AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 vs Apple M5 (10-Core)
CPU · Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Mar 2026
Oct 2025
Manufacturer
Amd
Apple
Type
Desktop
Laptop
Instruction Set
x86-64
ARMv9
Core Architecture
Zen 5 (Granite Ridge)
—
Processor Number
9950X3D2
Apple M5
Integrated Graphics
Radeon Graphics
Apple M5 GPU
Package
Manufacturing Process
4 nm
3 nm
Socket
AM5
Apple M-Socket
Power Consumption
200 W
—
Max Turbo Power Consumption
270 W
—
Peak Operating Temperature
95 °C
—
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
16
4
Performance Core Threads
32
4
Performance Core Base Frequency
4.3 GHz
4.6 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
5.6 GHz
—
Total Core Count
16
10
Total Thread Count
32
10
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
—
Multiplier
43
46
L1 Cache
80 K per core
320 K per core
L2 Cache
1 MB per core
16 MB shared
L3 Cache
192 MB shared
—
Unlocked Multiplier
Yes
No
Efficiency Cores
—
6
Efficiency Core Threads
—
6
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR5-5600
LPDDR5X-9600
Max Memory Bandwidth
89.6 GB/s
153 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
Yes
No
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics
true
true
GPU Base Frequency
400 MHz
—
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
2200 MHz
2240 MHz
Shader Units
128
1280
Texture Units
8
80
Raster Operation Units
4
40
Execution Units
2
160
Power Consumption
15
—
Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
5.0
—
PCIe Lanes
28
—
Benchmark
Geekbench 6
3,551
4,186
Geekbench 6
24,343
16,820
Cinebench R23
—
2,399
Cinebench R23
—
15,574
Cinebench 2024
—
184
Cinebench 2024
—
1,071
Cinebench 2026
—
4,367
Cinebench 2026
—
737
▲ Specs Compare
Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.