AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 vs Apple M5 (10-Core)

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

AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 leads overall with a score of 97/100 compared to Apple M5 (10-Core) (81/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Why choose Apple M5 (10-Core):
  • + Higher Efficiency score (96 vs 76)
  • + Higher Performance score (100 vs 95)
[ WINNER ]
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2
AMD

AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2

97/100
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Apple M5 (10-Core)
Apple

Apple M5 (10-Core)

81/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Apple M5 (10-Core)
Efficiency 76.0 Good 96.0 Excellent WINNER
Performance 95.0 Excellent 100.0 Excellent WINNER

Detailed Technical Specifications

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Apple M5 (10-Core)
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) 16MB (shared)
L3 Cache 192MB (shared) —
Multiplier 43x 46x
P-Cores 16 4
P-Threads 32 4
Total Cores 16 10
Total Threads 32 10
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.6 GHz —
Unlocked Multiplier Yes No
Base Frequency (E) — 3.0 GHz
E-Cores — 6
E-Threads — 6

Cinebench

Cinebench specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Apple M5 (10-Core)
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 10459 4278
Cinebench 2026 (Single) 558 —

GeekBench v6

GeekBench v6 specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Apple M5 (10-Core)
Background blur 90.2 images/sec 78.7 images/sec
Clang compilation 240.9 Klines/sec 138 Klines/sec
File compression 2030 MB/sec 1790 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 460.9 pages/sec 427.3 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 570.9 Mpixels/sec 430.7 Mpixels/sec
Photo processing 160.1 images/sec 156.2 images/sec
Ray tracing 56.9 Mpixels/sec 21.6 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 361 pages/sec 421.1 pages/sec

General

General specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Apple M5 (10-Core)
Codename Zen 5 (Granite Ridge) Apple M5
Instruction Set x86-64 ARMv9
Integrated GPU Radeon Graphics Apple M5 GPU (10-core)
Model number 9950X3D2 T8142
Released March 26, 2026 October 15, 2025
Type Desktop Laptop
Vendor Amd Apple
Qualcomm Equivalent — -Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme (X2E-96-100)

Memory Support

Memory Support specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Apple M5 (10-Core)
ECC Support Yes No
Max. Memory Bandwidth 89.6 GB/s 153 GB/s
Max. Memory Size 256 GB 32 GB
Memory Channels 2 8
Memory Types - DDR5-5600 - LPDDR5X-9600

Misc

Misc specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Apple M5 (10-Core)
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 (10-Core)
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 27 W
Transistors — 28 billions

Performance Per Watt

Performance Per Watt specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Apple M5 (10-Core)
Blender / Watt 3.74 PPW 10.22 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 12.6 PPW 43.8 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 135.6 PPW 661.6 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 363.9 PPW 991.8 PPW

iGPU

iGPU specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Apple M5 (10-Core)
Execution Units 2 160
GPU Base Clock 400 MHz —
GPU Boost Clock 2200 MHz 1620 MHz
Integrated Graphics Radeon Graphics Apple M5 GPU (10-core)
ROPs 4 40
Shading Units 128 1280
TGP 15 W —
TMUs 8 80

PassMark

PassMark specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Apple M5 (10-Core)
Data compression — 296.6 MBytes/sec
Data encryption — 17.1 GBytes/sec
Extended instructions — 15.1B Matrices/sec
Find prime numbers — 301M Primes/sec
Floating point math — 75.6 GOps/sec
Integer math — 56.9 GOps/sec
Physics — 3199 Frames/sec
Random string sorting — 35.6M Strings/sec

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Apple M5 (10-Core)
Date — Benchmark
📘 2025-12-27->Rennsport — GeekBench
📘 2026-07-05->maheshkondraju — GeekBench
📘 2026-07-29->knotp37 — Cinebench 2026

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