Apple M2 Ultra vs AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
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We compared two CPUs: the 3.5 GHz Apple M2 Ultra (laptop) with 24-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.
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
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 Ultra
- Around 771.52 GB/s (1618%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
- Newer - released 2 years and 8 months later
- Has 8 more physical cores
- Supports up to 192 GB LPDDR5-6400 RAM
- More modern manufacturing process โ 5 versus 7 nanometers
- 18% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2685 vs 2276 points
- Includes an integrated GPU Apple M2 Ultra GPU (76-core)
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
- Unlocked multiplier
Test in Benchmarks
Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasksCinebench
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
| Cinebench 2026 (Single) | - | 464 |
| Cinebench 2026 (Multi) | 7481 | 5693 |
Cinebench Scores (31st and 76th place)
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
| File compression | 2140 MB/sec | 1120 MB/sec |
| Clang compilation | 226.4 Klines/sec | 147.1 Klines/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | 569.8 pages/sec | 224.5 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | 603.6 Mpixels/sec | 372.1 Mpixels/sec |
| Text processing | 272.4 pages/sec | 222.5 pages/sec |
| Background blur | 56.5 images/sec | 28.4 images/sec |
| Photo processing | 170.7 images/sec | 85 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | 33.8 Mpixels/sec | 38.4 Mpixels/sec |
PassMark
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
| Integer math | 117.4 GOps/sec | 183.9 GOps/sec |
| Floating point math | 148.9 GOps/sec | 100.5 GOps/sec |
| Find prime numbers | 712M Primes/sec | 223M Primes/sec |
| Random string sorting | 83.7M Strings/sec | 64.9M Strings/sec |
| Data encryption | 32 GBytes/sec | 39.4 GBytes/sec |
| Data compression | 682.7 MBytes/sec | 622.5 MBytes/sec |
| Physics | 7650 Frames/sec | 1854 Frames/sec |
| Extended instructions | 33.2B Matrices/sec | 40.4B Matrices/sec |
Blender
Blender CPU
Performance Per Watt
| Cinebench 2024 / Watt | 24.3 PPW | 13.9 PPW |
| Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt | 267.3 PPW | 121.2 PPW |
| Passmark CPU Mark / Watt | 636.8 PPW | 431 PPW |
| Blender / Watt | 6.27 PPW | 3.94 PPW |
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.
Recent User Tests
Apple M2 Ultra
No benchmark results yet
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| ๐ 2026-07-12 (stream pc) | Cinebench 2026 | 456 / 4979 |
| ๐ 2026-06-30 (DDD) | Cinebench 2026 | 464 / 5693 |
| ๐ 2025-12-04 (PhillyBass) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 2259 / 12745 |
| ๐ 2025-12-04 (PhillyBass) | Cinebench 2024 | 99 / 1448 |
| ๐ 2025-10-07 (C0d3M0nk3y) | Cinebench 2024 | 97 / 1451 |
Specifications
Full technical specification of Apple M2 Ultra and AMD Ryzen 9 5950XGeneral
| Vendor | Apple | Amd |
| Released | May 5, 2023 | October 8, 2020 |
| Type | Laptop | Desktop |
| Instruction Set | ARMv8 | x86-64 |
| Codename | Apple M2 | Zen 3 (Vermeer) |
| Integrated GPU | Apple M2 Ultra GPU (76-core) | No |
| Rival Equivalent | - | - Intel Core i9 11900K |
| Successor | - Apple M4 Ultra | - AMD Ryzen 9 9950X |
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#51st place)
CPU
| P-Cores | 16 | 16 |
| P-Threads | 16 | 32 |
| Base Frequency (P) | 3.5 GHz | 3.4 GHz |
| Turbo Boost Frequency (P) | - | 4.9 GHz |
| E-Cores | 8 | - |
| E-Threads | 8 | - |
| Base Frequency (E) | 2.4 GHz | - |
| Total Cores | 24 | 16 |
| Total Threads | 24 | 32 |
| Bus Frequency | - | 100 MHz |
| Multiplier | 35x | 34x |
| L1 Cache | 192K (per core) | 64K (per core) |
| L2 Cache | 64MB (shared) | 512K (per core) |
| L3 Cache | - | 64MB (shared) |
| Unlocked Multiplier | No | Yes |
Package
| Transistors | 134 billions | 4.15 billions |
| Fabrication Process | 5 nm | 7 nm |
| TDP (PL1) | 80 W | 105 W |
| Max. Boost TDP (PL2) | - | 142 W |
| Socket | Apple M-Socket | AM4 |
| Peak Temperature | 100ยฐC | 95ยฐC |
Laptop processors ranking (#24th place)
Desktop CPU ranking (#72nd place)
iGPU
| Integrated Graphics | Apple M2 Ultra GPU (76-core) | - |
| GPU Boost Clock | 1398 MHz | - |
Memory Support
| Memory Types | - LPDDR5-6400 | - DDR4-3200 |
| Max. Memory Size | 192 GB | 128 GB |
| Memory Channels | 8 | 2 |
| Max. Memory Bandwidth | 819.2 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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