AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 vs Apple M1 Max

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

AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 leads overall with a score of 97/100 compared to Apple M1 Max (61/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Why choose AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2:
  • + Higher Efficiency score (76 vs 69)
  • + Higher Performance score (95 vs 70)
[ WINNER ]
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2
AMD

AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2

97/100
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Apple M1 Max
Apple

Apple M1 Max

61/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Apple M1 Max
Efficiency 76.0 Good WINNER 69.0 Average
Performance 95.0 Excellent WINNER 70.0 Good

Detailed Technical Specifications

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Apple M1 Max
Base Frequency (P) 4.3 GHz 3.2 GHz
Bus Frequency 100 MHz —
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 192K (per core)
L2 Cache 1MB (per core) 24MB (shared)
L3 Cache 192MB (shared) —
Multiplier 43x —
P-Cores 16 8
P-Threads 32 8
Total Cores 16 10
Total Threads 32 10
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.6 GHz —
Unlocked Multiplier Yes No
Base Frequency (E) — 2.1 GHz
E-Cores — 2
E-Threads — 2

Cinebench

Cinebench specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Apple M1 Max
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 10459 —
Cinebench 2026 (Single) 558 —

GeekBench v6

GeekBench v6 specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Apple M1 Max
Background blur 90.2 images/sec 42.2 images/sec
Clang compilation 240.9 Klines/sec 105.1 Klines/sec
File compression 2030 MB/sec 1450 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 460.9 pages/sec 329.2 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 570.9 Mpixels/sec 317 Mpixels/sec
Photo processing 160.1 images/sec 122.8 images/sec
Ray tracing 56.9 Mpixels/sec 14.9 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 361 pages/sec 249.6 pages/sec

General

General specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Apple M1 Max
Codename Zen 5 (Granite Ridge) Apple M1
Instruction Set x86-64 ARMv8
Integrated GPU Radeon Graphics Apple M1 Max GPU (32-core)
Model number 9950X3D2 —
Released March 26, 2026 October 18, 2021
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 M1 Max
ECC Support Yes No
Max. Memory Bandwidth 89.6 GB/s 409.6 GB/s
Max. Memory Size 256 GB 64 GB
Memory Channels 2 4
Memory Types - DDR5-5600 - LPDDR5-6400

Misc

Misc specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Apple M1 Max
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 M1 Max
Fabrication Process 4 nm 5 nm
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 270 W —
Peak Temperature 95°C —
Socket AM5 Apple M-Socket
TDP (PL1) 200 W 50 W
Transistors — 57 billions

Performance Per Watt

Performance Per Watt specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Apple M1 Max
Blender / Watt 3.74 PPW 3.98 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 12.6 PPW 15.8 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 135.6 PPW 253.5 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 363.9 PPW 443.2 PPW

iGPU

iGPU specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Apple M1 Max
Execution Units 2 512
GPU Base Clock 400 MHz 450 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 2200 MHz 1296 MHz
Integrated Graphics Radeon Graphics Apple M1 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 M1 Max
Data compression — 274.4 MBytes/sec
Data encryption — 12.2 GBytes/sec
Extended instructions — 12.8B Matrices/sec
Find prime numbers — 278M Primes/sec
Floating point math — 64.5 GOps/sec
Integer math — 46.1 GOps/sec
Physics — 2833 Frames/sec
Random string sorting — 32.7M Strings/sec

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Apple M1 Max
Date — Benchmark
📘 2025-07-04(Daniel) — GeekBench

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