Apple M2 Ultra vs AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D
CPU · Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
May 2023
Jan 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)
Radeon Graphics
Processor Number
—
9900X3D
Generation
—
Ryzen 9 (Zen 5 (Granite Ridge))
Series
—
Ryzen 9000 Series
Package
Transistor Count
134 billions
16.63 billions
Manufacturing Process
5 nm
4 nm
Socket
Apple M-Socket
AM5
Power Consumption
60 W
120 W
Peak Operating Temperature
100°C
95 °C
Max Turbo Power Consumption
—
230 W
Foundry
—
TSMC
Die Size
—
2x70.6 mm²
I/O Process Size
—
6 nm
I/O Die Size
—
122 mm²
Package
—
FC-LGA1718
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
16
12
Performance Core Threads
16
24
Performance Core Base Frequency
3.5 GHz
4.4 GHz
Efficiency Cores
8
—
Efficiency Core Threads
8
—
Efficiency Core Base Frequency
2.4 GHz
—
Total Core Count
24
12
Total Thread Count
24
24
Multiplier
35x
43
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
—
5.5 GHz
Bus Frequency
—
100 MHz
L3 Cache
—
128 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 Base Frequency
—
400 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
—
2200 MHz
Shader Units
—
128
Texture Units
—
8
Raster Operation Units
—
4
Execution Units
—
2
Power Consumption
—
15
Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
4.0
5.0
PCIe Lanes
—
28
Benchmark
Cinebench R23
1,729
2,258
Cinebench R23
28,910
34,524
Geekbench 6
2,790
3,351
Geekbench 5
1,956
—
Geekbench 6
21,217
21,364
Geekbench 5
27,945
—
Cinebench 2024
126
—
Cinebench 2024
1,918
—
Blender
505
—
Passmark CPU
4,137
4,651
Passmark CPU
48,776
56,185
▲ Specs Compare
Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.