AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 vs Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU)

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

Both devices are evenly matched with an overall score of 97/100.

[ WINNER ]
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2
AMD

AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2

97/100
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[ WINNER ]
Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU)
Apple

Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU)

97/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU)
Efficiency 76.0 Good 93.0 Excellent WINNER
Performance 95.0 Excellent 100.0 Excellent WINNER

Detailed Technical Specifications

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU)
Base Frequency (P) 4.3 GHz 4.61 GHz
Bus Frequency 100 MHz —
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 192K (per core)
L2 Cache 1MB (per core) —
L3 Cache 192MB (shared) —
Multiplier 43x 46x
P-Cores 16 6
P-Threads 32 6
Total Cores 16 18
Total Threads 32 18
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.6 GHz —
Unlocked Multiplier Yes No
Base Frequency (E) — 4.38 GHz
E-Cores — 12
E-Threads — 12

Cinebench

Cinebench specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU)
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 10459 —
Cinebench 2026 (Single) 558 —

GeekBench v6

GeekBench v6 specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU)
Background blur 90.2 images/sec 99.8 images/sec
Clang compilation 240.9 Klines/sec 264.8 Klines/sec
File compression 2030 MB/sec 2730 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 460.9 pages/sec 769.2 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 570.9 Mpixels/sec 762.6 Mpixels/sec
Photo processing 160.1 images/sec 260.4 images/sec
Ray tracing 56.9 Mpixels/sec 48.4 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 361 pages/sec 438.2 pages/sec

General

General specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU)
Codename Zen 5 (Granite Ridge) Apple M5
Instruction Set x86-64 ARMv9
Integrated GPU Radeon Graphics Apple M5 Max GPU (32-core)
Model number 9950X3D2 —
Released March 26, 2026 March 3, 2026
Type Desktop Laptop
Vendor Amd Apple

Memory Support

Memory Support specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU)
ECC Support Yes No
Max. Memory Bandwidth 89.6 GB/s 460.8 GB/s
Max. Memory Size 256 GB 128 GB
Memory Channels 2 24
Memory Types - DDR5-5600 - LPDDR5X-9600

Misc

Misc specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU)
Official Site AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 official page —
PCI Express Lanes 28 —
PCI Express Version 5.0 —

Package

Package specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU)
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 64 W
Transistors — 28 billions

Performance Per Watt

Performance Per Watt specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU)
Blender / Watt 3.74 PPW —
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 12.6 PPW 32.3 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 135.6 PPW 454.2 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 363.9 PPW 897.9 PPW

iGPU

iGPU specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU)
Execution Units 2 512
GPU Base Clock 400 MHz —
GPU Boost Clock 2200 MHz 1620 MHz
Integrated Graphics Radeon Graphics Apple M5 Max GPU (32-core)
ROPs 4 128
Shading Units 128 4096
TGP 15 W —
TMUs 8 256

PassMark

PassMark specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU)
Data compression — 689.6 MBytes/sec
Data encryption — 40.8 GBytes/sec
Extended instructions — 33.4B Matrices/sec
Find prime numbers — 553M Primes/sec
Floating point math — 186.1 GOps/sec
Integer math — 132.6 GOps/sec
Physics — 6847 Frames/sec
Random string sorting — 84.9M Strings/sec

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