Apple M2 Ultra vs AMD Ryzen 9 7950X
CPU · Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
May 2023
Aug 2022
Manufacturer
Apple
AMD
Type
Laptop
Desktop
Instruction Set
ARMv8
x86-64
Core Architecture
Apple M2
Zen 4 (Raphael)
Integrated Graphics
Apple M2 Max GPU (76-core)
Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000)
Package
Transistor Count
134 billions
13.1 billions
Manufacturing Process
5 nm
5 nm
Socket
Apple M-Socket
AM5
Power Consumption
60 W
170 W
Peak Operating Temperature
100°C
95°C
Max Turbo Power Consumption
—
230 W
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
16
16
Performance Core Threads
16
32
Performance Core Base Frequency
3.5 GHz
4.5 GHz
Efficiency Cores
8
—
Efficiency Core Threads
8
—
Efficiency Core Base Frequency
2.4 GHz
—
Total Core Count
24
16
Total Thread Count
24
32
Multiplier
35x
45x
L1 Cache
192 K per core
64 K per core
L2 Cache
64 MB shared
1 MB per core
Unlocked Multiplier
No
Yes
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
—
5.7 GHz
Bus Frequency
—
100 MHz
L3 Cache
—
64 MB shared
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
LPDDR5-6400
DDR5-5200
Max Memory Size
192 GB
128 GB
Max Memory Channels
16
2
Max Memory Bandwidth
800 GB/s
73.4 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
No
Yes
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics
true
true
GPU Base Frequency
—
1500 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
—
2200 MHz
Shader Units
—
448
Texture Units
—
8
Raster Operation Units
—
4
Execution Units
—
2
Power Consumption
—
15 W
Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
4.0
5.0
PCIe Lanes
—
28
Benchmark
Cinebench R23
1,729
2,059
Cinebench R23
28,910
38,165
Geekbench 6
2,790
3,068
Geekbench 5
1,956
2,232
Geekbench 6
21,217
21,409
Geekbench 5
27,945
24,244
Cinebench 2024
126
—
Cinebench 2024
1,918
—
Blender
505
—
Passmark CPU
4,137
4,286
Passmark CPU
48,776
62,987
▲ Specs Compare
Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.