AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 vs Apple M3 Max

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

AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 leads overall with a score of 97/100 compared to Apple M3 Max (83/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Why choose AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2:
  • + Higher Performance score (95 vs 91)
Why choose Apple M3 Max:
  • + Higher Efficiency score (79 vs 76)
[ WINNER ]
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2
AMD

AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2

97/100
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Apple M3 Max
Apple

Apple M3 Max

83/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Apple M3 Max
Efficiency 76.0 Good 79.0 Good WINNER
Performance 95.0 Excellent WINNER 91.0 Excellent

Detailed Technical Specifications

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Apple M3 Max
Base Frequency (P) 4.3 GHz 4.05 GHz
Bus Frequency 100 MHz —
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 192K (per core)
L2 Cache 1MB (per core) 32MB (shared)
L3 Cache 192MB (shared) —
Multiplier 43x 40x
P-Cores 16 12
P-Threads 32 12
Total Cores 16 16
Total Threads 32 16
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.6 GHz —
Unlocked Multiplier Yes No
Base Frequency (E) — 2.75 GHz
E-Cores — 4
E-Threads — 4

Cinebench

Cinebench specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Apple M3 Max
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 10459 —
Cinebench 2026 (Single) 558 —

GeekBench v6

GeekBench v6 specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Apple M3 Max
Background blur 90.2 images/sec 68.9 images/sec
Clang compilation 240.9 Klines/sec 198.5 Klines/sec
File compression 2030 MB/sec 2190 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 460.9 pages/sec 557.3 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 570.9 Mpixels/sec 648.9 Mpixels/sec
Photo processing 160.1 images/sec 183.5 images/sec
Ray tracing 56.9 Mpixels/sec 30.6 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 361 pages/sec 309.1 pages/sec

General

General specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Apple M3 Max
Codename Zen 5 (Granite Ridge) Apple M3
Instruction Set x86-64 ARMv8
Integrated GPU Radeon Graphics Apple M3 Max GPU (40-core)
Model number 9950X3D2 —
Released March 26, 2026 October 30, 2023
Type Desktop Laptop
Vendor Amd Apple
Successor — -Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU)

Memory Support

Memory Support specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Apple M3 Max
ECC Support Yes No
Max. Memory Bandwidth 89.6 GB/s 409.6 GB/s
Max. Memory Size 256 GB 128 GB
Memory Channels 2 32
Memory Types - DDR5-5600 - LPDDR5-6400

Misc

Misc specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Apple M3 Max
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 M3 Max
Fabrication Process 4 nm 3 nm
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 270 W —
Peak Temperature 95°C 100°C
Socket AM5 Apple M-Socket
TDP (PL1) 200 W 56 W
Transistors — 92 billions

Performance Per Watt

Performance Per Watt specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Apple M3 Max
Blender / Watt 3.74 PPW 7.21 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 12.6 PPW 30.3 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 135.6 PPW 378 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 363.9 PPW 735.9 PPW

iGPU

iGPU specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Apple M3 Max
Execution Units 2 640
GPU Base Clock 400 MHz 500 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 2200 MHz 1380 MHz
Integrated Graphics Radeon Graphics Apple M3 Max GPU (40-core)
ROPs 4 160
Shading Units 128 5120
TGP 15 W 60 W
TMUs 8 320

PassMark

PassMark specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Apple M3 Max
Data compression — 530.4 MBytes/sec
Data encryption — 24.7 GBytes/sec
Extended instructions — 24.2B Matrices/sec
Find prime numbers — 573M Primes/sec
Floating point math — 131.5 GOps/sec
Integer math — 91.2 GOps/sec
Physics — 4332 Frames/sec
Random string sorting — 61.7M Strings/sec

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Apple M3 Max
Date — Benchmark
📘 2024-04-27(Guest #1) — Cinebench 2024
📘 2024-09-27(JayZeppelin) — Cinebench 2024

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