AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 vs Apple M2 Max

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

AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 leads overall with a score of 97/100 compared to Apple M2 Max (68/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

[ WINNER ]
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2
AMD

AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2

97/100
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Apple M2 Max
Apple

Apple M2 Max

68/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Apple M2 Max
Efficiency 76.0 Good WINNER 75.0 Good
Performance 95.0 Excellent WINNER 77.0 Good

Detailed Technical Specifications

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Apple M2 Max
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) 32MB (shared)
L3 Cache 192MB (shared) —
Multiplier 43x 35x
P-Cores 16 8
P-Threads 32 8
Total Cores 16 12
Total Threads 32 12
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.6 GHz —
Unlocked Multiplier Yes No
Base Frequency (E) — 2.4 GHz
E-Cores — 4
E-Threads — 4

Cinebench

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

GeekBench v6

GeekBench v6 specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Apple M2 Max
Background blur 90.2 images/sec 54.1 images/sec
Clang compilation 240.9 Klines/sec 131.8 Klines/sec
File compression 2030 MB/sec 1690 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 460.9 pages/sec 368.6 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 570.9 Mpixels/sec 382.1 Mpixels/sec
Photo processing 160.1 images/sec 149.6 images/sec
Ray tracing 56.9 Mpixels/sec 17 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 361 pages/sec 272.7 pages/sec

General

General specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Apple M2 Max
Codename Zen 5 (Granite Ridge) Apple M2
Instruction Set x86-64 ARMv8
Integrated GPU Radeon Graphics Apple M2 Max GPU (38-core)
Model number 9950X3D2 —
Released March 26, 2026 January 17, 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 M2 Max
ECC Support Yes No
Max. Memory Bandwidth 89.6 GB/s 409.6 GB/s
Max. Memory Size 256 GB 96 GB
Memory Channels 2 4
Memory Types - DDR5-5600 - LPDDR5-6400

Misc

Misc specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Apple M2 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 M2 Max
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 50 W
Transistors — 67 billions

Performance Per Watt

Performance Per Watt specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Apple M2 Max
Blender / Watt 3.74 PPW 5.06 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 12.6 PPW 20.4 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 135.6 PPW 297.8 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 363.9 PPW 536.9 PPW

iGPU

iGPU specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Apple M2 Max
Execution Units 2 608
GPU Base Clock 400 MHz 450 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 2200 MHz 1398 MHz
Integrated Graphics Radeon Graphics Apple M2 Max GPU (38-core)
ROPs 4 152
Shading Units 128 4864
TGP 15 W 70 W
TMUs 8 304

PassMark

PassMark specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Apple M2 Max
Data compression — 335.2 MBytes/sec
Data encryption — 15.7 GBytes/sec
Extended instructions — 14.7B Matrices/sec
Find prime numbers — 359M Primes/sec
Floating point math — 73.4 GOps/sec
Integer math — 57.7 GOps/sec
Physics — 3849 Frames/sec
Random string sorting — 41.1M Strings/sec

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