AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 vs Apple M2 Ultra

[ VERDICT ] Winner: AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 (97/100)

AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 leads overall with a score of 97/100 compared to Apple M2 Ultra (79/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Why choose AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2:
  • + Higher Performance score (95 vs 77)
[ WINNER ]
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2
AMD

AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2

97/100
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Apple M2 Ultra
Apple

Apple M2 Ultra

79/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Apple M2 Ultra
Efficiency 76.0 Good WINNER 74.0 Good
Performance 95.0 Excellent WINNER 77.0 Good

Detailed Technical Specifications

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Apple M2 Ultra
Base Frequency (P) 4.3 GHz 3.5 GHz
Bus Frequency 100 MHz —
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 192K (per core)
L2 Cache 1MB (per core) 64MB (shared)
L3 Cache 192MB (shared) —
Multiplier 43x 35x
P-Cores 16 16
P-Threads 32 16
Total Cores 16 24
Total Threads 32 24
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.6 GHz —
Unlocked Multiplier Yes No
Base Frequency (E) — 2.4 GHz
E-Cores — 8
E-Threads — 8

Cinebench

Cinebench specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Apple M2 Ultra
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 10459 —
Cinebench 2026 (Single) 558 —

GeekBench v6

GeekBench v6 specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Apple M2 Ultra
Background blur 90.2 images/sec 56.5 images/sec
Clang compilation 240.9 Klines/sec 226.4 Klines/sec
File compression 2030 MB/sec 2140 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 460.9 pages/sec 569.8 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 570.9 Mpixels/sec 603.6 Mpixels/sec
Photo processing 160.1 images/sec 170.7 images/sec
Ray tracing 56.9 Mpixels/sec 33.8 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 361 pages/sec 272.4 pages/sec

General

General specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Apple M2 Ultra
Codename Zen 5 (Granite Ridge) Apple M2
Instruction Set x86-64 ARMv8
Integrated GPU Radeon Graphics Apple M2 Ultra GPU (76-core)
Model number 9950X3D2 —
Released March 26, 2026 May 5, 2023
Type Desktop Laptop
Vendor Amd Apple
Successor — -Apple M4 Ultra

Memory Support

Memory Support specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Apple M2 Ultra
ECC Support Yes No
Max. Memory Bandwidth 89.6 GB/s 819.2 GB/s
Max. Memory Size 256 GB 192 GB
Memory Channels 2 8
Memory Types - DDR5-5600 - LPDDR5-6400

Misc

Misc specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Apple M2 Ultra
Official Site AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 official page —
PCI Express Lanes 28 —
PCI Express Version 5.0 4.0

Package

Package specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Apple M2 Ultra
Fabrication Process 4 nm 5 nm
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 270 W —
Peak Temperature 95°C 100°C
Socket AM5 Apple M-Socket
TDP (PL1) 200 W 80 W
Transistors — 134 billions

Performance Per Watt

Performance Per Watt specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Apple M2 Ultra
Blender / Watt 3.74 PPW 6.27 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 12.6 PPW 24 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 135.6 PPW 267.3 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 363.9 PPW 636.8 PPW

iGPU

iGPU specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Apple M2 Ultra
Execution Units 2 —
GPU Base Clock 400 MHz —
GPU Boost Clock 2200 MHz 1398 MHz
Integrated Graphics Radeon Graphics Apple M2 Ultra GPU (76-core)
ROPs 4 —
Shading Units 128 —
TGP 15 W —
TMUs 8 —

PassMark

PassMark specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Apple M2 Ultra
Data compression — 682.7 MBytes/sec
Data encryption — 32 GBytes/sec
Extended instructions — 33.2B Matrices/sec
Find prime numbers — 712M Primes/sec
Floating point math — 148.9 GOps/sec
Integer math — 117.4 GOps/sec
Physics — 7650 Frames/sec
Random string sorting — 83.7M Strings/sec

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