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AMD Ryzen 9 3950X vs Apple M2

Last updated: 2026-07-01

Table of Contents

Summary
Benchmarks
Specifications
User Reviews
Popular Comparisons

Summary

Benchmarks

Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance

Rank 2 - 72 %

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X

Rank 1 - 100 %

Apple M2

Multi-core performance

Rank 1 - 100 %

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X

Rank 2 - 53 %

Apple M2

Cinebench 2026 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

16C / 32T · 4.70 GHz

5,286 pts

8C / 8T · 3.50 GHz

2,316 pts

Cinebench 2024 Single-Core
Single-core performance

16C / 32T · 4.70 GHz

74 pts

8C / 8T · 3.50 GHz

120 pts

Cinebench 2024 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

16C / 32T · 4.70 GHz

1,325 pts

8C / 8T · 3.50 GHz

555 pts

Cinebench R23 Single-Core
Single-core performance

16C / 32T · 4.70 GHz

1,371 pts

8C / 8T · 3.50 GHz

1,592 pts

Cinebench R23 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

16C / 32T · 4.00 GHz

24,050 pts

8C / 8T · 3.50 GHz

8,558 pts

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

16C / 32T · 4.70 GHz

1,697

8C / 8T · 3.50 GHz

2,596

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

16C / 32T · 4.00 GHz

11,830

8C / 8T · 3.50 GHz

10,062

Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance

16C / 32T · 4.70 GHz

1,408

8C / 8T · 3.50 GHz

1,874

Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

16C / 32T · 4.00 GHz

14,322

8C / 8T · 3.50 GHz

8,853

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
Multi-core performance

16C / 32T · 4.00 GHz

85.4 s

8C / 8T · 3.50 GHz

277.0 s

More benchmarks

Cinebench 2026 (ST)
218 entries

Cinebench 2026 (MC)
219 entries

Cinebench 2024 (SC)
427 entries

Cinebench 2024 (MC)
422 entries

Cinebench R23 (SC)
690 entries

Cinebench R23 (MC)
665 entries

Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,989 entries

Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 entries

Cinebench R20 (SC)
666 entries

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries

Cinebench R20 (MC)
615 entries

Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries

FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries

Blender 3.1 Benchmark
213 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
190 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (SC)
250 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
751 entries

Monero Hashrate
94 entries

V-Ray CPU-Render
251 entries

Cinebench R15 (SC)
1,113 entries

Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,110 entries

CPU performance per watt (efficiency)
140 entries

AI performance (NPU)
218 entries

Specifications

At a glance

Wischen	AMD Ryzen 9 3950X	Apple M2
Family	AMD Ryzen 9 (43)	Apple M series (38)
CPU group	AMD Ryzen 3000 (15)	Apple M2 (8)
Architecture	Matisse (Zen 2)	M2
Technology	7 nm	5 nm
Segment	Desktop	Notebook
Socket	AM4 (PGA 1331)
Predecessor		Apple M1
Successor	AMD Ryzen 9 5950X	Apple M3

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	AMD Ryzen 9 3950X	Apple M2
CPU Cores / Threads	16 / 32	8 / 8
Hyperthreading / SMT	✓	✗
Core architecture	normal	hybrid (big.LITTLE)
Core Cluster 1:	16x 3.50 - 4.70 GHz	4x Avalanche 0.66 - 3.50 GHz
Core Cluster 2:		4x Blizzard 0.60 - 2.42 GHz
L2-Cache		20.00 MB
L3-Cache	64.00 MB
Overclocking	✓	✗

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	AMD Ryzen 9 3950X	Apple M2
GPU name	no iGPU	Apple M2 (10 Core)
GPU frequency		0.45 - 1.40 GHz
CUs / Shader	/	160 / 1280
Raytracing	✗	✗
Max. displays		2
Max. GPU Memory		24 GB
Technology		5 nm
Release date		Q2/2022

NPU AI performance

Wischen	AMD Ryzen 9 3950X	Apple M2
AI hardware		Apple Neural Engine
AI specifications		16 Neural cores @ 15.8 TOPS
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	AMD Ryzen 9 3950X	Apple M2
Memory	DDR4-3200 (51.2 GB/s)	LPDDR5-6400 (102.4 GB/s)
Max. Memory	128 GB	24 GB
Memory channels	2	2
ECC	Yes	No
PCIe	4.0 x 20	4.0
PCIe Bandwidth	39.4 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	AMD Ryzen 9 3950X	Apple M2
TDP	105 W	20 W
TDP (PL2)	142 W
TDP up		30 W
TDP down		10 W
T. junction max.	95 °C	100 °C

Technical details

Wischen	AMD Ryzen 9 3950X	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, AVX2, FMA3	Rosetta 2 x86-Emulation
Release date	Q3/2019	Q2/2022
Release price	749 $
Documents		Technical data sheet

User Reviews

Your rating

Here you can rate one or both of the processors. The average rating of AMD Ryzen 9 3950X is 4.5 stars (48 ratings), while Apple M2 has received 4.4 stars (745 ratings).

Click on the stars to rate one or both processors.

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X
16C / 32T · 3.50 - 4.70 GHz

★★★★★

Apple M2
8C / 8T · 0.66 - 3.50 GHz

★★★★★