Apple M2 Ultra vs AMD Ryzen 5 9600X
CPU Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
May 2023
Jun 2024
Manufacturer
Apple
AMD
Type
Laptop
Desktop
Instruction Set
ARMv8
x86-64
Core Architecture
Apple M2
Zen 5 (Granite Ridge)
Integrated Graphics
Apple M2 Max GPU (76-core)
Radeon Graphics
Generation
-
Zen 5 (Granite Ridge)
Series
-
Ryzen 9000 Series
Package
Transistor Count
134 billions
-
Manufacturing Process
5 nm
4 nm
Socket
Apple M-Socket
AM5
Power Consumption
60 W
65 W
Peak Operating Temperature
100°C
95 °C
Foundry
-
TSMC
I/O Process Size
-
6 nm
Package
-
FC-LGA1718
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
16
6
Performance Core Threads
16
12
Performance Core Base Frequency
3.5 GHz
3.9 GHz
Efficiency Cores
8
-
Efficiency Core Threads
8
-
Efficiency Core Base Frequency
2.4 GHz
-
Total Core Count
24
6
Total Thread Count
24
12
Multiplier
35x
39
L1 Cache
192 K per core
80 K per core
L2 Cache
64 MB shared
1 MB per core
Unlocked Multiplier
No
Yes
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
-
5.4 GHz
Bus Frequency
-
100 MHz
L3 Cache
-
32 MB shared
SMP
-
1
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
LPDDR5-6400
DDR5-5600
Max Memory Size
192 GB
192 GB
Max Memory Channels
16
2
Max Memory Bandwidth
800 GB/s
89.6 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
No
Yes
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics
true
true
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
-
2200 MHz
Execution Units
-
2
Miscellaneous
📊 Benchmark
Cinebench R23
1,729
2,119
Cinebench R23
28,910
16,284
Geekbench 6
2,790
3,331
Geekbench 5
1,956
-
Geekbench 6
21,217
15,031
Geekbench 5
27,945
-
Cinebench 2024
126
130
Cinebench 2024
1,918
913
Blender
505
-
Passmark CPU
4,137
4,571
Passmark CPU
48,776
29,828
Cinebench 2026
-
4,122