
| Max. Boost TDP (PL2) | - | 230 W |
| Socket | Apple M-Socket | AM5 |
| Peak Temperature | 100ยฐC | 95ยฐC |
Laptop processors ranking (#76th place)
Desktop CPU ranking (#18th place)
iGPU
| Integrated Graphics | Apple M2 Pro GPU (19-core) | Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000) |
| GPU Base Clock | 450 MHz | 400 MHz |
| GPU Boost Clock | 1398 MHz | 2200 MHz |
| Shading Units | 2432 | 128 |
| TMUs | 152 | 8 |
| ROPs | 76 | 4 |
| Execution Units | 304 | 2 |
| TGP | 35 W | 15 W |
iGPU FLOPS
Memory Support
| Memory Types | - LPDDR5-6400 | - DDR5-5200 |
| Max. Memory Size | 32 GB | 192 GB |
| Memory Channels | 4 | 2 |
| Max. Memory Bandwidth | 204.8 GB/s | 83.2 GB/s |
| ECC Support | No | Yes |
Misc
| Official Site | - | AMD Ryzen 9 7950X official page |
| PCI Express Version | 4.0 | 5.0 |
| PCI Express Lanes | - | 28 |
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