Apple M2 Ultra vs AMD Ryzen 5 9500F
CPU · Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
May 2023
Sep 2025
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)
No
Series
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Ryzen 9000 Series
Package
Transistor Count
134 billions
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Manufacturing Process
5 nm
4 nm
Socket
Apple M-Socket
AM5
Power Consumption
60 W
65 W
Peak Operating Temperature
100°C
95 °C
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
16
6
Performance Core Threads
16
12
Performance Core Base Frequency
3.5 GHz
3.8 GHz
Efficiency Cores
8
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Efficiency Core Threads
8
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Efficiency Core Base Frequency
2.4 GHz
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Total Core Count
24
6
Total Thread Count
24
12
Multiplier
35x
38
L1 Cache
192 K per core
80 K per core
L2 Cache
64 MB shared
1 MB per core
Unlocked Multiplier
No
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Performance Core Turbo Frequency
—
5 GHz
Bus Frequency
—
100 MHz
L3 Cache
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32 MB shared
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
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Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
4.0
5.0
PCIe Lanes
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28
Benchmark
Cinebench R23
1,729
1,690
Cinebench R23
28,910
12,810
Geekbench 6
2,790
3,051
Geekbench 5
1,956
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Geekbench 6
21,217
14,235
Geekbench 5
27,945
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Cinebench 2024
126
115
Cinebench 2024
1,918
860
Blender
505
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Passmark CPU
4,137
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Passmark CPU
48,776
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Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.