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AMD Ryzen 5 9600X vs Apple M2
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Benchmarks
Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks
Single-core performance
Multi-core performance
Cinebench 2026 Single-Thread
Single-core performance
AMD Ryzen 5 9600X
100 %
6C / 12T · 5.40 GHz
Apple M2
87 %
8C / 8T · 3.50 GHz
Cinebench 2026 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
AMD Ryzen 5 9600X
100 %
6C / 12T · 5.40 GHz
Apple M2
56 %
8C / 8T · 3.50 GHz
Cinebench 2024 Single-Core
Single-core performance
AMD Ryzen 5 9600X
100 %
6C / 12T · 5.40 GHz
Apple M2
90 %
8C / 8T · 3.50 GHz
Cinebench 2024 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
AMD Ryzen 5 9600X
100 %
6C / 12T · 5.40 GHz
Apple M2
57 %
8C / 8T · 3.50 GHz
Cinebench R23 Single-Core
Single-core performance
AMD Ryzen 5 9600X
100 %
6C / 12T · 5.40 GHz
Apple M2
72 %
8C / 8T · 3.50 GHz
Cinebench R23 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
AMD Ryzen 5 9600X
100 %
6C / 12T · 4.90 GHz
Apple M2
48 %
8C / 8T · 3.50 GHz
Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance
AMD Ryzen 5 9600X
100 %
6C / 12T · 5.40 GHz
Apple M2
79 %
8C / 8T · 3.50 GHz
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
AMD Ryzen 5 9600X
100 %
6C / 12T · 4.90 GHz
Apple M2
70 %
8C / 8T · 3.50 GHz
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
AMD Ryzen 5 9600X
16 %
AMD Radeon Graphics (Raphael)
Apple M2
100 %
Apple M2 (10 Core)
More benchmarks
Cinebench 2026 (ST)
218 entries
218 entries
Cinebench 2026 (MC)
219 entries
219 entries
Cinebench 2024 (SC)
427 entries
427 entries
Cinebench 2024 (MC)
422 entries
422 entries
Cinebench R23 (SC)
690 entries
690 entries
Cinebench R23 (MC)
665 entries
665 entries
Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,989 entries
1,989 entries
Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 entries
1,927 entries
Cinebench R20 (SC)
666 entries
666 entries
Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries
2,512 entries
Cinebench R20 (MC)
615 entries
615 entries
Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries
2,483 entries
FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries
2,219 entries
PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries
2,504 entries
Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
190 entries
190 entries
CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (SC)
250 entries
250 entries
CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
751 entries
751 entries
CPU performance per watt (efficiency)
140 entries
140 entries
AI performance (NPU)
218 entries
218 entries
Specifications
At a glance
|
Wischen
|
AMD Ryzen 5 9600X | Apple M2 |
|---|---|---|
| Family | AMD Ryzen 5 (100) | Apple M series (38) |
| CPU group | AMD Ryzen 9000 (17) | Apple M2 (8) |
| Architecture | Granite Ridge (Zen 5) | M2 |
| Technology | 4 nm | 5 nm |
| Segment | Desktop | Notebook |
| Socket | AM5 (LGA 1718) | |
| Predecessor | AMD Ryzen 5 7600X | Apple M1 |
| Successor | Apple M3 |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
|
Wischen
|
AMD Ryzen 5 9600X | Apple M2 |
|---|---|---|
| CPU Cores / Threads | 6 / 12 | 8 / 8 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT | ✓ | ✗ |
| Core architecture | normal | hybrid (big.LITTLE) |
| Core Cluster 1: | 6x Zen 5 3.90 - 5.40 GHz |
4x Avalanche 0.66 - 3.50 GHz |
| Core Cluster 2: | 4x Blizzard 0.60 - 2.42 GHz |
|
| L2-Cache | 6.00 MB | 20.00 MB |
| L3-Cache | 32.00 MB | |
| Overclocking | ✓ | ✗ |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)
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Wischen
|
AMD Ryzen 5 9600X | Apple M2 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU name | AMD Radeon Graphics (Raphael) | Apple M2 (10 Core) |
| GPU frequency | 0.40 - 2.20 GHz | 0.45 - 1.40 GHz |
| CUs / Shader | 2 / 128 | 160 / 1280 |
| Raytracing | ✗ | ✗ |
| Max. displays | 3 | 2 |
| Max. GPU Memory | 8 GB | 24 GB |
| Technology | 5 nm | 5 nm |
| Release date | Q3/2022 | Q2/2022 |
NPU AI performance
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Wischen
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AMD Ryzen 5 9600X | Apple M2 |
|---|---|---|
| AI hardware | Apple Neural Engine | |
| AI specifications | 16 Neural cores @ 15.8 TOPS | |
| NPU + CPU + iGPU |
Memory & PCIe
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Wischen
|
AMD Ryzen 5 9600X | Apple M2 |
|---|---|---|
| Memory | DDR5-5600 (89.6 GB/s) | LPDDR5-6400 (102.4 GB/s) |
| Max. Memory | 256 GB | 24 GB |
| Memory channels | 2 | 2 |
| ECC | Yes | No |
| PCIe | 5.0 x 24 | 4.0 |
| PCIe Bandwidth | 94.5 GB/s |
Thermal Management
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Wischen
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AMD Ryzen 5 9600X | Apple M2 |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 65 W | 20 W |
| TDP (PL2) | 88 W | |
| TDP up | 105 W | 30 W |
| TDP down | 10 W | |
| T. junction max. | 95 °C | 100 °C |
Technical details
|
Wischen
|
AMD Ryzen 5 9600X | Apple M2 |
|---|---|---|
| Chip design | Chiplet | Monolithic |
| AES-NI | ✓ | ✓ |
| Operating systems | Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux | macOS, iPadOS |
| Instruction set | x86-64 (64 bit) | Armv8.5-A (64 bit) |
| ISA extensions | SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2,FMA3, AVX2, AVX512 | Rosetta 2 x86-Emulation |
| Release date | Q3/2024 | Q2/2022 |
| Release price | 279 $ | |
| Documents | Technical data sheet | Technical data sheet |
User Reviews
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